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Latest News for April 27th, 2026

A horizontal banner image featuring three panels. On the left, the red brick exterior of the Orbach Science Library. On the right, the modern white architectural facade of the Rivera Library. In the center, a highlighted inset shows UCR Library’s Christina Bean and EH&S’s Mark Atwood standing in the library stacks. Both are wearing purple nitrile gloves and holding open Victorian-era books with decorative bindings to demonstrate safe handling procedures.

UCR Library Launches Proactive Safety Initiative for Historical Book Collections with Support from EH&S

The UCR Library, in partnership with UCR's EH&S, has announced a comprehensive safety and awareness initiative to address the presence of historical heavy metal pigments in our book collections.