When local doctors and nurses needed more protective face shields to treat the surge of COVID-19 patients in early April, the UCR Library’s Creat’R Lab rose to the task. Over the last four weeks, Maker Services Coordinator Ray Gonzalez has been 3D printing parts for face shields around the clock. Each piece took between two...
Join us in creating a living history archive documenting the response of the UCR community to COVID-19. Andrea Hoff's primary role as the University Archivist is to document the history of UCR, including current events. To that end, she has issued a broad call for materials and created an online form, which UCR community members...
The Library is online and ready to help you! Despite the closure of the physical campus buildings, the UCR Library staff remain ready to support UC Riverside students, faculty, and researchers during our first-ever all virtual quarter. The majority of library services such as Interlibrary Loan (ILL), course reserves, teaching and research support, workshops, consultations...
Curious about how to find, analyze, and use archival materials from your laptop or computer? Want to learn more about digital archival resources at UCR and beyond? Starting on Tuesday, April 29, staff from the UCR Library's Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) department will offer Virtual Office Hours twice each week until Thursday, June...
Since mid-March 2020, the world has changed in ways that none of us could have predicted. I wanted to share with you some things the UCR Library is doing to help UCR not only survive the COVID-19 closure, but to thrive. Late afternoon on Friday, March 13, we got the County of Riverside Public Health...
Need a book for your research, but can't physically get it from the UCR Library buildings due to the COVID-19 closure? We have a solution! Until Sept. 7, 2021, UCR faculty, researchers and students can get many of the books they need online through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS), which grants lawful access...
Despite the closure of the physical campus buildings, the UCR Library staff remain ready to support UC Riverside students, faculty, and researchers during our first-ever all virtual quarter. What does this mean for you? The majority of library services such as Interlibrary Loan (ILL), course reserves, teaching and research support,, workshops, consultations, and other public...
The UCR Library is pleased to announce the following recent resource acquisitions: Civil War Primary Resource Documents Civil War Primary Source Documents from The New-York Historical Society contains unique manuscript material chronicling all aspects of the American Civil War from warfare on land, at sea, in hospitals and prison camps, and reactions and impressions of the...
We are pleased to announce that Rachel Starry has joined the UCR Library as our Digital Scholarship Librarian, effective April 6. Rachel earned her B.A. in Classical Civilization from the University of Richmond, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology from Bryn Mawr College. Most recently, Rachel served as the CLIR...
We are pleased to announce that Jessica Kruppa has joined the UCR Library as our Metadata and Discovery Librarian. Jessica earned her BA in English from California Baptist University, and her MLIS from the University of Alabama. Most recently, Jessica served as the Cataloging Services Librarian for Gateway Seminary and as a Library Intern at...
Laptops can be checked out from the ITS kiosks in Rivera and Orbach Libraries during Finals Week: March 16-19 between 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. March 20 between 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. If you cannot find a laptop in the Libraries, please go to the ITS labs in Watkins Hall (2111 and 2117) during...
During the COVID-19 advisory, the UCR Library remains committed to supporting our patrons by providing remote access to our resources and services. Both Tomás Rivera Library and Orbach Science Library will close at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, March 15, 2020 and remain closed through June 19, 2020, per the Amended Order of the Health Officer...
Special Collections & University Archives employees are constantly working to process recently acquired collections and make those materials ready for use by students, faculty, and researchers. Each quarter, we will provide a list of the UCR Library's newly processed archival and primary source collections. Check out this list to see if there are any items...
Update: To prevent the risk of contagion the COVID-19 virus at large-group functions, the library has canceled the Finals Week Stress Relief event series for winter quarter 2020. We remain committed to providing support and encouragement to UC Riverside students through these events again next quarter, and we apologize for any disappointment you might experience...
Today, UCR Information Technology Solutions (ITS) introduced a new Virtual Private Network (VPN) for campus use. This new network (Palo Alto GlobalProtect) is scheduled to replace the existing campus VPN solution (Cisco AnyConnect) effective May 1, 2020. Updated information: the campus Cisco AnyConnect VPN is decommissioned as of July 1, 2020. Why is UCR introducing...
Starting with her appointment in Oct. 1953, UC Riverside’s first Dean of Women Loda Mae Davis helped to shape the future not just for Highlander women but for all UCR students. In addition to serving as an Assistant Professor of Psychology, Davis was later appointed as the Associate Dean of Students. She firmly believed in...
The UCR Library is delighted to welcome Alvaro Alvarez as the Innovative Media Librarian, effective Feb. 24. Alvaro brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise as a technologist and maker, with in-depth knowledge of augmented and virtual reality technologies, digital fabrication, and robotics. Alvaro will be located in the Research Services Department on the first...
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the University of California (UC) today announced a two-year agreement that will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish in the nonprofit open access publisher’s suite of journals. By bringing together PLOS, one of the world’s leading native open access publishers, and UC, which...
One of only nine living Tuskegee Airmen, retired United States Air Force Colonel Charles McGee has kicked off 2020 with fanfare befitting a centenarian. On Feb. 2, he presented the coin for the on-field coin toss for Superbowl LIV at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, FL, along with three other 100-year-old World War II...
On Wednesday, Feb. 5, the L.A. County Department of Military & Veterans Affairs (MVA) hosted a reception to kick off Black History Month, featuring a special art exhibit of the WWII flying group, the Tuskegee Airmen, on loan courtesy of the UCR Library. The display will be open to the public during regular business hours...