The UCR Library will offer a Replacement Fee Amnesty Period from Monday, June 17 through Sunday, June 30, 2019. Users who return late items (with the exception of Reserve or Recall Fines and Fees) during the Amnesty Period will have all Replacement Fees waived completely. We are offering this Amnesty Period as part of the...

The UCR Library is pleased to announce a new Fines & Fees structure that will greatly benefit both the library and its patrons, effective July 1, 2019. We are eliminating all processing fees ($10 per transaction) and campus late payment penalty charges ($25 per month), as the UCR Library now will handle all payments directly...

We are delighted to announce that Stephen Breski joined the UCR Library on June 3, 2019 as our Access Services Assistant. Stephen’s office is located in Access Services on the first floor of Rivera Library, reporting to Michelle Gipson, Collections Maintenance Manager. Stephen earned his Bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Massachusetts, Boston...

The UCR Library is pleased to welcome Kevin Comerford as our Associate University Librarian for the Digital Library, effective June 3, 2019. Comerford comes to UC Riverside from the University of New Mexico, where he served as the University Libraries Director of Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication and Director of IT Services. “The fact that...

The UCR Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of several new online databases, archives, reference works, and more. These new resources, selected by librarians in the Collection Strategies Department, will enhance the library’s existing distinctive collections, support emerging areas of research at UCR, and provide access to valuable research and teaching resources. These new...

As the second-largest student employer on campus, each spring the UCR Library takes time to celebrate the students who comprise half of our staff team. At the annual Student Employee and Staff Appreciation Luncheon held in the lower courtyard at Rivera Library, we also recognized these 25 library student employees who will graduate with UC...

At all-staff meetings held in spring quarter 2019, Library Human Resources acknowledged two UCR Library employees for their outstanding contributions. These team members became the fifth round of employees to be recognized through the KUDOS program. Under the KUDOS program, non-probationary staff and academic employees at the UCR Library can be nominated by a peer...

Spring quarter 2019 is drawing to a close, and with it the end of the 2018-2019 academic year. Finals Week is only days away. UCR Library is committed to creating a supportive atmosphere for our students, as final exams can breed a lot of stress. That is why we present our Finals Week Stress Relief...

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...

Digitization Services continuously works to digitize library collections in an ongoing effort to preserve and improve access to library holdings for use by students, faculty, and others. The UCR Library utilizes the Calisphere digital collections platform to provide free online access to our unique and historically important materials for research, teaching, and exploration. There are...

Volunteers at Riverside National Cemetery’s annual “A Flag for Every Hero” event on Memorial Day weekend 2019 can now read biographies for many of the Veterans whose graves they adorn with flags, thanks in part to the work of two UCR Library employees. When UC Riverside partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National...

Over the past year, librarians in the Research Services Department have taken an old-fashioned approach to innovation: one-on-one, face-to-face meetings over coffee with faculty and researchers to ask how the library can best support their work. Director of Research Services Brianna Marshall first launched this initiative, called the Conversation Project, in winter quarter 2018, basing...

The UCR Library is pleased to welcome La Toya Beckman as a Human Resources Generalist affiliate, effective May 6, 2019. La Toya has over four years of human resources experience working primarily as an HR Administrative Assistant. Her key expertise includes: record management, on-boarding/off-boarding, payroll administration, policy implementation, HRIS reporting, compliance, training, and benefits administration...

On Monday, May 13, the UCR Library’s Interlibrary Loan (ILL) unit will relocate to offices behind the Circulation/Reserves Desk at Rivera Library. The ILL unit move and phone line transfers will occur on Friday, May 10. Please excuse any service disruptions on this date. The book return slot at the current Rivera ILL office will...

During winter quarter 2019, the UCR Library collaborated on a survey with ASUCR and their Student Voice Committee to learn how we can improve students’ academic experience. 463 undergraduate and graduate students participated in the survey and identified these top five obstacles to student success at UC Riverside: 1) Difficult classes (32%) 2) Time management...

The UCR Library is pleased to welcome Lydia Negrette as a Human Resources Generalist affiliate, effective April 30, 2019. Lydia has over seven years of prior experience in human resources. She has worked for two major local distribution centers as the HR support. Her key responsibilities included benefits administration, leave management, performance management, HRIS, legal...

The Creat’R Faire kicked off UC Riverside’s inaugural Maker Week, which ran from Monday, April 15 to Thursday, April 18, 2019. Maker Week highlighted making on campus and introduced students to making-related opportunities in the Creat’R Lab, according to Brianna Marshall, UCR Library’s Director of Research Services. Creat’R Lab student employees and career staff also...

Over the next few months, construction and several moves will be occurring in the Rivera and Orbach Libraries. Here is the overview. This webpage will be updated as projects are completed, or as timeframes shift. Rivera Library Basement ​ Completed: Microfilms have been relocated to circulating shelves in the basement to the right of the...

Self-service laptop kiosks will be available soon in the Rivera and Orbach Libraries, starting on Monday, April 15, 2019. This new program, managed by campus Information Technology Solutions (ITS), will allow current UC Riverside students to check out laptop computers for up to 24 hours with a swipe of their R'Card. In the recent library...

UC Riverside hosted the 2019 Statewide Assembly for the Librarians Association of the University of California ( LAUC). LAUC is a statewide organization of all librarians employed at least half time by the University, and its formal objectives are: to advise the University on professional and governance matters, to make recommendations concerning the UC librarians'...