If you’ve visited Rivera Library in the past three years, you’ve likely seen Mohamed Jawara’s smiling face behind the front desk. What you might never have guessed is that Jawara took the job at the Circulation / Reserves Desk to help him conquer shyness and to improve his communication and interpersonal skills. “I saw how...
The new catalog and search interface for UCR Library is now live as of Saturday, July 21, 2018! Full functionality should now be available. Please note: There will be two-week stabilization period during which links to catalog records that are on library webpages may be redirected to the new catalog search page. Please perform a...
The Library has a new launch date for the new catalog and search interface: Saturday, July 21. You may have noticed that we had to delay the launch due to unforeseen issues with data migration. Below are the pertinent dates regarding the transition. The following service alerts are in effect: Thursday, July 12 to Saturday...
The launch of the UCR Library’s new catalog, originally planned for July 16, has been temporarily delayed. Please continue to use the UCR catalog as usual. We will update you with the new launch date as soon as possible. Due to the transition, new holds, recalls and paging will only be available after the launch...
Rivera Library’s Access Services Desk Coordinator Leslie Settle recently participated in the spring 2018 University of California Women’s Initiative for Professional Development (UC WI). UCWI is a unique, experiential professional development program sponsored by the Systemwide Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (SACSW) and the UC Office of the President and administered by Systemwide...
From student staff member to president of the UC librarians’ association, from reserves coordinator to collection strategist for STEM, Carla Arbagey has run the gamut of roles that a library staff member might hold during a career – and she’s just getting started. In March 2002, Arbagey began working at the UCR Library as a...
The UCR Library will launch a new library catalog and search interface on Saturday, July 21, 2018. Service Alerts Thursday, July 12 to Saturday, July 21: No new holds, recalls or paging will be available until the catalog has launched on Saturday, July 21. Friday, July 20: limited circulation services* *Limited circulation means checkouts and...
Starting on July 2, 2018, Orbach Library will host the National Library of Medicine's latest traveling exhibition, "Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature." On a dark and stormy night in 1816, Mary Shelley began writing a story that posed profound questions about individual and societal responsibility for other people. To make her point, the young...
After listening to student feedback, the UCR Library expanded its 2018 summer hours. Beginning on Monday, June 25, Rivera and Orbach Libraries have stayed open until 8:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, instead of closing at 6:00 p.m Responding to student requests as well as the increased number of summer session classes, UCR Library’s Head of...
Christodoulos Kyriakopoulos had a wild idea in July 2017, but he didn’t know whether UCR had the resources he needed to bring his vision to life – until he found out about the Creat’R Lab. It had opened its doors in Orbach Library only three months prior. As a Researcher in UC Riverside’s Department of...
A display highlighting selected items from the personal archival collection of Arthur C. Harmon and his career as a Tuskegee Airman is set to open on June 6 in UCR Library's Special Collections Department. Community members can visit the display on the fourth floor of Tomas Rivera Library in the Special Collections Reading Room Mondays...
Special Collections & University Archives staff 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 UCR Library's newly processed archival and primary source collections. Check out the list below to see if there are any items...
This month in 4 to Explore, your Special Collections librarians and archivists have selected four new items and placed them on hold in the reading room. Here's what you can see this June in 4 to Explore: Bookbinding Models Sample structures by Karen Hanmer Commencement Setup Photos See UCR graduation in the 1990s T etsuwan...
The end of each academic year brings many goodbyes, both farewells to graduating students and to members of our career staff who will retire in 2018. We would like to recognize and celebrate the following UCR Library colleagues, who shared snippets of their UCR history with us: Diane David Music Cataloger Diane David started as...
Starting on July 16, 2018, how you access library materials will look and feel different. On this date the UCR Library will launch an enhanced library catalog with a modern, mobile-responsive visual display and new search tools. The new library catalog (formerly known as “Scotty”) will have a streamlined user experience with improved access to...
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 2018 Student Employee and Staff Appreciation Luncheon held in the lower courtyard at Rivera Library, we also recognized these 27 library student employees who will graduate with UC...
At all-staff meetings held on May 15 and 16, Library Human Resources acknowledged one UCR Library employee for her outstanding contributions. Communications Specialist Melanie Ramiro was included in the second announcement of UCR Library team members who were recognized through the KUDOS program. Under the KUDOS program, non-probationary staff and academic employees at the UCR...
It’s hard to believe that another academic year is drawing to a close, but suddenly Finals Week for spring quarter 2018 is only days away. UCR Library remains committed to creating a supportive atmosphere to help our students cope with the stress of final exams, which is why we present our Finals Week Stress Relief...
The UCR Library offers the Kanopy video streaming service to support the research and teaching needs of UC Riverside faculty and students. Kanopy has thousands of films and educational videos available for research or classroom use. Previously, listings for individual films were available in the UCR catalog. Those listings have now been moved entirely to...
“One year after launch, we have been blown away by the energy, talent, and sheer diversity of projects displayed in the Creat’R Lab,” said Ann Frenkel, Deputy University Librarian. On the evening of Thursday, May 3, Orbach Science Library hosted more than 90 guests who came to celebrate those successes and enjoy some birthday cake...