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Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature

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...

2018 Library summer hours

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...

3D-printed earthquake fault model “shakes” up Congressional meeting

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...

Display honoring Tuskegee Airman Arthur C. Harmon opens in Special Collections

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...

Newly Processed Collections – Summer 2018

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...

4 to Explore: June selections from our Special Collections

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...

Memories... Library 2018 Retirees

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...

New library catalog to launch July 16

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...

Celebrating our Class of 2018 library student employees

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...

Library staff recognizes peers for outstanding contributions

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...

Finals Week Stress Relief event series - Spring 2018

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...

A new way to access UCR Library’s streaming video service

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...

Innovation celebration: the Creat’R Lab marks its first anniversary

“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...

Fujimoto family diaries now available online

Riverside, Calif ( library.ucr.edu) – The University of California, Riverside Library is delighted to announce that we have recently completed a six-month project to digitize the Fujimoto family diaries. On March 11, 1942, the life of one Riverside family was shattered when US government officials took local farmer Toranosuke Fujimoto into federal custody. His son...

4 to Explore: May selections from our Special Collections

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 May in 4 to Explore: Codex Mendoza Reproduction of an Aztec manuscript from 1534 Grapefruit by Yoko Ono A book of conceptual art...

Human Resources Generalist

The UCR Library is pleased to share that Stacy Ramos accepted the Human Resources Generalist position in Library Human Resources. Stacy is currently attending California Baptist University for her Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources Management and spent nine years in a human resources generalist capacity at Napa...

Library student employees who are “Living the Promise”: Eli Labinger

Eli Labinger is a fourth-year psychology major who works as a Student Assistant in Special Collections and University Archives at the UCR Library. Labinger grew up in West Hollywood, California as the younger of two sons. His mother is a first grade teacher and his father is a wholesale bookseller. UC Riverside was an easy...

Special Collections Processing Archivist

The UCR Library is pleased to announce that Andrew Lippert has accepted the position of Special Collections Processing Archivist for Special Collections and University Archives. A member of the Twin Cities Archives Round Table and an at-large member of the Steering Committee for the Science, Technology and Healthcare Section of the Society of American Archivists...

Affordable Course Materials Initiative saved UCR students $1.5 million

Where there’s a will, there’s a way – and a team of UC Riverside faculty and staff has devoted the last few years to finding innovative ways to make course materials more affordable for our students. Survey results indicate that the Affordable Course Materials Initiative (ACMI) program has succeeded so far, having saved students more...

NASA astronomer Trina Ray to speak at UC Riverside

Riverside, Calif ( ucr.edu): On Thursday, May 10, NASA Astronomer Trina L. Ray will give a presentation at UC Riverside, “Cassini’s Legacy: Saturn’s Secrets Revealed.” Ray will highlight the most exciting discoveries of NASA’s 20-year mission to Saturn, which ended with the Grand Finale on September 15, 2017. The talk will provide an overview of...