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Digital Initiatives Program Manager

UCR Library is pleased to announce that the Digital Initiatives Program Manager position was offered to Eric Milenkiewicz, and he has accepted. His new title was effective on June 1, 2017. Eric joined the library in 2001. For the past 16 years, he has worked as the Manuscripts Curator in Special Collections and University Archives...

Virtual Reality Prototype Returns to UCR Library

Dr. Juliette Levy returned to UCR Library to take students on a second foray into her early-stage virtual reality prototype, “Che’s Village.” The prototype was built to amplify students' experience of studying Che Guevara's speech, "Social Ideals of the Rebel Army," which he delivered on January 27, 1959. The second round of VR experimentation took...

Pay Online for Special Collections Reproductions

UCR Library patrons have a new, convenient way to pay online for reproduction services. Did you even know that you can request copies of materials from our Special Collections department? Indeed, you can, and library staff will provide them for you in research or publication quality, as high-resolution TIFFs, JPEGs, or PDFs. (Details about our...

Renowned Science Fiction and Fantasy artist Michael Whelan speaks at UCR Library

Renowned science fiction artist Michael Whelan came to speak at the UCR Library on the evening of May 18, 2017. “An Evening with Michael Whelan” was co-sponsored by the Riverside Art Museum (RAM), and ran from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm in Special Collections & University Archives. Whelan lectured to a standing-room only crowd about...

Harry Potter's World comes to UCR Library

UCR Library is presenting a pop-up exhibition about the historical roots of Harry Potter. “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” And, it is with pleasure that the UCR Library Special Collections has chosen to present Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine an exhibition...

Library Welcomes New Director of Research Services

UCR Library is delighted to announce that Brianna Marshall joined our team as the Director of Research Services. Brianna earned her BA in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and her MLS/MIS from Indiana University, Bloomington. Most recently, Brianna served as the Digital Curation Coordinator for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She brings...

Library Welcomes New Financial Services Analyst

UCR Library is pleased to inform you that Juancarlos Moran has joined the Library as a Financial Services Analyst 2. He is assigned to the Planning and Budget Office in Library Administration. Juancarlos has worked on campus as an affiliate in various departments over the past several months. He is a UCR graduate and earned...

UCOP presents Osuna digital collection to Mexico’s Ministry of Culture

One of the noteworthy resources housed in the UCR Library’s Special Collections & University Archives is an assortment of glass plate negatives, photographs, and lantern slides taken by photographer Sabino Osuna. Created during the years 1910 to 1914, Osuna’s images feature prominent figures in the Mexican Revolution, including Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Madero, Victoriano...

Diversity, Inclusion, and the UCR Library

Diversity and inclusion have been discussed in the academic and library settings for some time. On Monday, May 15, 2017, the Diversity Committee and the Programs Committee of the Librarians Association of the University of California, Riverside (LAUC-R) will present a panel of speakers who will provide a snapshot of where we are today, in...

Library Student Employees Who Are "Living the Promise": Sean Matharoo awarded Fulbright Fellowship

Fourth-year Comparative Literature PhD candidate and library student employee Sean Matharoo has a unique array of talents, experiences, and academic interests that should yield results during his Fulbright fellowship in Belgium later this year. “The funding to pursue something like this is invaluable to me. It enables me to do something I wouldn’t be able...

UCR alumnus collaborates with Library on Frankenstein exhibit

When UCR alumnus Dr. Mark Glassy heard that the library was putting together an exhibit to honor the 200 th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, he couldn’t wait to get involved. Our Jay Kay and Doris Klein Librarian for Science Fiction, JJ Jacobson and her co-curator, graduate student Miranda Butler had been curating the scholarly...

Library blogs highlight our work

On occasion, UCR Library employees document their work through a blog. Using blogs as a communication tool for the library allows insight into the behind-the-scenes processes that library patrons don't usually get to see. Blogs also make it possible to highlight new discoveries of important or interesting content in our collections as we identify it...

New archival collections available for spring quarter 2017

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...

Library unveils new hands-on learning space

On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, the UCR Library and the Office of Research and Economic Development ( RED) opened the Creat’R Lab to a standing-room only crowd of more than 150 excited students, faculty, and staff in the Orbach Science Library. Key UCR leadership including Chancellor Kim Wilcox, Vice-Chancellor for Research and Economic Development Michael...

Faculty and graduate students face off in ORCID contest

A contest will be held in May 2017 between the UCR faculty and the UCR graduate students to register the largest percentage of “team” members for ORCID IDs. “Team Faculty” will consist of senate faculty and non-senate academic faculty and staff (Lecturers, Librarians and Researchers). “Team Grad Student” will consist of graduate students and post-doctoral...

Former Chancellor Orbach visits his namesake library

Chancellor Emeritus Raymond L. Orbach visited his namesake library on the morning of Friday, April 7. Escorted by University Librarian Steve Mandeville-Gamble, Deputy University Librarian Ann Frenkel, and Associate University Librarian Alison Scott, Chancellor Emeritus Orbach was treated to a pre-launch tour of the Creat'R Lab. While there, he met with Medical Library Programs Coordinator...

Creat'R Lab launch event

The entrepreneurial spirit has a new home at UC Riverside: UCR Library will launch the Creat'R Lab on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. A launch event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Doors open at 4:30 PM. Program begins at 5:15 PM. Those interested in attending can RSVP here. Creat'R Lab will be housed in...

UC President Napolitano presents Osuna images to Mexico

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Library Administration Welcomes New Administrative Assistant

UCR Library is pleased to welcome Rochelle Settle as the Administrative Assistant in Library Administration, effective April 3, 2017. Rochelle's work station is at the front desk in suite 141 of Rivera Library. She will manage supply orders through the Library’s supply database, as well as scheduling, cash/check deposits, and other library projects and administrative...

Student Quota Printing now available at Rivera and Orbach Libraries

UC Riverside students can now use their free Web Printing Quota at Rivera and Orbach Libraries. Student Computing & Communications Services (C&C) in collaboration with UCR Library's Cyberinfrastructure Department recently completed the installation of two dedicated printers to provide this service. One is located on the first floor of Rivera Library and the other is...