The winners of this year's student book collecting contest were announced at an awards ceremony in Rivera Library on May 24, 2016. In the graduate category, Andrew Shaler won for California: The Long Nineteenth Century, a collection focused on Indian history in the Gold Rush era. Nicholas Dotson won the undergraduate category with Michael Jackson...
Dani Brecher Cook is our new Director of Teaching and Learning at the UCR Library. Dani's key responsibility is to lead the development, implementation, and ongoing program for library teaching and learning services and initiatives to support the curricular and research activities of UCR faculty, researchers and students. The opportunity to establish a new teaching...
Camille Mahant joined the UCR Library team on Monday, July 18, 2016, as a Financial and Administrative Analyst. Camille's key responsibilities are to provide financial, budgetary, analytical and administrative support to the Administration of the University Library. Camille brings five years of experience as a financial analyst within the University of California-Riverside’s Business and Administrative...
Flexible classrooms provide space for students, faculty, and librarians to teach collaboratively and engage students in active learning and critical thinking. Thanks to a campus technology grant submitted under the leadership of Associate University Librarian Ann Frenkel, a Rivera Library classroom recently underwent a “flexible” transformation. Splashes of bright tangerine now brighten the space of...
Two changes took effect in the UCR Library on Wednesday, June 22nd. First, the last coin towers were removed. This means that from now on, all the UCR Library printers and copiers will only accept payments via R’Cards / Bear Bucks. Secondly, per campus policy, library desk staff will no longer be able to make...
A reception held on May 26 th at the Riverside Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties concluded a year-long series of programs for The Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant, which the UCR Library received from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the American Library Association. Under the hashtag #LA500, the grant...
On Friday, May 20, 2016, the UCR Librar y in partnership with the Graduate School of Education (GSOE) celebrated the importance of diversity in children’s literature at a special event that also honored the 100 th birthday and ground-breaking work of author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats. The event program featured a presentation by Dr...
An exhibition featuring the work of regional amateur astrophotographers opened in Orbach Library on Thursday, May 26. Focus on the Universe: Astrophotographers of Southern California features stunning views of night skies and celestial bodies from local sites including Joshua Tree, Moreno Valley, and San Diego. Images were selected by Mario de Leo Winkler, the exhibition...
Though only in his second month at the UCR Library, Kent LaCombe is already in the midst of several projects designed to help better preserve and provide access to the library’s rich collection of water-related materials. As the Water Resources Librarian he is responsible for managing and curating the library’s unique contemporary and historic materials...
The UCR Library has been host to Pablo Gomez, visiting scholar from the University of Zaragoza, Spain, throughout Spring Quarter, 2016. Gomez found his way to the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy after an international search for a library that could provide access to the largest possible number of works in these genres...
Noted musicologist Walter Clark came to the University of California, Riverside in 2003 with two primary goals in mind: to create an emphasis on Latin American music in the program here and to help develop a doctoral program in musicology, ethnomusicology, and composition. Thirteen years later he is still at UCR, now serving as Chair...
The UCR Library’s 3D printer was featured with demonstrations for over 140 honors students during “Geek Week” in early January. This event launched a new collaborative program between the Library and University Honors (UH) to foster curiosity and exploration, build a sustainable peer resource program, and increase student collaboration with interdisciplinary projects. The UH Peer...
Exhibit honoring past UCR Chancellor now on display. Tomás Rivera: UCR and Higher Education Retrospective / Tomás Rivera: Una retrospective sobre UCR y la Educacion Superior Now Open Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 – 5:00 pm Special Collections & University Archives Tomás Rivera Library, 4th floor An exhibition honoring Tomás Rivera, the youngest and first...
Tiffany López is an inspiration not only on the University of California, Riverside campus, but regionally and nationally as well. She is dedicated to creating awareness of cultural history, and providing insight into the intersection of art and creative production’s role in personal and social change. López is a professor in the UCR Department of...
Beta test invites public to provide input. The UCR Library has announced the successful beta launch of our new library website. On February 1st, 2016 library presented the redesign for public testing and comment. The beta site, available at betalib.ucr.edu, presents a cleaner, sleeker, ADA-compliant, and mobile and tablet-friendly interface that highlights the library’s services...
Archiving social media for generations to come. A two-year, $517,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will fund a joint project called "Documenting the Now: Supporting Scholarly Use and Preservation of Social Media Content." The project — a collaboration between The University of California, Riverside, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Maryland Institute...
Who is the creator of a postcard? How do I refer to a historical plaque? In the “Citing the Unusual” workshop offered this fall, attendees had the opportunity to learn about citing sources that go beyond typical books and articles. The co-instructors discussed performance art, oral history interviews, and more. Participants also got a hands-on...
Visiting scholars integral part of UCR life The UCR Library has been a long-standing partner in research and collaboration for the entire UCR campus, and visiting scholars have assisted the library in that role. These scholars are typically invited by UCR faculty to come to campus as either researchers or instructors. There are approximately 550...
UCR Library co-sponsors National History Day Learning Lab in collaboration with National Archives at Riverside and Orange County Department of Education The event, aimed at assisting 6th through 12th grade students with their National History Day projects, was held at UCR on Saturday, November 7th. Educators, archivists, and students from throughout Southern California participated in...
2015 Highlander Welcome Week a resounding success This marked the UCR Library's first, but certainly not last, participation in the Tartan Soul Kickoff event put on by the UCR Office of Student Life. More than 540 students mingled with a multitude of campus departments that set up activity booths around the UCR bell tower. Students...