UC Riverside kicks off a crowdfunding initiative focused on under-represented communities. The UCR Library is raising money for Inland Empire Memories — our fund dedicated to identifying, preserving, and sharing the rich cultural legacies of diverse communities in the Inland Empire. This important work isn’t easy. With your help, we can make sure that all...

The UCR Library’s Robin Katz contributed to Adam Matthew’s latest platform, Research Methods Primary Sources. Primary sources are history in the raw, data that hasn’t been interpreted yet. Primary sources present themselves in formats like oral histories, letters, diaries, and other first-hand documentation. As a new researcher or college student, interpreting and analyzing primary sources...

The UCR Library is experimenting with an innovative research tool that offers users a new way of viewing and discovering information. Artificial intelligence-powered research has landed at UC Riverside with the library’s adoption of Yewno Discover. The new research tool aims to help users perform meaningful research in a short amount of time. How does...

Please welcome Mark Buchholz to the UCR Library. Mark Buchholz joined the UCR Library as the Digitization Services Specialist on March 7. In this role, Mark focuses on expanding the library’s digital collections by digitizing and preserving research materials, and building the library’s digitization capacity for the future. Mark began his library career at the...

Please extend a warm welcome to Scott McAvoy, the UCR Library’s new Marker Services Coordinator. Scott joined the UCR Library on March 15 and is an expert in 3D design, data manipulation, and modeling. His work spans a wide range of disciplines, including archaeology, medicine, and GIS. As the Maker Services Coordinator, Scott’s key responsibility...

Alvaro Alvarez believes 3D printers have the ability to open up a world of possibilities. The Innovative Media Librarian for the UCR Library has a passion for robotics and technology and enjoys transforming three-dimensional digital models into tangible objects. “I love the fact that I can think of something and bring it to life with...

UCR Library patrons can access leisure and academic magazines on OverDrive! A year ago, the UCR Library acquired access to the OverDrive platform for UCR students, faculty, and staff. OverDrive offers UCR Library patrons access to popular books and audiobooks using their tablet, computer, smartphone, or the Libby app. Our OverDrive collection has grown since...

The UCR Library's Special Collections & University Archives is thrilled to be a cultural partner for Rare Books Palm Springs. This antiquarian book festival is brought to you by Rare Books LA and will be held May 20 - 21 at The Hotel Zoso, located in the heart of Palm Springs' vibrant downtown with shopping...

Wiley and the University of California announced a one-year pilot agreement that makes it more affordable for UC authors to publish open access in Wiley journals, making their articles freely available for anyone to read. Corresponding authors at all ten UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who publish open access articles in Wiley...

The Black Greek Letter Organizations: Divinely Made in the I.E. exhibition chronicles the collective history of nine Black Greek Letter organizations (BGLOs) at the University of California, Riverside, and beyond. These BGLOs, affectionately known as the “Divine Nine,” are the following sororities and fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Kappa...

The UCR Library acquired an array of online resources in the summer and fall of 2021 that include a variety of full text journals, magazine collections, and primary source collections. Read below for a summary of some of our major summer and fall online resource acquisitions.  Emerald Insight  The Emerald eJournal Premier collection from Emerald...

2021 was a year filled with innovation and creativity for the UCR Library, and it is with great pride that we share some of our 2021 highlights and accomplishments.  One of the library’s highest priority projects in 2021 was the summer launch of UC Library Search. UC Library Search is a discovery and borrowing system...

It's hard to believe that winter quarter 2022 is drawing to a close, but suddenly Finals week is only days away. The 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 (FWSR) event...

Over the past several months, UCR Library has acquired several major online resources. These electronic resources make a wide variety of full text journals, magazine collections, and primary source collections available to UCR faculty, students, and researchers. These exciting new acquisitions include: Emerald Insight https://www.emerald.com/insight/ The Emerald eJournal Premier collection from Emerald Insight includes more...

AUTHOR: SARAH NIGHTINGALE On hot and steamy days in Saigon, Vietnam, there was only one place for an enlisted man to cool off for a while. “That place was the library,” said UC Riverside alumna Ann Kelsey, who served as a civilian librarian for the U.S. Army from 1969-70. “The libraries were air conditioned because...

November is drawing to a close, and with it the end of fall quarter of the 2021-2022 academic year. Finals week is only days away. The 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...

A chance meeting with a Special Collections librarian completely altered the career path of UCR alumna Andrea Valencia. A Latin American history major, Valencia often visited Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) for a history course with Professor Juliette Levy. While in SCUA, she met Robin Katz, Arts and Humanities Teaching Librarian, who led a...

UC Riverside class of 1968 alumna Ann Kelsey recently pledged a $489,000 planned gift to the UCR Library to fund an endowment that supports initiatives in technology advancement. Born on June 20, 1946 in Kokomo, Indiana, Ann Kelsey’s father served in the Navy, having enlisted after Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941. At age five...

An exhibition with selections from The Breck Collection of Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson is now on display at the UCR Library. Free and open to the public, the exhibition, “Picturing the World: The Work of Henri Cartier-Bresson” is open in the Reading Room of the Special Collections and University Archives Department, located on the fourth...

During summer quarter 2021, a task force charged with improving the public spaces at Orbach Library began gathering feedback from the UCR community. At present, the task force is preparing its final report to share their findings and suggested upgrades and changes for the Raymond L. Orbach Science Library. “Some improvements have already begun,” said...