UC’s negotiating team continues to communicate with Elsevier. While progress remains slow, there are a number of recent developments that we hope may give fresh impetus to these discussions: COVID-19 As a recent Los Angeles Times column laid out, the need for access to research has never been clearer. In fact, many publishers, including Elsevier...
On June 16, 2020, the University of California announced a transformative open access publishing agreement that will make more of the university’s research freely and immediately available to individuals and researchers across the globe. The deal furthers the global push for open access to scientific research by bringing together UC, which accounts for nearly 10...
Each spring, the UCR Library typically hosts a Student Employee and Staff Appreciation Picnic to honor the people who serve the UC Riverside community through their work at the library. Due to the COVID-19 closure, we were not able to hold the celebration this year, nor could we recognize the 22 library student employees who...
Photos from the Jay Kay Klein papers in Special Collections were featured in a June 12, 2020 article and gallery by Cosplay Central writer Brian Jacks. The story, These Photos From The 1966 World Science Fiction Convention Prove Cosplaying Is Timeless: Photographer Jay Kay Klein covered the Cleveland event filled with costumed fans, was published...
After almost three months’ closure, starting Monday, June 15, 2020, you can now check out books from the Rivera and Orbach Libraries’ circulating collections via drive-up Contact-Free Curbside Delivery. Pick-up is Monday through Friday from 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. at the Rivera Library loading dock. To use this service, submit a paging request from the...
On Thurs., June 25, bestselling authors and UC Riverside professors Dr. Nalo Hopkinson and Prof. John Jennings will be the featured guests at an online event titled, Afrofuturist Comics: Sankofa and the Black Speculative Re-Imagination. Hopkinson and Jennings will discuss their most recent publications, House of Whispers Vol. 1: The Power Divided (The Sandman Universe)...
The UCR Library is committed to creating a supportive atmosphere for our students, as final exams can breed a lot of stress -- this quarter, even more so than most. That is why we present our Finals Week Stress Relief (FWSR) event series: to serve and support students at UC Riverside. This quarter, we had...
When local doctors and nurses needed more protective face shields to treat the surge of COVID-19 patients in early April, the UCR Library’s Creat’R Lab rose to the task. Over the last four weeks, Maker Services Coordinator Ray Gonzalez has been 3D printing parts for face shields around the clock. Each piece took between two...
Join us in creating a living history archive documenting the response of the UCR community to COVID-19. Andrea Hoff's primary role as the University Archivist is to document the history of UCR, including current events. To that end, she has issued a broad call for materials and created an online form, which UCR community members...
The Library is online and ready to help you! Despite the closure of the physical campus buildings, the UCR Library staff remain ready to support UC Riverside students, faculty, and researchers during our first-ever all virtual quarter. The majority of library services such as Interlibrary Loan (ILL), course reserves, teaching and research support, workshops, consultations...
Curious about how to find, analyze, and use archival materials from your laptop or computer? Want to learn more about digital archival resources at UCR and beyond? Starting on Tuesday, April 29, staff from the UCR Library's Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) department will offer Virtual Office Hours twice each week until Thursday, June...
Since mid-March 2020, the world has changed in ways that none of us could have predicted. I wanted to share with you some things the UCR Library is doing to help UCR not only survive the COVID-19 closure, but to thrive. Late afternoon on Friday, March 13, we got the County of Riverside Public Health...
Need a book for your research, but can't physically get it from the UCR Library buildings due to the COVID-19 closure? We have a solution! Until Sept. 7, 2021, UCR faculty, researchers and students can get many of the books they need online through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS), which grants lawful access...
Despite the closure of the physical campus buildings, the UCR Library staff remain ready to support UC Riverside students, faculty, and researchers during our first-ever all virtual quarter. What does this mean for you? The majority of library services such as Interlibrary Loan (ILL), course reserves, teaching and research support,, workshops, consultations, and other public...
The UCR Library is pleased to announce the following recent resource acquisitions: Civil War Primary Resource Documents Civil War Primary Source Documents from The New-York Historical Society contains unique manuscript material chronicling all aspects of the American Civil War from warfare on land, at sea, in hospitals and prison camps, and reactions and impressions of the...
We are pleased to announce that Rachel Starry has joined the UCR Library as our Digital Scholarship Librarian, effective April 6. Rachel earned her B.A. in Classical Civilization from the University of Richmond, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology from Bryn Mawr College. Most recently, Rachel served as the CLIR...
We are pleased to announce that Jessica Kruppa has joined the UCR Library as our Metadata and Discovery Librarian. Jessica earned her BA in English from California Baptist University, and her MLIS from the University of Alabama. Most recently, Jessica served as the Cataloging Services Librarian for Gateway Seminary and as a Library Intern at...
Laptops can be checked out from the ITS kiosks in Rivera and Orbach Libraries during Finals Week: March 16-19 between 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. March 20 between 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. If you cannot find a laptop in the Libraries, please go to the ITS labs in Watkins Hall (2111 and 2117) during...
During the COVID-19 advisory, the UCR Library remains committed to supporting our patrons by providing remote access to our resources and services. Both Tomás Rivera Library and Orbach Science Library will close at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, March 15, 2020 and remain closed through June 19, 2020, per the Amended Order of the Health Officer...
Special Collections & University Archives employees 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 the UCR Library's newly processed archival and primary source collections. Check out this list to see if there are any items...