More News January 03, 2019

The WEPA public printing system has been successfully implemented at the Orbach and Rivera Libraries, and the system has been adopted campuswide.

With the successful implementation of WEPA public printing, the UCR Library's Cyberinfrastructure department began to decommission the legacy Pharos/Xerox Public Printing system at the end of fall quarter 2018.

They estimate completion of the following decommissioning steps by the end of the winter quarter 2019:

• Installation of a WEPA public printer in the Music Library as a replacement for the existing Pharos/Xerox public printer, and removal of all but one Pharos/Xerox public printer from each library – Orbach, Rivera, and Music. 
• Pharos print driver software will be removed from all public computers. After the print driver removal, the remaining Pharos/Xerox public printers will be removed.
• A new payment processing system will be implemented for large-format (poster) printing.
• The Pharos public printing server will be formally shut down.

If you have any questions, please contact project lead Barry Harvey.

Alternatively, you may always contact the Library Helpdesk.

More News June 28, 2019

The Geospatial Resources section is now available on the first floor of Orbach Library.

This section contains maps and atlases that were formerly housed in the Map Collection on the ground floor, including computers with licensed GIS software, California regional materials, light table, aerial photos, and more.

Other items are now available by request through Special Collections.

Additionally, our Geospatial Information Librarian Janet Reyes has moved to a new office located in room 128 on the first floor of Orbach Library.

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More News February 10, 2020

One of only nine living Tuskegee Airmen, retired United States Air Force Colonel Charles McGee has kicked off 2020 with fanfare befitting a centenarian.

On Feb. 2, he presented the coin for the on-field coin toss for Superbowl LIV at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, FL, along with three other 100-year-old World War II veterans. The NFL ceremony acknowledged the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and celebrated 100 years of professional football.

During the 2020 State of the Union address on Feb. 4, the U.S. President recognized McGee, announcing his recent honorary promotion to Brigadier General. McGee saluted as the audience gave two standing ovations while 13-year-old Iain Lanphier stood beside his great-grandfather, smiling proudly up at his hero and inspiration. Lanphier hopes to join the U.S. Space Force, the newest branch of the Armed Forces, inspired by McGee’s achievements.

His noteworthy life and military career are represented in the Charles E. McGee papers (MS 272), which are available at the UCR Library in Special Collections and University Archives on the fourth floor of the Tomás Rivera Library. McGee donated his collection of military documents, administrative records, photographs and artifacts to the UCR Library in 2015. A small portion of the collection has been digitized and made available online through Calisphere. “We are currently in the process of completing the digitization,” said Tiffany Moxham, Assistant University Librarian for Content and Discovery. “It should be up before summer.”

A Cleveland, Ohio native, McGee enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942 and became part of the Tuskegee Airmen, earning his pilot’s wings and graduating from Class 43-F in 1943. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first group of African-American military aviators (fighter and bomber pilots), who served in World War II after training at Tuskegee Army Airfield and Moton Field in Alabama. Before the Tuskegee Airmen, no African-American had been a U.S. military pilot. McGee was stationed in Italy with the 302nd Fighter Squadron of the 332d Fighter Group.

In his 30 years of military service, he flew 409 aerial fighter combat missions, including service in WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War -- one of the highest counts recorded by any Air Force fighter pilot. McGee retired from active duty in 1973 with many service awards.

Additionally, in 2007 President Bush and the U.S. Congress awarded the nation’s highest civilian award, the Congressional Gold Medal, to McGee and all other Tuskegee Airmen, both living and deceased. In 2011, McGee was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio. George Lucas consulted McGee for his 2012 feature film Red Tails, named after the distinctive markings of the Tuskegee Airmen’s aircraft. McGee also earned the Eagle Scout award from the Boy Scouts of America in 1940.

More News March 19, 2021

Performing arts students and faculty at UCR can now access more than 1,200 resources thanks to the library’s new subscription to DigitalTheatre+.

The world’s leading platform for digital performing arts, Digital Theatre+ features videos, study guides, teaching tools, and reference and research materials including backstage insights, practitioner interviews, written analysis, and more than 450 productions.

A few examples of what you can find in Digital Theatre+ include:

• 330+ HD recordings of hundreds of live captured performances across theatre, ballet, opera and classical music
• 80+ Study Guides accompanying curricula mapped plays, written by leading academics to help students get to grip with dramatic texts
• 220+ Interviews with actors, directors, and backstage crew providing an often unseen insight into the workings of a theatre and what it takes to stage a play
• Relationship maps, plot summaries, theme and context analysis, glossaries and more

Digital Theatre+ complements the library’s existing streaming media collections for the performing arts from Alexander Street and Kanopy, adding access to content that focuses on performance, production, and teaching these topics in the university classroom.

Patrons will need to sign in to the Global Protect VPN before accessing Digital Theatre+, as it is IP-authenticated.

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More News October 07, 2016

UCR Library has made the Frontier Life database available on a trial basis until December 15, 2016.

Frontier Life contains digital documents including letters, diaries, maps, newspaper articles, and other primary sources. These would be excellent resources for students, faculty, and researchers of history, women’s studies, gender and sexuality studies, and more.

The Library’s Electronic Resources and Journals Committee will track database usage and gather user feedback during the trial to determine whether a subscription to Frontier Life would be a worthwhile investment to support research, teaching, and study here at UC Riverside.

“We have America History, 1493-1945 and American West,” explained Carla Arbagey, E-Resources Librarian. “Frontier Life would be a nice complement to have, along with those two databases.”

Nine campuses in the University of California system are currently testing Frontier Life.

Use this link to access the Frontier Life database. Please send any comments, suggestions, or other feedback to carla.arbagey@ucr.edu.

More News June 01, 2018

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

Tetsuwan Atomu
Astro Boy meets Frankenstein

History of the Bucaniers of America
The 1699 English translation

Why you should try 4 to Explore:

Special Collections materials are kept in closed stacks, which means you can’t see the shelves and browse. You also can’t check things out and take them home. So, 4 to Explore is a great way to experience first-hand some of the collections that truly make the UCR Library unique.

4 to Explore will give you the chance to visit a reading room, like the ones that are used for archival research or by rare book scholars, and to get a sampling of our collections without having to submit a request ahead of time.

You’ll be asked to show photo ID and to check your bags – but don’t worry! Our UCR Library staff will explain everything to you when you arrive.

We will also have rotating exhibits of items from the collections on display.

Where to find 4 to Explore:

Department: Special Collections & University Archives

Where: Take elevators to 4th floor of Rivera Library

Hours: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday

Bring: Photo ID

Don’t bring: Food or drinks

Who: Everyone is welcome. 4 to Explore is more of an individual experience, but we can usually accommodate up to two people using the same item at the same time, so feel free to bring a friend.

What to expect: Staff will help you sign in and feel comfortable in the reading room. It should take about 5-10 minutes for you to get up to the 4th floor and get settled. Then you can stay and enjoy as long as you like!

Want to receive updates each month with more details about our 4 to Explore items? Sign up here.

More News July 11, 2018

Rivera Library’s Access Services Desk Coordinator Leslie Settle recently participated in the spring 2018 University of California Women’s Initiative for Professional Development (UC WI).

UCWI is a unique, experiential professional development program sponsored by the Systemwide Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (SACSW) and the UC Office of the President and administered by Systemwide Talent Management. It’s designed to promote women in leadership at the university and establish a pipeline for advancement.

Chosen from more than 300 UC Riverside applicants, Settle joined a select group of 120 women comprised of mid-career staff, faculty and academic personnel from across the UC system who demonstrated potential for advancement. Participants were organized into four groups of 30 women, called cohorts. “We became almost like an instant family,” Settle said of her southern California cohort.

From April to June 2018, Settle’s cohort met four times, most days from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Training topics included growth mindset, intersectionality, balancing advocacy and inquiry, emotional agility, negotiation, writing professional narratives, and more.

“It was eye-opening for professional development. They gave us tools that I’ve never heard of before that helped us to look at our careers and accomplishments in a different way,” she explained. “It took me from just thinking about what I need to do, to doing what I need to do.”

Settle met faculty, support staff and administrators from all ten UC campuses, all at different career levels – some rather high-ranking. “At the start of the program I felt like, ‘Do I deserve to be here?’” Settle confided. Fortunately, she said, one of the core elements of the program addressed the “imposter syndrome.”

“Every single person shared that they felt the same way at the beginning,” she added. “But by the end of the program, I felt empowered.”

Class instructors included Provosts and Vice Chancellors from various UC campuses who, in Settle’s opinion, demonstrated a refreshing degree of transparency about their experiences as men and women in leadership positions.

“It was so much content at an accelerated rate, but very fun and interactive,” Settle said of her overall experience. “Nevertheless, the content and skills learned in this program were life-changing. I’m looking forward to sharing these skill sets with everyone in my department and applying them in my professional career path.”