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Loda Mae Davis, UCR’s pioneering woman
Starting with her appointment in Oct. 1953, UC Riverside’s first Dean of Women Loda Mae Davis helped to shape the future not just for Highlander women but for all UCR students.
In addition to serving as an Assistant Professor of Psychology, Davis was later appointed as the Associate Dean of Students. She firmly believed in sexual equality and drafted policies to support that ideal, making Riverside the first campus in the UC system to allow women students the same dormitory privileges that men had always enjoyed. Davis also advocated for the female faculty to have the same membership rights as the male faculty.
Many male students opined that Davis was "too liberal." Colleagues claimed that she frequently said that UCR was "the most sexist place she had ever worked," although Davis did not call herself a feminist.
The Loda Mae Davis papers (UA 082) include correspondence, publications, fiction and non-fiction manuscripts, speech transcripts, photographs, videos, audio cassettes, and other material that documents Davis’ work and the contributions of female faculty members who contributed to the UCR academic community. Received in 2015, the collection was first made available for research in Special Collections and University Archives at the Tomás Rivera Library starting in fall quarter 2018.
Born in 1898 to pioneer homesteaders in Washington state, Davis and her sister worked to support their own education. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 1923 with honors in commerce, followed by a masters of science in business in 1932. Graduate work in psychology at UC Berkeley preceded Davis’ 1953 appointment at UCR.
An economic analyst, consumer rights advocate, and world traveler, Davis worked for the Works Project Administration in 1936 and other Federal entities during the Roosevelt administration. In 1940, she became a consultant to the Consumer Division of the National Council of Defense, a job which led to her becoming the head of the first field staff of the Office of Price Administration. Following World War II, she worked for the UN Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
Davis traveled throughout the United States to educate the public on the federal rationing and price control program. Additionally, she traveled extensively as a single woman, including trips to Panama and Mexico in 1934; Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, France, England, Canada and the Arctic Circle in 1935; and China and Japan in 1937. The onset of World War II provided other travel opportunities, as did a 1960 sabbatical which she spent in Samoa.
Davis stayed active within the UCR community after her 1964 retirement, helping to found the Loda Mae Davis Archive and to serve as a mentor to women in academia. She lived in Riverside until her death in 1989.
Davis’ legacy continues to impact the lives of today’s Highlander women through the Dean Emerita Loda Mae Davis Women's Archives fund (which supports the acquisition of materials documenting aspects of women's leadership, accomplishments, and attainments as scholars, writers, creative artists, activists, citizens, etc., and women's changing roles in society), the Dean Loda Mae Davis Endowed Award (est. 1964 by The Prytanean Society, a women's honor society), the Dean Loda Mae Davis Endowed Scholarship Fund (est. 1982), and the Dean Loda Mae Davis Commencement Award (est. 1964).
Assistant University Librarian for Collections
UCR Library is pleased to announce that Tiffany Moxham is appointed as our Assistant University Librarian for Collections, effective January 1, 2018.
Moxham, most recently the UCR Library’s Coordinator of Medical Library Services, has fourteen years’ experience working in academic and research libraries in North America, including ten years’ experience as a supervisor and manager in academic libraries and research groups.
Her work with the UCR School of Medicine has been transformational, both in terms of the services that the library has provided the SOM and also in terms of helping to prepare the School of Medicine for its successful accreditation review in spring 2017, which resulted in the SOM receiving full accreditation.
Moxham has superlative experience strategizing around issues related to ensuring quick and timely access to critical information resources while living within finite and constrained budgets. She has a demonstrated track record of using data-informed decision-making, being academically nimble, and engaging deeply with the academic programs that she supports. Throughout these efforts, she has consistently demonstrated what it takes to be a key partner in the academic and curricular success of the students and faculty at UCR as well as her previous institutions.
Her skills and insights will be critical as the UCR Library faces the challenges of ever-spiraling academic resource costs, evolving faculty and student curricular and research needs, and emerging forms of scholarly discourse alongside traditional modes.
Please join us in congratulating Tiffany in her new role!
Online access to UCR's books & more during COVID-19 closure
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 to digital copies to over 50% of the physical books held by the UCR Library.
Even better, HathiTrust recently added access to digitized volumes from all libraries in the ten-campus University of California network, raising the total number of e-books available to UCR Library patrons to more than 10 million.
Through the HathiTrust ETAS, UCR faculty, staff, and students can:
- Read books owned by the UCR Library (or other UC campus libraries) online in a web browser. There is no option to download the work in full.
- "Check out” a copy for one hour, with an auto-renew feature for books still in active use (turning pages, clicking, or scrolling).
- Access items 1-1: One copy on the member library shelf, one individual access to the digital copy. Two copies, two concurrent users of the digital item.
How to access UCR print materials via HathiTrust
- Go to hathitrust.org and select the yellow “LOG IN” button.
- Select University of California, Riverside from the list of partner institutions. Select “Continue."
- You will arrive at UCR’s Central Authentication Service. Enter your UCR NetID and Password.
- When you have successfully logged in, you will be returned to the HathiTrust website.
Review the HathiTrust FAQ and Use Guide before you get started.
Remember: The UCR Library staff are still available to answer questions and provide support! Review this new LibGuide on Expanded free access during the COVID-19 closure for more details. Visit our Ask a Librarian page if you need further assistance, after review.
Latino Americans Grant Team Kicks Off Year of Programming
Library launches program series surrounding Latino American experience
On October 9th, the UCR Library hosted a kickoff reception to launch a year of programming supported by the Latino Americans 500 Years of History grant. Awarded to the library earlier this year by the National Endowment of Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA), the grant funds a series of programs focused on the Latino American experience. Events over the course of the next year will include documentary screenings and performances by project scholars.
Paul D’Anieri, Vice-Chancellor and Provost of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Steven Mandeville-Gamble, University Librarian discussed UCR’s role as a Hispanic Serving Institution and champion of diversity, and the library’s commitment to supporting that effort. Drs. Tiffany Lopez, Jonathan Ritter, and Jennifer Najera detailed their involvement in the year’s events, and program partner UCR Chicano Student Programs provided insight into the potential effect of these programs on their student populations. Community members in attendance shared stories about their lives and work in the community to promote continued and renewed interest in Latino Chicano American heritage and history.
The ALA and NEH designed the Latino Americans 500 Years of History grant to be inclusive of all members of the campus and local communities. Project partners such as the Center for Social Justice, Spanish Town Heritage Foundation, and several branches of Riverside Public Library will provide venues for some of the year's programs.
"We hope that this grant will foster a tradition of collaborative curriculum and promote further interest in the preservation of local community history," said grant Project Director Anthony Sanchez. The grant has received strong support from national student organizations such as MEXUS, as well as state and local public officials, many of whom attended the reception. The event provided a rare opportunity for cross-community conversations about upcoming projects and possible collaborations.
Cambridge-UC Open Access Agreement
The open access agreement between Cambridge University Press and the University of California is now ready for author submissions.
The agreement is a 3-year pilot that includes both access to read Cambridge journals and for open access of UC research publications.
The Cambridge University Press author submission system that allows UC Faculty Authors to register their affiliation and publish Open Access was launched on Thursday, September 19, 2019.
During the launch phase in 2019 the UC Libraries will pay the full cost of the OA publishing fees.
How to publish your manuscript open-access
Submit your manuscript as usual; your acknowledgement email receipt will alert you to the UC open access publishing option. No action will be needed at this point.
When you manuscript is accepted, Cambridge University Press will email you again. At this time, you will chose whether to publish open access or to keep your article behind the paywall.
If you choose open access, you will receive an email from RightsLink, Cambridge’s open access fee payment system. Choose the option, “Seek Funding from University of California Libraries.”
If you don’t want to publish open access, simply select a non-open access license on your author form, and your article will be routed to follow Cambridge’s standard publishing workflow.
Are all Cambridge Journals covered in this agreement?
Most journals are covered, but approximately 75 Cambridge journals don’t currently offer open access publishing options and are therefore not eligible for open access publication.
What happens with UC authors who already published with Cambridge in 2019?
You or your colleagues may hear from UC authors who published with Cambridge before September 19, 2019. Those authors may have paid an OA fee, or they may be curious about whether they can make their 2019 paywalled article open access retroactively. The short answer is yes, they can. The emerging details about how and when are below.
After our first phase of implementation goes live, Cambridge will start contacting authors who have published in a Cambridge journal earlier in 2019 to retroactively apply the terms of the agreement.
- For the authors that chose OA and paid an APC in 2019, Cambridge will be refunding authors the cost of the APC and will instead guide them through the new workflow. Approximately eight authors across the ten campuses are in this situation.
- For the authors who published in 2019 but did not choose OA, Cambridge will be offering them the chance to make their articles OA retroactively, at no added cost. Approximately 110 authors across the ten campuses are in this situation.
For additional information, please see the following web pages:
- Cambridge University Press FAQ – live now on UC Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC) website:
https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/open-access-at-uc/open-access-publishing-at-uc/cambridge-faq/ - Cambridge also offers this informational page/FAQ on their website:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-access-policies/read-and-publish-agreements/oa-agreement-for-authors-at-university-of-california
Need assistance submitting your article or finding alternative open access publishing venues? Contact Swati Bhattacharyya, Scholarly Communication Librarian.
If you have any questions about the Cambridge-UC agreement, or other open access agreement questions, please contact Tiffany Moxham, Assistant University Librarian for Content and Discovery.
Orbach Library Enhancements: Third Floor Access Changes Ahead
In line with our commitment to improving UCR Library facilities, we will be renovating the Orbach Library roof.
In preparation for this important project, we need to inform you about changes affecting access to the third floor of the Orbach Library.
Limited Access for Safety and Efficiency
Starting immediately, the third floor will be restricted to authorized personnel only. This measure is crucial to ensure the safety of our patrons and staff as we gear up for the construction and renovation of our roof. We understand that this may cause some inconvenience, but it is a necessary step to prepare for the extensive work ahead.
Duration
Please note that limited access will extend through the rest of the academic year. While we regret any disruption this may cause, we are confident that these improvements will greatly benefit the UCR community in the long term.
Use UC Library Search and Interlibrary Loan to Access 3rd Floor Materials
Books, journals, and other monographs housed on Orbach Library’s third floor are still listed in our online catalog. The catalog will show that we do have a copy in the Orbach Library, but it will also include a note that shows the area is closed.
For these items, please click on the Request through Interlibrary Loan link under Find It and our team will work on finding you an alternative version either electronically or by loaning a copy from our extensive network of library partners (also known as the inter-library loan system).
Meeting Your Needs
We are dedicated to meeting your needs throughout this period. To compensate for the temporary unavailability of the third floor, we have arranged for additional seats and study spaces to be added to the other floors in Orbach as well as in the Rivera Library.
Looking Ahead
This renovation is part of our ongoing effort to enhance your library experience. The new roof will improve the building’s structural integrity and provide a more comfortable and sustainable environment for all users.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation during this time. Our staff is committed to minimizing the inconvenience and is ready to assist you in any way possible.
Fall 2024 Finals Week Stress Relief at the UCR Library
Fun FREE Stress-Relieving Events at the UCR Library
The UCR Library's Finals Week Stress Relief is back, Monday, Dec. 2 - Thursday, Dec. 12.
This quarter, we have FREE craft events (we're supplying everything that you'll need), food giveaways, contests, and more—just for students! Our partners this quarter are The Well's Active Minds, the Academic Resource Center (ARC), and Basic Needs.
Please note: Only currently enrolled UCR undergraduate and graduate students are able to participate in Finals Week Stress Relief events.
Fall 2024 Finals Week Stress Relief Event Series
Instagram Contests
- Mon., Dec. 2 - Fri., Dec. 6 | Follow us on Instagram and comment on our daily contest posts for a chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card. Winners will be chosen at random.
MONDAY, DEC. 2
- Mindfulness Jars (Craft event)
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Orbach | While supplies last | Keep your jar!
- Surprise Snack Giveaway
- Time is a SURPRISE | Rivera & Orbach | While supplies last
TUESDAY, DEC. 3
- Bagel Break (Giveaway)
- 11 a.m. | Rivera | While supplies last | Grab a bagel and cream cheese!
- Jeopardy!
- 2 -3 p.m. | Orbach | While supplies last | Participate to win an Amazon gift card, there will be two rounds!
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4
- Therapy Fluffies with The Well's Active Minds
- Noon - 2 p.m. | Rivera & Orbach | Spend some time with animals in Rivera or Orbach!
THURSDAY, DEC. 5
- Collage Time! (Craft event)
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Orbach | While supplies last | Use paper strips to make a collage that you'll take home with you!
FRIDAY, DEC. 6
- Bingo
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Orbach | Winners receive an Amazon gift card!
SUNDAY, DEC. 8
- R'Finals Study Jam (Tutoring) with The Academic Resource Center (The ARC)
- 4 - 8 p.m. | Orbach
MONDAY, DEC. 9
- Finals are NACHO Problem (Giveaway)
- 2 p.m. | Orbach | While supplies last
TUESDAY, DEC. 10
- Crunch Time! Fuel Up With Cereal! (Giveaway)
- 1 p.m. | Orbach | While supplies last | Grab a bowl of cereal!
- Finals Rock Painting
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Rivera | While supplies last
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11
- Healthy Snack Giveaway with Basic Needs
- Noon | Orbach | While supplies last
THURSDAY, DEC. 12
- Surprise Snack Giveaway
- Time is a SURPRISE | Rivera & Orbach | While supplies last
Virtual Stress Relief Activities
Need virtual stress-reducing activities now? Our FWSR committee has curated a list of activities and services available remotely through online platforms that you can enjoy all quarter long! Visit our Virtual Stress Relief Activities page for more information.
Library Finals Week Hours
Study 24 hours in Orbach from 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5 through 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13
During Study Hall, Orbach Library will be open for studying, scanning, and printing, including the use of public computers. The borrowing of materials and equipment (reserves, books, calculators, and/or chargers) will NOT be available during Study Hall.
Thursday, Dec. 5
Service hours for Rivera & Orbach: 7:30 a.m. - 12 a.m.
Study Hall for Orbach Library: 12 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Friday, Dec. 6
Service hours for Rivera & Orbach: 7:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Study Hall for Orbach Library: 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 7
Service hours for Rivera & Orbach: 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Study Hall for Orbach Library: 10 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 8
Service hours for Rivera & Orbach: 1 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Study Hall for Orbach Library: 9 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 9 - Thursday, Dec. 12
Service hours for Rivera & Orbach: 7:30 a.m. - 12 a.m.
Study Hall for Orbach Library: 12 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Friday, Dec. 13
Hours for both libraries: 7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Orbach ends 24-hour Study Hall)
Special Collections & University Archives Collection Development Strategies
As described on our Collections page, the Special Collections & University Archives department of the UCR Library has several large collecting areas: Special Collections, University Archives, the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, and the Water Resources Collections and Archives. Each of these four areas are separately defined collections with their own research and instructional strengths, topics and materials of historical collecting, and areas targeted for future growth and development.
Professor Paul Chou Collection
Located in: Tomás Rivera Library
Paul Chou (1914-2000), chemist, teacher, and book collector, was born in Qingdao, educated at Peking University, and had a life-long love of Chinese literature and history. His collection of 2,455 volumes was given to the UCR Library in 2004 by his daughter, Huiping Cheng.
Highlights of the collection: