More News August 24, 2018

At all-staff meetings held on August 20 and 21, Library Human Resources acknowledged ten UCR Library employees for their outstanding contributions.

These team members became the third round of employees to be recognized through the KUDOS program.

Under the KUDOS program, non-probationary staff and academic employees at the UCR Library can be nominated by a peer for actions or contributions related to the library's mission that have a significant, positive impact on colleagues, library users, or others.

Nominations were submitted anonymously by library non-probationary staff and academic employees, and then were reviewed by members of Library Cabinet to determine which staff members would receive the KUDOS awards.

The August 2018 recipients received the following comments on their nomination forms:

Natalie Moller, Collection Maintenance Assistant

• “Natalie’s ALMA contributions in the Collection Maintenance workflow deserve special recognition.  Natalie continues to be an asset to the ongoing configuration of our ILMS.”

Jim Clark, Head of Database Management and Authority Control Unit

• “I’d like to nominate Jim for his role in the ALMA migration.  I know it’s been an enormous amount of work, on the technical side, as well as supporting colleagues in Metadata and Technical Services to get oriented to a previously unfamiliar system and get up and running. Thank you!”

Margarita Yonezawa, Research Services Assistant

• “Margarita has proved to be an exemplary and dedicated worker.  She is a proactive person who is dedicated to her job and the library.”

Erika Quintana, Acquisitions Unit Supervisor

• “Erika is in a true sense, the person with the biggest insight and knowledge of most, if not all functions in the library.  The introduction and training of the new system of Ex Libris is just one of various examples of her great motivation, smarts, accuracy and personal care.”

Pam Sun, Collection Strategies Services Coordinator

• “Pam was recently assigned to a special project in the Learning Resources Display Center that was an insurmountable task that needed to be done quickly. Pam and her students have done a beautiful job, consulting as necessary if there was anything that she was unsure of.  Because of her attention to detail and willingness to consult, she completed the task in record time. Many thanks to Pam for her excellent work.”

Chuck Stephenson, Night and Billing Coordinator, Rivera

• “Chuck has been a major contributor to the configuration and testing of the fulfillment functions in ALMA.  He has made significant contributions in defining the billing workflow for the library. He is willing to jump in and assist where he can.”

Rocco Berges, Senior Building Maintenance Worker

• “Rocco has done quite a bit to keep the Rivera and Orbach libraries looking great.  In addition to regularly keeping the lounge areas tidy and clean, he’s taken on some projects that go beyond regular maintenance, which have had an outstanding and noticeable impact. The results are noticed and appreciated every day, the good work reflects the excellence of a dedicated, focused and hardworking individual. Rocco goes beyond his duties and we appreciate the care!”

Sahra Missaghieh Klawitter, Circulation/Reserves Services Manager

• “I would like to thank Sahra for all her efforts to alleviate students’ stress, to support employee professional development and to celebrate the library employees. Sahra’s contributions resulted in a successful migration in circulation and reserves.  Our users' experience with circulation and reserve transactions are seamless, because of Sahra’s behind-the-scenes configuration work.”

Bernice Ridgeway, Interlibrary Loan Assistant

• “Bernice’s contributions to establishing ILL protocol and workflows between OCLC and Alma have been noteworthy!  She has shown flexibility and is very attentive to our users' needs. Thank you Bernice!”

Shelly Gipson, Head of Collection Maintenance

• “Shelly has contributed to the migration of Alma in many areas to develop new and improved workflows using the Alma system.  She continues to research and test different processes and her contributions have been noteworthy. Thank you Shelly!”

Please join us in celebrating these library employees’ achievements!

 

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More News July 28, 2022

Please welcome Carrie Cruce to the UCR Library.

Carrie joined the UCR Library as a Teaching Librarian on July 5. As our Teaching Librarian, Carrie supports student success, especially in early experiences.

Carrie has a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan with a focus in Art History and two master's degrees from the University of Texas at Austin — one in Art History and the other an MSIS. Before coming to UCR, Carrie served as the Division Director of Learning Resources at Temple College in Texas where she managed the information literacy/library instruction program. 

Carrie is looking forward to being an integral part of the UCR Library team and collaborating with colleagues and faculty. She’s excited to have the opportunity to use her professional experience to guide students in building the information literacy skills they need to be successful in their research at UCR, their future careers, and beyond.

More News March 13, 2017

UCR Library is delighted to announce that Sabrina Simmons has joined the library as our Access Services Desk Assistant – Orbach, effective March 13, 2017.

Sabrina will be located in Circulation/Course Reserves on the first floor of the Orbach Science Library, reporting to Elisha Hankins, Access Services Desk Supervisor.

Sabrina earned her BS in Dietetics from California Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Most recently, Sabrina served as the Circulation Assistant at the Chapman Law Library.

More News March 14, 2022

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 journals from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 will receive a 15 percent discount on the open access fee (also known as an article processing charge, or APC). 

For authors at five campuses, including UC Riverside, open access will be the default option, and the UC libraries will automatically pay the first $1,000 of the discounted open access fee. As with most of UC’s other open access agreements, these authors will be asked to pay the remainder of the open access fee if they have research funds available to do so; those who do not have research funds available for this purpose can request full funding of the APC from the libraries. The limited scope of this one-year pilot will allow Wiley to develop and test the multi-payer system before exploring the potential for a broader agreement in the future including all 10 campuses.

The agreement covers articles published in all Wiley journals, including both hybrid (subscription-based) and fully open access journals.

Authors who published an article earlier in 2022 will be contacted by Wiley and offered the opportunity to take advantage of the open access options offered under the pilot agreement.  

The agreement also provides UC students, faculty, researchers, and healthcare professionals with unlimited reading access to the full portfolio of Wiley journals.

For more detail about the agreement please see the overview of the Wiley open access agreement on the UC Office of Scholarly Communication website.

More News December 02, 2019

Recently, the UCR Library’s Cyberinfrastructure team updated the public Zeta book scanners with new software and upgraded touchscreens.

Now, library users will find that making scans is faster and easier than ever before. The new touchscreens have a larger display area and clearer controls, making navigation more efficient.

The updated Scannx software provides a powerful, easy-to-use solution for patrons to scan books, documents, and photos. It can scan, store, and send digitized content as searchable PDF files to Dropbox, Google Drive, email, smartphones, and tablets, as well as to local USB drives or printers.

There is also a new Scan-to-MP3 feature that lets users convert text documents into audio files, so students can listen to the text of the document. The Zeta scanner performs optical character recognition (ocr) on written text and then produces an MP3 file of a voice reading the document. This feature not only improves the accessibility of scanned documents, but makes them more portable so students can listen to them “on the go.” Additionally, this new output format upholds the library’s core value of inclusion by creating equitable access to resources for all patrons.

More News July 28, 2017

Due to the staffing challenges in Special Collections and University Archives, service hours will be changing effective Monday, July 31, 2017.

Summer Hours July 31– September 22, 2017

Monday - Friday 9:00 am – 11:00 am: By appointment only to current UCR faculty, staff, and enrolled students* 11:00 am – 4:00 pm: Open to the general public

Academic Year Hours September 25, 2017 – June 15, 2018

Monday - Friday 9:00 am – 11:00 am: By appointment only to current UCR faculty, staff, and enrolled students* 11:00 am – 4:00 pm: Open to the general public

*Appointments are pending staff and space availability. To request an appointment, email specialcollections@ucr.edu

Please reach out to the public services team (specialcollections@ucr.edu) with any questions. 

More News September 06, 2016

Cherry Williams joined the UCR Library on September 6, 2016, as Director of Distinctive Collections.

Cherry will be located in Special Collections & University Archives on the 4th floor of Rivera Library, and will report to Alison Scott, AUL for Collections & Scholarly Communication.

Cherry earned her BS in nursing and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate from the University of Colorado, MA in humanities (with a concentration in art history) from the University of Chicago, and MLIS from UCLA.

She comes to UCR from the Lilly Library at Indiana University, where she has been Curator of Manuscripts since 2009, following work as Archivist, Special Projects Librarian, and Special Collections Librarian for the Sciences at UCLA’s Darling Biomedical Library. Prior to becoming a librarian, Cherry had a successful career as a medical professional.

More News February 01, 2019

Last January, University Librarian Steven Mandeville-Gamble donated a full set of signed, first editions of the acclaimed Mark Manning novels by Michael Craft from his personal collection to the UCR Library’s Special Collections.

Upon so doing, he saw that the library needed an ongoing way to support the research and teaching efforts of UCR faculty such as Distinguished Professor George Haggerty and others who are exploring the LGBT experience in the United States.

In June 2018, he and the library’s Associate Director of Development Megan De Leon worked together to establish the Steven Lee Mandeville-Gamble Book Fund for Queer Literature.

“UCR was the first university in North America to establish an LGBT minor program," Mandeville-Gamble said. "The university has a rich history of the study of the LGBT experience through literature, the arts, social sciences, and beyond. By establishing this endowment, I am trying to do my small part to ensure that the university will have the resources to continue building a teaching and research collection that supports the faculty and students research, teaching, writing, and creating in this area.”

This endowed fund will support the UCR Library’s acquisition of literature and literary materials with gay, lesbian, bisexual, or queer-identified protagonists or major characters, or that fit within the larger genre of queer studies. It also leaves discretionary decisions for how to use the funds up to the collection strategists.

"University Librarian Steven Mandeville-Gamble has had tremendous foresight when setting up this fund," De Leon said. "This collection will support multiple faculty, is parallel with the research mission of the university, and provides flexibility for the library to acquire relevant materials. We are very lucky that this will be a collection on our campus."

To learn how you could support this endowment, please contact Jernine McBride.

More News December 18, 2024

A Smith Acorn Press, a historic toggle-style printing press made in 1828, is now on display on the first floor of the Tomás Rivera Library 

Patented by Peter Smith in 1821, the Acorn Press is known for its acorn-shaped frame and precise printing capabilities. 

The press on display was discovered in Philadelphia in the 1930s by Jackson Burke, who used it in San Francisco to produce “Pocket Press” editions. In the 1950s, Burke gifted the press to Lewis and Dorothy Allen of the Allen Press, where it was used to create 12 titles, including Dialogues of Creatures Moralised.

In 1967, the press moved to the University of California, Santa Cruz. There, poet and printer William Everson used it at the Lime Kiln Press from 1968 to 1981, producing works like West to the Water and Granite and Cypress. After the Lime Kiln Press closed, UCSC’s McHenry Library donated the press to UCR in 2005.

Previously kept in the stacks of Special Collections & University Archives on the fourth floor of the Rivera Library, the press is now accessible to all visitors on the first floor, located to the right of the Library Support/IT Support Desk. 

Visit during the library's operating hours to get a glimpse into the history of printing and the craftsmanship that went into making printing presses.