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 September 25, 2017

Beginning in fall quarter 2017, each month librarians and archivists will select four items from UCR Library’s Special Collections and place them on hold for anyone to use in the reading room.

This new program will be called "4 to Explore."

Because Special Collections materials are kept in closed stacks (which means you can’t see the shelves and browse), and because you can’t check things out to take home, 4 to Explore is a great way to get a taste of the collections that truly make UCR unique.

4 to Explore is an opportunity to visit the kind of reading room that is used for archival research or by rare book scholars, and to get a sampling of our collections without having to do research or put in 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.

Here's what you can see this September in 4 to Explore:

Harvest
A new artist's book for fall by Mikio Watanabe

Spectator Amateur Press Society
Tons of bound fanzines from 1955

California Names Pronounced and Defined
Look up your favorite places in this 1940 guide

Pardee Dam Construction Photos
Built across the Molkelumne River in the 1920s

Where you can find 4 to Explore:

Department: Special Collections & University Archives

Where: Take elevators to 4^th 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 4^th floor and get settled. Then you can stay and enjoy as long as you like!

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More News September 12, 2016

Effective September 12, 2016, Ann Frenkel will be taking on the title of Deputy University Librarian for the UCR Library.

In this role, Ann will exercise leadership, oversight of operations, and activities associated with promoting and ensuring overall UCR Library effectiveness, which will position the UCR Library for continued success.

Ann will serve as the proxy for the University Librarian, with the requisite authority to address UCR Library issues, and will exercise broad decision-making authority over the Library’s assessment and communications programs as well as oversight of UCR Library policy implementation. She will also routinely represent the UCR Library on UCR and system-wide initiatives in the University Librarian’s absence.

This move is part of a trend that we are seeing at research universities across the country and within the UC system, including at UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UC Merced, and UC Los Angeles.

In light of the increased travel requirements of the University Librarian for development and other professional commitments on campus and beyond for the University Librarian, identifying a Deputy University Librarian ensures continuity of operations when the University Librarian is not present.

In addition to the Research and Instructional Services Division, which will continue to report to Ann, Communications has also been moved into Ann’s expanded portfolio.

More News May 08, 2017

One of the noteworthy resources housed in the UCR Library’s Special Collections & University Archives is an assortment of glass plate negatives, photographs, and lantern slides taken by photographer Sabino Osuna.

Created during the years 1910 to 1914, Osuna’s images feature prominent figures in the Mexican Revolution, including Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Madero, Victoriano Huerta, Alvaro Obregon, and others.

Osuna’s photographs also depict soldiers engaged in guerrilla warfare on the streets of Mexico City during La Decena Trágica, a ten-day period from February 9 and February 19, 1913 that resulted in a coup d’état and the assassinations of the Mexican president and vice president.

A copy of the full Osuna digital photograph catalog was presented to Mexico’s Secretary of Culture by UC Board of Regents Chair Monica Lozano in a hand-made box.

The presentation ceremony was held on March 29, 2017 during a reception at the University of California’s facility in Mexico City, called Casa de California.

“California and Mexico share a long and rich tradition of arts and culture,” UC President Janet Napolitano commented. “It’s with great pleasure that we provide the ministry with access to the Osuna collection as a symbol of our continued partnership on issues of cultural significance.”

Now, students, historians, and community members in Mexico will also have local access to his rich cultural record.

UC Riverside students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to visit Special Collections on the fourth floor of Tomás Rivera Library to view the Osuna collection in person. The images can also be viewed online using Calisphere.

More News November 29, 2017

It’s hard to believe that fall quarter 2017 is drawing to a close, but suddenly Finals Week is only days away.

UCR Library is committed to creating a supportive atmosphere to help our students cope with the stress of final exams. This is why we present our Finals Week Stress Relief event series at the end of every quarter.

These events give library employees an opportunity to get to know our students better, and for our students to let off steam together in a safe and fun way.

This quarter, we have crowd favorites returning to the line-up, such as Therapy Fluffies, Surprise Snack Giveaway, Study Jam, as well as a few new activities.

Finals Week Stress Relief will kick off on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. The full schedule of events is as follows:

Wednesday, Dec. 6

• Art Project begins (Rivera & Orbach Libraries)
• Therapy Fluffies with the WELL (Rivera & Orbach Libraries) – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Thursday, Dec. 7

• All-Day Cartoons (Rivera & Orbach Libraries) – 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
• Squish Away Your Stress: Make Your Own Stress Ball with the Creat’R Lab (Orbach Library) – 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Friday, Dec. 8

• Surprise Snack Giveaway (Rivera & Orbach Libraries)

Saturday, Dec. 9

• Fruit Ninja Bowls (Rivera & Orbach Libraries) – 2:00 pm (while supplies last)

Sunday, Dec. 10

• Study Jam Tutoring with the Academic Resource Center - 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Orbach Library)

Monday, Dec. 11

• Cookie Break (Orbach Library) – 1:00 pm (while supplies last)
• Massage Therapy with ASPB (Orbach Library) – 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Tuesday, Dec. 12

• Hot Cocoa & Donuts with ASPB (Rivera & Orbach Libraries) – 2:00 pm (while supplies last)

Wednesday, Dec. 13

• Pizza Party (Rivera & Orbach Libraries) – 2:00 pm (while supplies last)

In addition, there is a contest to win a VIP Study Room for Sunday, Dec. 10 from 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Details for the contest are available on our Facebook page.

More News March 01, 2019

The UCR Library is delighted to announce that Robin Katz has moved from Special Collections to join the Teaching and Learning Department as the Primary Source Literacy Teaching Librarian.

This move aligns with the library’s overall organizational strategy to house teaching-related activities and expertise in Teaching and Learning.

This move creates great potential for new projects in Teaching and Learning. The library hopes this move will foster an even closer relationship between this department and  Special Collections and University Archives.

Robin's new office is in Room 121 (in the Teaching and Learning office suite) on the first floor of Tomás Rivera Library, but her e-mail and phone number remain the same.

Please join us in congratulating Robin!

More News October 26, 2016

The University of California, Riverside Library hosted International Open Access Week 2016, an event that was part of a global effort called Open Access Week.

Open Access Week is an opportunity for the academic and research community to learn about the potential benefits of sharing what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make “open access” a new norm in scholarship and research.

The Open Access movement is made of up advocates (librarians, publishers, university repositories, etc.) who promote the free, immediate, and online publication of research. The event was held on Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Orbach Science Library, room 240, from 1-3 p.m. “Open in Action” was the 2016 event theme – the program provided information on new publishing models, including those based on Open Access and other alternative publishing models for faculty. The panel at UC Riverside discussed, “Challenges of Open Access in the Digital Age.”

“We organized this panel to provide a thoughtful discussion space for these emerging open access models and show how faculty can benefit from wider and more visible distribution of their research articles,” said Rhonda Neugebauer, the Open Access coordinator at UCR. “We will also discuss UCR’s current Open Access discount and waiver agreements, and ways the library can assist faculty to increase the citing and impact of their research.”

The program included:

• Gabriel J. Gardner, Senior Assistant Librarian for Criminal Justice, Linguistics and Romance, German, and Russian Languages and Literatures at the California State University, Long Beach. Gardner discussed the guerilla open access movement.
• Alison Scott, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Scholarly Communication at UCR, addressed the significance of transformative scholarly publishing projects and best practices.
• Kent LaCombe, Water Resources Librarian at UCR, talked about how librarians at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln fostered high deposit rates of faculty scholarly articles into the “Digital Commons,” the campus institutional repository.

The program concluded with a presentation from three UCR librarians, Kat Koziar (engineering), Tiffany Moxham (medicine), and Michele Potter (engineering), who provided an update on UCR’s Open Access discount and waiver agreements, and a brief look at emergent open access publishing models.

This was the seventh International Open Access Week program hosted by the UCR Library.

More News May 18, 2018

It’s hard to believe that another academic year is drawing to a close, but suddenly Finals Week for spring quarter 2018 is only days away.

UCR Library remains committed to creating a supportive atmosphere to help our students cope with the stress of final exams, which is why we present our Finals Week Stress Relief event series at the end of fall, winter and spring quarters.

These events give library employees an opportunity to get to know our students better, and for our students to let off steam together in a safe and fun way.

For spring 2018, we have crowd favorites returning to the line-up, including Therapy Fluffies, Surprise Snack Giveaway and R'Finals Study Jam, along with a few new activities.

Finals Week Stress Relief will kick off on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. The full schedule of events is as follows:

Wednesday, June 6

• Study Break Corner / Art Project begins (Rivera & Orbach)
• A Wrinkle in Slime: Make Your Own Slime (Orbach) – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm *while supplies last
• Snack Attack: Pizza with ASUCR (Orbach) - 7:00 pm *while supplies last

Thursday, June 7

• Therapy Fluffies with the WELL (Rivera & Orbach) – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Snack Attack: Popsicles with ASUCR (Orbach) - 7:00 pm *while supplies last

Friday, June 8

• Surprise Snack Giveaway (Rivera & Orbach) *while supplies last
• Late Night Snacks with the Provost & Student Affairs (Orbach) - 8:00 pm*while supplies last

Saturday, June 9

• Massage Therapy (Orbach) – 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Late Night Snacks with the Provost & Student Affairs (Orbach) - 8:00 pm*while supplies last

Sunday, June 10

• R'Finals Study Jam  with the Academic Resource Center  (Orbach) - 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
• Late Night Snacks with the Provost & Student Affairs (Orbach) - 10:00pm *while supplies last

Monday, June 11

• Cookie Break (Orbach) - 1:00 pm *while supplies last
• Snack Wagon with ASUCR (Rivera) - 7:00 pm *while supplies last
• Late Night Snacks with the Provost & Student Affairs (Orbach) - 10:00pm *while supplies last

Tuesday, June 12

• Taco Tuesday with ASPB (Rivera) - 2:00 pm *while supplies last
• Snack Wagon with ASUCR (Rivera) - 7:00 pm *while supplies last
• Late Night Snacks with the Provost & Student Affairs (Orbach) - 10:00pm *while supplies last

Wednesday, June 13 

• Cupcake My Day (Orbach) – 2:00 pm *while supplies last
• Late Night Snacks with the Provost & Student Affairs (Orbach) - 10:00pm *while supplies last

Thursday, June 14

• Boba Tea (Rivera) – 2:00 pm *while supplies last
• Late Night Snacks with the Provost & Student Affairs (Orbach) - 10:00pm *while supplies last​

In addition, there is a contest to win a VIP Study Room for Sunday, June 10 from 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Details for the contest are available on the library’s Facebook page.

More News January 29, 2025

The Creat’R Lab kicked off the new year with an open house and the relaunch of Maker Meetups.

The Creat’R Lab Open House on Monday, January 13 served as an opportunity for the campus community to explore the lab’s upgrades and learn about its offerings, which include cutting-edge tools like 3D printers, VR headsets, Cricut cutting machines, laser cutters, and sewing and embroidery equipment.

“After a period of renovations, the goal was to invite people in and show them the changes,” said Innovative Media Librarian Alvaro Alvarez. During the open house, visitors had the chance to see the equipment in action, participate in demonstrations, and envision how they might use the lab for their own projects. Attendees included individuals from diverse backgrounds, such as medical students and facilities staff, highlighting the lab’s wide appeal.

Based on the success of the open house, the Creat’R Lab Team hopes to host similar events in the future, potentially once a quarter or annually, to showcase new equipment and updates.

Building on this momentum, the Creat’R Lab relaunched Maker Meetups this quarter to encourage exploration of maker technologies. These casual meetups, which had previously been on pause since the pandemic, have been revitalized with the hiring Maker Services Coordinator Brendon Wheeler.

The Maker Meetups are designed to lower the barriers for students and UCR community members to engage with STEM and maker fields, regardless of their experience level. “It’s about opening doors for people who might feel discouraged or unfamiliar with these topics,” Brendon explained.

This quarter’s meetups cover topics like robotics, music creation, 3D printing, and more. The lab has partnered with campus clubs and faculty to bring in guest speakers and provide insights into emerging technologies and real-world applications.

“We want to encourage participation from everyone,” Brendon said. “You don’t need to have a background in STEM to join, this is a space for exploration and learning.”

The Maker Meetups aim to foster a sense of community while equipping participants with skills and knowledge to bring their ideas to life. With plans to host these meetups regularly, the Creat’R Lab continues to solidify its role as a hub for creativity and innovation at UCR.