More News November 18, 2019

We are delighted to announce that Krystal Boehlert has joined the UCR Library as our Digital Initiatives Specialist, effective November 18, 2019.

Krystal will be a new member of the Digital Library Division, and her office will be located on the first floor of Orbach Library, reporting to Kevin Comerford, the Associate University Librarian for the Digital Library.

Krystal earned her BFA in Visual Media from Rochester Institute of Technology, her MA from the Art Center College of Design, and her MLS in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University.

Most recently, Krystal served as the Visual Resource Specialist for the UC Riverside department of Art and Art History. Prior to working for UCR, Krystal also worked for the J. Paul Getty Museum, Albright Knox Gallery and Art Collection Management, Inc. She brings a variety of experience managing digital projects.

Please join us in welcoming Krystal to the library!

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More News May 27, 2022

Proceeds from Rare Books Palm Springs’ opening night cocktail reception benefited a variety of organizations, including our Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA).  

The UCR Library gladly joined Rare Books LA, the premier producer of antiquarian book fairs in California, for a new show — Rare Books Palm Springs! 

Rare Books LA produces rare book fairs which feature leading specialists in antiquarian books, fine prints, photography, ephemera, maps, and more from throughout the United States and Europe. 

Rare Books Palm Springs took place on May 20 and May 21 in Downtown Palm Springs at Hotel Zoso and featured over 40 leading booksellers from across the nation. 

As a cultural partner for Rare Books Palm Springs, the UCR Library was provided a unique Eventbrite link that allowed us to promote the opening night cocktail reception to the UCR community and receive 100% of the proceeds. The UCR Library was also able to distribute information on our collections at the event.  

If you missed the book fair, you can support SCUA and the UCR Library year-round by making a gift at library.ucr.edu/giving/.

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More News January 15, 2020

The UCR Library is pleased to announce that Esperanza Steward joined the library as the Academic Personnel/Human Resources Director, effective Jan. 15.

Esperanza has strong experience working in HR at UCR since 2010, first in Dining and Housing, and since 2015 in the Provost’s Office.

She received her BS in Management and Marketing from the University of Phoenix, and her MA in Management from the University of Redlands.

Please join us in welcoming Esperanza to the library!

More News May 24, 2019

Spring quarter 2019 is drawing to a close, and with it the end of the 2018-2019 academic year. Finals Week is only days away.

UCR Library is committed to creating a supportive atmosphere for our students, as final exams can breed a lot of stress. That 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 the Therapy Fluffies, R'Finals Study Jam, and Surprise Snack Giveaway, as well as a few new activities.

Finals Week Stress Relief will kick off on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. The full event schedule will include:

Wednesday, June 5

• Therapy Fluffies with The WELL & Active Minds (Rivera & Orbach) – 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
• Squish Away Your Stress (Rivera) 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. *while supplies last

Thursday, June 6

• Spin It to Win It (Orbach) 2:00 p.m. *while supplies last
• A Wrinkle in Slime (Orbach) 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. *while supplies last

Friday, June 7

• Surprise Snack Giveaway (Rivera & Orbach) *while supplies last

Saturday, June 8

• Cookie Break (Orbach) - 3:00 p.m. *while supplies last

Sunday, June 9

• R'Finals Study Jam  with the Academic Resource Center  (Orbach) - 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• Late Night Snacks with the Provost & Student Wellness (Orbach) - 9:00 p.m. *while supplies last

Monday, June 10

• Pizza Party (Rivera) - 3:00 p.m. *while supplies last
• Snack Wagon with ASUCR (Orbach - 5:30 p.m. / Rivera - 6:00 p.m.) *while supplies last
• Late Night Snacks with the Provost & Student Wellness (Orbach) - 9:00 p.m. *while supplies last

Tuesday, June 11

• Sundae Yummy Sundae (Rivera) - 3:00 p.m. *while supplies last
• Snack Wagon with ASUCR (Orbach - 5:30 p.m. / Rivera - 6:00 p.m.) *while supplies last
• Late Night Snacks with the Provost & Student Wellness (Orbach) - 9:00pm *while supplies last

Wednesday, June 12

• Bagels & Cheer (Orbach) - 1:00 p.m. *while supplies last
• Snack Wagon with ASUCR (Orbach - 5:30 p.m. / Rivera - 6:00 p.m.) *while supplies last
• Late Night Snacks with the Provost & Student Wellness (Orbach) - 9:00pm *while supplies last

Thursday, June 13

• #TBT: Unstressable Uncrustables (Orbach) 2:00 p.m. *while supplies last
• Snack Wagon with ASUCR (Orbach - 5:30 p.m. / Rivera - 6:00 p.m.) *while supplies last

​In addition, there is a contest to win a VIP Study Room for Sunday, June 9 from 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Details for the contest are available on the UCR Library Facebook page.

Volunteers are always welcome to help run the events.

Any library staff that are interested in volunteering should contact Sahra Missaghieh Klawitter or Elisha Hankins to find out how to get involved.

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.

More News March 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 March in 4 to Explore:

Moonshot
An edited volume of indigenous comics

Westways travel magazine
A 1973 cover article on visting Riverside, CA

Post-War Jobs
A 1944 pamphlet aimed at women, blacks, and veterans

A Humument
A "treated novel" artist's book

 

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 August 31, 2018

When Gustavo Correa’s Honors Principles of Civic Engagement assignment in fall quarter 2016 was to “find a way to be civically engaged,” that task could have unfolded very differently in the hands of another student.

As it happened, the Creat’R Lab owes a part of its inception to Correa, a fourth year electrical engineering major and project manager for the UCR chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), who saw the need for a campus-wide makerspace.

“I was at a coffee shop in downtown Riverside and thought, ‘What if I create this space?’” Correa explained. “We had a space for electrical engineering students, but when it came to having a space for everyone to create, we didn’t have that at all. It helps us to apply the concepts we learn, so why not give this opportunity to everybody else, too?”

As the saying goes, great minds think alike. In a stroke of serendipity, in fall quarter 2016 the UCR Library had formed a committee comprised of representatives from the Library, Research and Economic Development (RED), and other campus stakeholders whose intent was to explore building a makerspace on the UCR campus. When committee member and UCR lecturer Jeff McDaniel heard that Correa was also considering that idea, he invited Correa to help shape the vision and identify the initial equipment needed.

After the Creat’R Lab launch, Correa’s workshops in the Lab were some of the most highly-attended. More than 60 students attended his first Arduino workshop, 80% of whom had never before worked with the tool (an open-source electronic prototyping platform that enables users to create interactive electronic objects).

“It was my first time teaching workshops and being a leader in an organization. It was a really cool experience, giving back to the community, to have a big impact on a lot of people at one time,” Correa reflected. “We had everyone from first years to graduate students from all majors, and the majority of them had no experience whatsoever with anything that I was showing them.”

With such a strong start, it’s no surprise to learn that Correa has even bigger hopes for what the Creat’R Lab could become, with additional community involvement and development funding.

“The school has recognized that we have a need. They made the space, they made it happen,” he said. “If nobody would have used it, then we wouldn’t need it – but we have demonstrated that there obviously is a need for this space. If we scale it up, it will be used more and more for many other things.”

Correa would like to see more of UCR’s student organizations get involved with Creat’R Lab, more collaborations with the individual colleges, more professional workshops, industry speakers, and of course more space and tools to accommodate the increased demand on resources.

“A lot of other schools have a whole building dedicated to this. What if we had a whole building?” Correa mused. “If we could take over that whole wing on the first floor of Orbach Library, with big glass windows and lots of lighting, a lot of huge tables, all the machining tools, things to build at any scale, huge animatronic sculptures, and then we could be as loud as we want in there.”

Beyond building, Correa would also like to see professional development workshops offered, including “soft” skills workshops such as how technical majors can better express themselves in writing or speech. “Let’s say we had a professional teaching advanced techniques on how to use a laser printer, or Garner Holt teaching us how to build animatronics, or someone from NASA!” Correa added. “A lot of them come from humble and diverse backgrounds so we’re able to relate to them.”

Before the Creat’R Lab can expand, however, Correa recognizes that there needs to be more direct involvement from the colleges. “When it’s one student trying to do it, it’s harder. If the school is trying to push it, it’s easier. We need to see emails from the faculty saying, ‘We want all you guys to work together to do these things – in the Creat’R Lab.’”