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How Do I Find - Primary Sources
Primary sources are first-hand documentation including letters, diaries, photographs, oral histories, and administrative records.
These items contain original information from the time period being researched and may be found in their original format or as a reproduction from a later date. Primary sources are the original materials that allow researchers to conduct critical analysis of a topic.
Library Welcomes New Financial and Administrative Analyst
Camille Mahant joined the UCR Library team on Monday, July 18, 2016, as a Financial and Administrative Analyst.
Camille's key responsibilities are to provide financial, budgetary, analytical and administrative support to the Administration of the University Library. Camille brings five years of experience as a financial analyst within the University of California-Riverside’s Business and Administrative Services unit. Her prior background includes public agency finance and healthcare planning and finance.
Camille earned her BS in cell biology from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, and her MBA from California State University - Fullerton.
New Library catalog launch delayed
The launch of the UCR Library’s new catalog, originally planned for July 16, has been temporarily delayed.
Please continue to use the UCR catalog as usual. We will update you with the new launch date as soon as possible.
Due to the transition, new holds, recalls and paging will only be available after the launch.
We truly appreciate your patience and thank you for your understanding.
Library Welcomes New Business Systems Analyst
UCR Library is pleased to welcome Ramon Barcia as the library’s Business Systems Analyst.
Ramon will be working as part of the Library Cyberinfrastructure team, with a primary focus on Integrated Library Management Systems (ILMS).
Ramon has over a decade of experience performing challenging business systems analysis and project management in the healthcare industry. He has worked with organizations that include Kaiser, Loma Linda University, Dignity Health, and Siemens.
In addition, Ramon has earned the industry-recognized Six Sigma Black Belt process improvement certification, and is preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Ramon will be located with the Cyberinfrastructure team, in Orbach room 114.
History
The Science Library (later renamed to the Orbach Science Library) was the first new library building at UCR in over 25 years when it opened in 1998. The building was designed by the architectural firms, Ehrlich-Rominger and Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott. Construction began in February 1996 and was completed shortly before the library officially opened in August 1998.
Rivera Library Welcomes New Night and Billing Coordinator
Charles (Chuck) Stephenson joined the UCR Library on September 6, 2016, as our Rivera Night & Billing Coordinator.
Chuck will be located in Circulation/Reserves on the first floor of Rivera Library, and will report to Sahra Missaghieh Klawitter, Circulation/Reserves Services Manager.
He comes to UCR from Chapman University, where he worked as the library’s Night Circulation Supervisor. He has experience with circulation, reserves, and in working with users regarding library fines and fees.
Chuck earned his BS in communications from Ohio University.
How to Use our New Study Room Reservation System
We launched a new study room reservation system this summer.
Our new system incorporates features that will make reserving a study room easier than ever:
- Quickly find what you need with a more intuitive interface.
- Easily identify available study and media rooms.
- Conveniently bounce between Orbach rooms and Rivera rooms to see all available spaces.
- Add room reservations to your personal calendar from your reservation confirmation email.
- Please Note: One important change to be aware of is that text message updates about your reservations are not currently available. We encourage you to check your reservation details via email at your R’Mail (UCR) email address.
You’ll be able to access our new study room reservation system through the updated Study Spaces page on our website. Use your single-sign-on/R’Mail details to log in and reserve a room!
Need help booking a room? View our step-by-step directions below. Tap right to go to the next slide.
Still need help? Check out our video guide below!
Special Collections Public Services, Outreach & Community Engagement Librarian
The UCR Library is pleased to announce that Sandy Enriquez has joined our team as the Special Collections Public Services, Outreach & Community Engagement Librarian.
She will be reporting to Cherry Williams, Director of Distinctive Collections.
Sandy earned her MA in Latin American Studies at New York University and her MLIS from Long Island University.
Most recently, Sandy served as a Collections Assistant at New York University’s Bobst Library.
Please join us in welcoming Sandy to the library!
Zeta book scanner improvements at UCR Library
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.