At UC Merced Library, we're not afraid to take the lead. We were one of the first 100 libraries in the world (and the first UC) to adopt OCLC's WMS (WorldShare Management Services) as our ILS. Basically, as ILS (integrated library system) is what we use to keep track of what library users have checked out, where all our materials are located, etc. WMS is user friendly, inexpensive, and moves library workflows to the cloud.

To celebrate the 100th library implementing WMS, OCLC encouraged WMS libraries to participate in a community video. All participants were entered in a drawing for a $4000 prize for staff development. 

You can watch the video on Youtube. You can skip to 1:51 to see our student assistants Josh Steckler, Sadie Varela, and Dylan Ray representing UC Merced Library. Thanks to our Night/Weekend Services Coordinator Victoria Haindel for shooting the footage.

For more information, please contact Robin Milford (Access Services Librarian) at rmilford@ucmerced.edu

 

Congratulations to John Li and Stacey Van, winners of the 2013 Undergraduate Library Research Poster Awards. The library research competition was held in conjunction with the UC Merced Office of Research poster competition that took place on March 5, 2013.
To earn their awards, both John (poster title, The Theory of Basins of Attraction for Burning Invariant Manifold Theory) and Stacey (poster title, Nanopatterning wrinkles into biodegradable materials for aligning heart cells) submitted bibliographies and essays that demonstrated in depth use of library materials and a growing understanding of the research process. Way to go John and Stacey!

The UC Merced Library invites undergraduate and graduate students participating in the 2013 Student Research Poster Competition to apply for an additional research award sponsored by the library. Library awards will recognize excellence in research projects that incorporate library resources, demonstrate high-level information literacy skills, and thoughtfully reflect on strategies utilized in the research process. Two awards will be given; one to a graduate student and one to an undergraduate student. Each award will be in the amount of $100.

Applications are due by midnight Thursday February 28, 2013.

Details on evaluation criteria and how to enter the contest are available on the UC Merced Library Student Research Competition Awards web page.

Questions? Contact Susan Mikkelsen 209.658.1832

What should graduate students consider when submitting research for publication? What is the process for identifying appropriate and quality journals? This session will demonstrate how to evaluate impact factor and focus on highlighting additional considerations in the publishing process, including the benefits of open access models, the ability to retain copyright, and tools for publishing your work. Join librarians Susan Borda and Susan Mikkelsen for this informative workshop.

Help keep the doors of the Merced Multicultural Arts Center open!

You are invited to glaze a tile which will be permanently installed on the risers of the steps inside the art gallery of the Multicultural Arts Center (MCAC).The Library will host 2 tile-glazing workshops on Sunday, February 3. The workshops will be conducted by local artist Monika Modest (Tree of Life tile mural in Bob Hart Square, and the Faces of Merced tile murals at the G Street underpass). Participants are asked to make a $30 tax-deductible contribution. All proceeds will benefit MCAC and make it possible to offer high-quality programs and services to the people of Merced.

Two workshops are scheduled:

1:30 - 3 PM

3:30 - 5 PM

Each workshop is limited to 15 participants. To reserve a space during one of the workshops, please contact Monika Modest at monikamodest@gmail.com or 209.233.9073.

You do not have to be artistic to participate. You will get all the help and inspiration to successfully create an image you are pleased with. Suggested minimum age is 5 years with no upper limit.

Refreshments will be provided by the Library.

Join us and show your support for the arts in Merced!

Location Library Lantern (first floor)

Make this semester your best one ever - by using Library resources! Join the UC Merced Library Trek and you could win a $25 gift certificate at the bookstore.

Details at http://libguides.ucmercedlibrary.info/library_trek_spring_2013

 

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Looking for a memorable and reasonably priced holiday present but stuck on gift giving ideas? Wondering what to give a recent UC grad or alum? Interested in Yiddish theater or know a nursing student who might get a kick from a 1917 reprint? Consider a book digitized from UC's library collections:


Page from Cupid's Book of Good Counsel, which provides advice to the new bride of the early 20th century



Illustrations from Old French fairy tales (1920) by Comtesse de Sophie Ségur and Virginia Frances Sterrett



Pages from Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times (1892) by Alexander McClure


To browse and order, please visit UC Library Reprints.

Income generated from the sale of the books supports the stewardship of UC’s digital collections on a cost recovery basis. 

Give a gift that has special meaning and supports our libraries.

For more information, see http://www.cdlib.org/services/collections/massdig/pod.html

The Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST), a partnership to create a distributed retrospective print journal repository in the Western United States, has completed its first round of print journal archiving under a 3-year program jointly funded by WEST members and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

In this first cycle in 2011-12, twelve WEST libraries serving as archive holders on behalf of the partnership have archived more than 6,100 journal titles, comprising more than 160,000 volumes. Read the full article.

Due to scheduled maintenance, all CDL services & resources will be unavailable from 12:01 AM until 9:00 AM (PDT) on Sunday, August 26, 2012. 

This scheduled maintenance will impact the following services:

AccessEngineering Textbooks (Selected)
Calisphere
CDL Website
DataUp
Data Preservation Repository (DPR)
DMPTool
Dermatology Online Journal
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)
eScholarship              
eScholarship submission system
EZID
IP address service
Merritt
OAC
OAC Dashboard
OSC: Reshaping scholarly communication
Request/PIR
Shared Cataloging PID service
UC-eLinks
UC Press eBook Collection
Unified Digital Format Registry (UDFR)
University of California Libraries Website
WAS Archive and Curator administrative services
XTF Website

Please contact the library if you have questions regarding these resources and services.
library@ucmerced.edu
209.228.4444

UC Merced Library users will not be able to request items through Interlibrary Loan, or check their ILL Requests account this weekend. The California Digital Library (CDL) is migrating the system to new servers beginning at 5:00 pm on Friday, July 13th. ILL services are scheduled to resume by 8:00 am Monday, July 16th.

Please Contact Us if you have additional questions.