UC is currently in negotiations with Taylor & Francis (T&F), a publisher with significant content for the humanities and social sciences, to establish an agreement that redirects the university’s spend from reading access to open access publishing. T&F’s current proposal adds open access publishing costs on top of subscription fees for the same journals. Though an agreement may yet be reached, direct access to 2024 article content will be lost in March without a resolution. This...
With funding from the Scholar Transformational Impact Fund and support from the Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning (CETL), the UC Merced Library invites faculty (senate and non-senate) to apply for funding to eliminate or minimize course costs for undergraduate or graduate students.
Library staff recently recognized Chief Administrative Officer, Stephanie Peterson for her 10-year anniversary at the UC Merced Library. However, Stephanie’s history with the university is much deeper and longer than most of ours. She has been at UC Merced for 24 years!