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The Library is Hiring a GSR for Summer!
Author: Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco


March 12, 2024


The Library is hiring a Graduate Summer Researcher to compile a reading list for a proposed UC Merced Community & Labor Center reading room during the summer term. This position is up to 50% and can be remote or in-person. More details can be found at the position description. Please apply soon!

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Abrescy-Kranich Award 2024 Announcement


March 8, 2024


Since 2017, the UC Merced Library has offered an award to undergraduate students who demonstrate excellence in library research and use. This year, the Carter Joseph Abrescy and Larry Kranich Library Award for Student Research Excellence was awarded to Ashley Ratcliff-Winn and Darian Andrade-Diaz.

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Chief Administrative Officer, Stephanie Peterson Celebrates 10 Years at the UC Merced Library


February 27, 2024


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!

Taylor & Francisc Negotiations and Article Access
Potential changes to Taylor & Francis journal access in March 2024


February 22, 2024


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 Letter to Faculty provides more details about UC’s intent and negotiation status.

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CatCourses LTI Update
Author: Bronwen K. Maxson


February 21, 2024


The LTI to make UC Merced Library research guides visible to students in CatCourses has been upgraded. Please use the “Library Research Guide” page (formerly “Start Your Research”), found in your CatCourses site to display Subject or Course research guides.

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UC Love Data Week 2024
Author: Derek Devnich


February 13, 2024


UC Love Data Week is a week-long offering of presentations and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation.

Call for Proposals: Zero-Cost & Low-Cost Course Materiasl Grants
Call for Proposals: Mini-Grants for Zero-Cost and Low-Cost Course Materials


February 6, 2024


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.

Research Award, Application Deadline Extended
Abrescy-Kranich Library Award for Student Research Excellence: Application Deadline Extension


January 30, 2024


The Abrescy-Kranich Award application deadline has been extended to February 7, 2024.

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Faculty Author Series: Tanya Golash-Boza


January 12, 2024


Join us for a Faculty Author Series Talk on March 5th with Professor Tanya Golash-Boza as she discusses her book, Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap. Registration is now open.

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White Paper from LASC Now Available


December 21, 2023


The UC Merced Library White Paper (June 2023) was written in response to a charge from former Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Gregg Camfield to the UC Merced Academic Senate Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication (LASC) to articulate the Library’s contributions to UC Merced’s mission of research, teaching, and service.

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