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GIS Software and Learning Resources (Information Session) February 23, 2026 Join our virtual information session on February 23, 2026 from 12:00–1:00 PM for an overview of the GIS software available to campus, data access options, licensing information, and training support. The session is intended to help students, faculty, and researchers understand how to access and use geospatial tools for research, projects, and coursework. |
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Library Workshop: Using Zotero to Make Citations Easy! February 13, 2026 Zotero is a free, open-source citation manager that you can use to organize your research, create bibliographies, and share resources with others. |
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UC Merced Archives Renovation Underway February 11, 2026 Our capital project to expand the UC Merced Library’s archives and special collections is in progress. |
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Faculty Author Series: Dr. Aditi Chandra February 10, 2026 Please join us for an author talk featuring Associate Professor of Art History / Visual Studies, Aditi Chandra. In this talk, Dr. Chandra will discuss her new book, Unruly Monuments: Disrupting the State at Delhi's Islamic Architecture (Cambridge University Press). The book discusses Delhi's Sultanate and Mughal architecture and its history and place in physical and public consciousness. Event Time: Noon-1pm Event Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Event Location: KL 396 Registration is encouraged as seating is limited. Light refreshments provided. We will have a giveaway of a copy of the book during the event. |
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New Humanities Open Access Fund February 2, 2026 The UC Libraries is offering a scoped, one-year pilot fund that covers the cost of open access for early career authors publishing in arts and humanities journals that are not otherwise covered by one of UC’s open access publishing agreements. The goal of the pilot is to provide financial support to author communities that are underserved by existing funding sources for publishing open access, in particular: early career (pre-tenure) faculty, postdoctoral researchers, non-academic staff, graduate students, undergraduate students, and other non-tenured early career authors. Whether due to a lack of grant funding opportunities or current gaps in UC’s open access agreements, such authors are the least likely to be able to secure funds to publish open access. The pilot covers the full costs of the open access publishing fees for authors who meet the fund’s eligibility requirements. For more information about the pilot, please visit: ... |
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UC Merced Library Welcomes Chris Caskey, Oral Histories Project Coordinator January 21, 2026 Christopher Caskey joins the UC Merced Library staff this spring and summer as the UC Merced Oral Histories Project Coordinator. With support from Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz, the Library is conducting a pilot project to record and preserve the stories of those who have contributed to the founding of UC Merced. |
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Call for Spring 2026 Library Instruction Requests Author: Paulina Allende January 7, 2026 Please submit Spring 2026 requests through the instruction request form to have a Library instructor provide support to your students. We appreciate receiving requests by Friday, January 23 for planning our semester. |
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Using AI and Text Mining with Library Resources: What Every UC Merced Researcher Needs to Know Author: Bronwen K. Maxson December 22, 2025 Planning to scrape a website or database? Train an AI tool? Some Library resources are available for text data mining or AI research. Before you scrape and before you train, there are steps you need to take! |
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Applications for Student Research Excellence Award - DEADLINE EXTENDED Author: Olivia Olivares December 8, 2025 We are kicking off the Carter Joseph Abrescy and Larry Kranich Library Award for Student Research Excellence for 2025-2026 with a call for applications. |
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Collections Update, Coordinated Systemwide Cancellations December 8, 2025 In response to ongoing budget cuts across the University of California system, the UC Libraries have engaged in a collaborative and coordinated approach to reduce systemwide collections budget spending by 3.7%. With these systemwide decisions, we now have a finalized list that includes both local and consortial resource cancellations. |
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