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Toyo Keizai Digital Archives Is Now Available January 26, 2017 Thanks to the contributions UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Los Angeles, UC Merced, and UC Santa Cruz, the earliest part of the Tōyō Keizai Digital Archives is now available to users of all ten campuses and UCOP through JapanKnowledge. |
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The challenge facing libraries in an era of fake news January 5, 2017 Deputy University Librarian, Donald Barclay, notes that libraries are not new to teaching students how to navigate information but highlights that the information environment is increasingly complex due to factors such as fake journals and “the hyper partisan noise of social media”. Information literacy is nuanced and the information literacy challenge requires the collaboration of librarians, faculty and administrators. Read the full article at The Conversation. |
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UC Merced Library Welcomes Demitra Borrero January 5, 2017 UC Merced Library is joined by Demitra Borrero as the new InterLibrary Services Assistant. In her previous role as Circulation Services & Volunteer Coordinator at Patrick Health Public Library, Demitra oversaw the daily management of InterLibrary Loan services. Demitra attended UC Merced, studying Literature and Cultures of the English Speaking World. |
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UC Merced Library Welcomes Breanna Wright January 5, 2017 In December, the UC Merced Library welcomed Breanna Wright as their Communications Coordinator. Breanna comes to the Library from the Marketing and Communications for Enrollment Management department within Student Affairs where she was the E-Communications Specialist and primarily served the Office of Admissions. Breanna is also a UC Merced alumna with a B.S. in Cognitive Science. She has worked in Admissions since 2013 and received her initial training from Jessica “Jae Jae” Julian, a former Library staffer. |
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Interlibrary Loan Closure Dates January 3, 2017 Interlibrary Loan will be closed beginning Friday, December 16, 2016 and will reopen on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. |
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New Request Feature Now Available December 20, 2016 When placing multiple requests in a single search session, users no longer have to re-enter their information such as their UCMnetID. The California Digital Library (CDL) implemented this enhancement on Nov. 7. More details are available at CDLINFO News. |
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Library Service Preserves and Publishes Research Data December 14, 2016 Using the Merritt preservation repository at the California Digital Library and UC’s Dash data sharing service, the Library is helping our researchers preserve and publish their valuable data. Check out the full article in the latest issue of Panorama. |
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Extended Hours at Writing Center Pilot November 14, 2016 The Writing Center offers extended hours for three weeks starting Nov. 14th. Visit us from M-TH from noon to 5pm or F from noon to 3pm in KL 260 for one-on-one feedback. Thanksgiving Week we are open Monday and Tuesday from noon to 3pm. Visit our web page to schedule an appointment and to view peer writing consultant bios. |
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New eBooks in Engineering & Computer Science (Synthesis Series) November 9, 2016 The Synthesis Series, from Morgan & Claypool (M&C) Publishers, is a collection of ebooks that synthesize and analyze important research or topics in the areas of engineering and computer science. The editors of each ebook are prominent researchers in the field. These books can be particularly valuable to students or researchers who are new to a specific research area and can be used as textbooks. Sample series include Quantum Computing, Computer Vision, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The publisher has started offering its seventh collection of lectures, and 24 new titles are available to download in PDF format. All ebooks in the series are available through Melvyl and through the Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science Collection (Morgan & Claypool Publisher) in our database listing. For more details, check out our article in the Library Notes section of November 16th’s Panorama. |
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Request Update November 7, 2016 When placing multiple requests in a single search session, users no longer have to re-enter their information such as their UCMnetID. |
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