Controlled Burns and Fire Management Practices found in the UC Cooperative Extension Archive Author: Rebecca Gourevitch August 2, 2023 This summer, we are looking at ways UC Cooperative Extension has played a role in wildfire prevention and management across California. UC Merced Library’s California Agricultural Resources Archive (CARA) contains archival resources created by UCCE advisors and specialists over the last 100 years. |
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UC Merced Library Completes UCANR Film Preservation Project Author: Rebecca Gourevitch July 13, 2023 This Spring, the UC Merced Library concluded its multi-year project to preserve, digitize, and make accessible films produced by University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR). |
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UC Merced Library shares archival holdings with Cooperative Extension partners Author: Rebecca Gourevitch June 5, 2023 On May 5th, the UC Merced Library held a reception for UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) staff and community partners to view the Library’s photography exhibit, A Century of Impact in California's Counties: Highlights from the University of California Cooperative Archive. |
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Unearthing California's Agricultural History: CARA Highlights Inspire a Closer Look at Archives Author: Sophia LaMonica June 1, 2023 Sophia LaMonica, graduate student at the SJSU School of Information and CARA communications assistant, reflects on her experience working with Digital Curation, Archives & Special Collections at the UC Merced Library. |
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The San Joaquin Experimental Range Photo Archive Author: Rebecca Gourevitch February 21, 2023 The UC Merced Library receives photographic collection depicting Cooperative Extension work at the San Joaquin Experimental Range (SJER). |
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Student Assistant Chelsy Bautista reflects on CARA project Author: Chelsy Bautista December 12, 2022 Chelsy Bautista, an undergraduate at UC Merced, works on the California Agricultural Resources Archive project as a student assistant at the UC Merced Library. This month, as she prepares to graduate, she shares her reflection on what the project has meant to her. |
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Exploring the imagery of UC Cooperative Extension in Mariposa County Author: Rebecca Gourevitch November 10, 2022 This past month, the UC Merced Library made 1,133 digitized photographs from the UC Cooperative Extension, Mariposa County collection available in the UC Cooperative Extension Archive. |
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A Century of Impact in California's Counties: Highlights from the University of California Cooperative archive Author: Rebecca Gourevitch September 26, 2022 A new photography exhibit has opened on the 4th floor of the UC Merced Library. A Century of Impact in California's Counties: Highlights from the University of California Cooperative archive features photographs from the California Agricultural Resources Archive (CARA), showcasing the University of California’s work over the past 100 years to improve agricultural practices, support youth development, and promote broader civic engagement. |
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Problem Solving in San Joaquin County: early twentieth century UC Cooperative Extension projects Author: Rebecca Gourevitch July 27, 2022 Over 300 additional items were uploaded to Calisphere, our online repository, that reveal the ways in which work carried out by UC Cooperative Extension, since 1914, reached residents and supported rural communities in San Joaquin County. |
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Highlights for National Dairy Month Author: Sophia LaMonica June 17, 2022 June has been celebrated as National Dairy Month since 1937 to promote drinking milk and to stabilize the dairy demand when production was at a surplus. A search for "dairy" in UC Merced Library's California Agricultural Resources Archive (CARA) yields nearly 400 digitized resources documenting the state's history of research and development in the dairy industry. Annual narrative reports of county agents, milk flavor and production cost surveys, cow census records, and dairy industry newsletters provide a picture of how California's dairy boom came to be. |