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Request Spring 2024 Library Instruction


December 21, 2023


Submit your Library instruction requests for Spring 2024 courses!

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UC Merced Library Annual Report (AY 2022-2023)


December 19, 2023


The UC Merced Library’s Annual Report for AY 2022-2023 is now available. We are excited to share noteworthy exhibits, events and acquisitions, our contributions to student learning & belonging, and how we are building expertise & celebrating our achievements.

Library Acquires Two Years of Heat and COVID in the San Joaquin Valley Photographs


December 19, 2023


The Library has acquired David Bacon's photography exhibition, Two Years of Heat and COVID in the San Joaquin Valley, as an addition to its permanent collection with funding from the UC Merced Community and Labor Center.

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Sarah Sheets Reaches 20 Year Anniversary with the UC Merced Library


December 4, 2023


Sarah Sheets celebrates 20 year career milestone with the UC Merced Library. Read more about Sarah...

Collections Update


November 28, 2023


Because of decreased campus financial support, the UC Merced Library will cancel access to several electronic information resources as of January 1, 2024.

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Faculty Author Series December 6, 2023: Dr. Nicosia Shakes


November 1, 2023


Co-sponsored with the Center for Africana Studies - Dr. Nicosia Shakes will discuss her recent book: Women's Activist Theatre in Jamaica and South Africa. Read more...

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2023-2024 Library Award for Student Research Excellence Now Accepting Applications


November 1, 2023


The 2023-2024 Library Research Award is open for eligible undergraduate students through January 31, 2024. Read more...

UC to End Funding Support for Open Access Publishing with IEEE in 2024; Reading Access Will Continue
Author: Jerrold Shiroma


October 19, 2023


The University of California will end open access publishing support through its agreement with IEEE effective January 1, 2024. The UC libraries’ funding support for page charges will also end at that time. Reading access to IEEE publications will continue without interruption — essentially reverting to the type of agreement UC had with IEEE prior to the open access publishing pilot.

Since the pilot agreement began in July 2022, only 20 percent of UC authors publishing with IEEE have chosen to publish open access — far fewer than with UC’s other open access agreements — and of those who chose to publish open access, fewer contributed grant funds toward the open access fee than projected.

With the low number of UC authors choosing open access with IEEE, and the resulting financial costs under the structure of this particular...

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ArcGIS Story Maps Workshop - October 11, 2023


October 3, 2023


Learn how easy it can be to make an ArcGIS Story Map to tell interactive stories about your research content! Register to attend in person on via Zoom.

Living in Hydroclimatic Extremes: A Visual Journey into Water Research at UC Merced
Author: Emily Lin


September 25, 2023


A new exhibition, curated by Secure Water Future, is on display in the third floor reading room of the Kolligian Library, KL355. Photographs and infographics vividly portray UC Merced's role in shaping a sustainable and resilient water future amid the uncertainties of our changing climate.

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