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UC Merced Newsroom: After 18-Month Closure Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, UC Merced Library Reopening Its Doors
Author: Juan Flores


August 12, 2021


Read the full article released August 12, 2021 by UC Merced Newsroom.

Transportation to Inter-County Walnut Growers’ Field Day, 1927-09-03. Image courtesy: UC Merced, UC Cooperative Extension Archive.
Calisphere Soars Past Two Million Digital Primary Resource Items!


August 5, 2021


Calisphere's digital collection includes resources from over 300 organizations in the State of California, including collections from the UC Merced Library.

Library Instruction Requests, fall 2021
Call for Fall 2021 Library Instruction Requests


July 28, 2021


UC Merced librarians offer instruction sessions to support students in their completion of course assignments requiring library research skills. For the upcoming semester, we are offering in-person and online options. Please submit fall 2021 requests via our online instruction request form.

Interlibrary Loan Service Update
Interlibrary Loan Service Interruptions


July 27, 2021


You might have noticed that the UC Libraries are moving to a new platform, UC Library Search. There will be some slight service interruptions during this time. Specifically, we are going to have to reconfigure our interlibrary loan (ILL) system to work with the new system. We will also have to do some testing and training once that process is complete.

During this time you will not be able to place ILL requests as you normally would. We ask that you use this form to place urgent requests during this time. You can also e-mail ucmill@ucmerced.edu if you have any questions.

Historic records of UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County
Author: Rebecca Gourevitch


July 14, 2021


This past month, the UC Merced Library made 2,898 digitized items from the UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County archive available online.

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Library Hours- Fall 2021


July 1, 2021


We have missed you! The Library will reopen for limited hours on August 16th. Read the full article for more details.

UC Merced Library and Merced County 4-H Wrap-up Inaugural StoryMapping Project
Author: Rebecca Gourevitch


June 23, 2021


In May, UC Merced Library and Merced County 4-H concluded an inaugural StoryMapping Project for students in grades 9-12. Designed to encourage participants to discover the value of historical archives, the project introduced young people to UC Merced’s University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) archives.

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Summer 2021 Library Workshops


June 3, 2021


Our summer workshop lineup is here! View our Events Calendar for a full schedule and to register.

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CARA highlights agricultural history from across California
Author: Rebecca Gourevitch


May 26, 2021


Our digitized UC Cooperative Extension archival collections continue to grow and are accessible through our online repository, Calisphere. Recently, 500 images were added to the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, UC Cooperative Extension Records.

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Content Added to the Archives of Sexuality and Gender


May 12, 2021


A new module has been added to the Archives of Sexuality and Gender with a focus on LGBTQ activism and culture. Check out the new content.

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