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Preserving the Film Reels of the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Author: Rebecca Gourevitch April 8, 2021 In addition to archiving the records of county Cooperative Extension records such as Merced’s, the CARA (California Agricultural Resources Archive) project at UC Merced is preserving historical reports and film from the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR), the statewide organization that oversees UCCE county offices and personnel. In 2019, we accepted several boxes of 16mm film reels from the UCANR statewide office. Produced by UCCE personnel throughout California, the films date from 1953 to 1979 and cover UCANR activities such as the 4-H youth development program, food and nutrition education, wildland management, the ag industry, animals, and adolescent health. |
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Cesar Chavez Photographs Discovered In Ernest Lowe Collection March 29, 2021 Historical photos of Latino American civil rights activist Cesar Chavez were discovered as part of the Ernest Lowe Collection. Read the full UC Merced News story. |
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Zero - Cost Course Materials Grant Information Session for Faculty March 19, 2021 Learn more about the Zero-Cost Course Materials Grant- a collaboration between UC Merced Library and the Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning. This session is intended for faculty to learn more about grant opportunities, Open Education resources, and UC Merced Library licensed electronic resources to help reduce learning materials costs to $0. |
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Coming Soon: UC Library Search March 18, 2021 UC Library Search will replace Melvyl as a single, UC-wide library discovery tool on July 27, 2021. |
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UC reaches open access agreement with Elsevier March 16, 2021 After more than two years of negotiations, this morning the University of California announced a transformative open access agreement with Elsevier, the world’s largest academic publisher. This successful outcome is the result of UC’s faculty, librarians and university leadership coming together to stand firm on our goals of making UC research freely available to all and transforming scholarly communication for the better. The new four-year agreement will go into effect on April 1, 2021, restoring UC’s direct online access to Elsevier journals while accomplishing the university’s two goals for all publisher agreements: (1) Enabling universal open... |
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New and Improved Library Chat Service: LibChat March 15, 2021 The 24/7 library chat service has been improved to add even more features to better serve students, faculty and staff. |
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Storymapping Project Underway with Merced County 4-H Author: Rebecca Gourevitch March 2, 2021 UC Merced Library announces an exciting new partnership with the Merced County 4-H Club. After acquiring the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) archives, a key objective has been to share this incredible resource with the community. With this aim in mind, we developed the 4-H StoryMapping Project. |
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One Library Search with the Power of Ten February 8, 2021 Finding and borrowing resources from libraries across the UC system is about to get easier! We are pleased to introduce UC Library Search. |
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Tracing Agricultural History in the Archives Author: Emily S. Lin February 5, 2021 The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Records for Merced County span well over one hundred boxes of documents and photographs and have a physical footprint of about 70 linear feet in the UC Merced Library. So how do you know what you can find in the archives? And why would someone want to access the archives? |
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UC Merced Library Participating in UC Love Data Week with Series of Workshops January 27, 2021 UC Love Data Week, February 8-12, provides workshops and presentations about data management, security and preservation to all members of the UC Community. UC Merced Library is offering workshops and presentations as part of this week's events. |
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