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... |
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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... |
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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. |
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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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Focus Group Participants Needed for Paid eBook Study September 21, 2023 The University of California Libraries are recruiting participants for a paid focus group study on the future of e-books and digital lending within higher education. Read more for eligibility requirements. |
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Library Staff Creates Book Club in Anticipation of Mark Arax Event Author: Sara Davidson Squibb September 19, 2023 In anticipation of the Historical Memory, Policy, and the Future of Water in the Central Valley event and conversation on 9/28, members of the library staff have been reading Mark Arax's book, The Dreamt Land. |
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Call for Proposals: Mini-Grants for Zero-Cost and Low-Cost Course Materials September 14, 2023 With funding from the Scholar Transformational Impact Fund and support from the Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning (CETL), the UC Merced Library invites senate faculty and Unit 18 lecturers to apply for funding to eliminate or minimize course costs for students. |