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Agriculture in California Author: Lisa Vallen February 28, 2017 Last month, UC Cooperative Extension Archivist, Lisa Vallen, covered the purpose and importance of the UC Cooperative Extension Archives. In this new post, she gives you an overview of agriculture in California and then focuses in on the three counties she is working with: Merced, Ventura, and Humboldt. |
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Preserving 100 Years of Agricultural Resources: Creating the UC Cooperative Extension Archive Author: Lisa Vallen January 26, 2017 Welcome to the UC Cooperative Extension Archive blog. My name is Lisa Vallen, I am the UC Cooperative Extension Project Archivist. I realize that not everyone is familiar with Cooperative Extension, so for this first post I’m going fill everyone in on the who, what, when, where and why of this special project! |
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HathiTrust Print Disabilities Access Update April 26, 2016 HathiTrust Digital Library print disability access has been significantly updated to allow access to all copyrighted material in HathiTrust for students, staff and faculty with visual impairments or print disabilities. |
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HathiTrust Print Disabilities Access August 19, 2015 The UC Merced Library is pleased to offer special access to the HathiTrust Digital Library for students, staff and faculty with visual impairments or print disabilities. The HathiTrust Digital Library is a partnership of research and academic institutions, and contains over 10 million digitized volumes. Through a designated proxy, the UC Merced Library can supply eligible patrons with an accessible PDF file of in-copyright materials that are available in both HathiTrust and the UC Merced Library collections. By collaborating with the Office of Disability Services, these files can be converted into a format consistent with the patron’s access needs. For items not available through HathiTrust, in-print items owned by UC Merced can be digitized. Please contact the Office of Disability Services at 209-228-6996 to obtain a referral for HathiTrust access and digitization requests. These services are available to those registered with the Office of Disability Services... |
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Library Launches New Website June 30, 2015 The library has launched a new website and wishes to thank our library staff and University Communications for their roles in making this a reality. |
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Challenges to Academic Libraries June 1, 2015 Discover how UC Libraries bring great value to the UC system and the ongoing challenges associated with the costs of information. |
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Separating Fact and Fiction Online March 11, 2015 Overwhelmed by the deluge of Internet information? See how journalists determine credible sources. |
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Library Roving Reference March 6, 2015 Library Rovers are available to help students with research questions. #PeertoPeer #UCMercedLibrary |
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Open Access Week - Local Events and UC Progress October 10, 2014 Open Access (OA) Week, October 20-26, celebrates and encourages free, immediate, online access to scholarly research and the right to use and re-use research results. During this week, libraries, universities, and researchers plan events designed to raise awareness of the ways open access to information can benefit society and individuals. |
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Put Digital Books in Your Students' Path: Embed with HathiTrust August 27, 2014 Did you know that it's easy to embed HathiTrust books into your website and courses? You can embed any public domain book into HTML code. |
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