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Building a New Future: Art and Activism in the Central Valley -- Photographs by George Ballis March 22, 2023 Building a New Future: Art and Activism in the Central Valley The industrial scale agriculture that dominates the Central Valley of California has historically relied on groups of seasonal, mostly migrant farmworkers. Foreign nationals from Asia, Mexico, and the Middle East, black Americans from the rural South, and members of other marginalized groups have been attracted to the world’s most productive agricultural region by the promise of employment and economic opportunity. Instead, they have faced meager wages, substandard housing, lack of access to clean water and healthcare, not to mention harsh conditions and exploitation. Attempts to organize any action against these conditions have typically been met with retaliation, and often with violence. While California fruits and vegetables predominate in the marketplace, the plight of the farmworkers remains largely... |
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Faculty Author Series: Assistant Professor Meredith Van Natta Author: Kelli Abrescy March 20, 2023 On April 5, 2023 Assistant Professor Meredith Van Natta will discuss her recent book Medical Legal Violence: Healthcare and Immigration Enforcement Against Latinx Noncitizens. |
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2022-2023 Library Research Awardees, Sophia Wallace-Boyd and Brian Fernandez Awarded at Public Reception Author: Olivia Olivares March 8, 2023 The 2022-2023 Abrescy-Kranich Library Award for Student Research Excellence awarded two undergraduate students - Sophia Wallace-Boyd and Brian Fernandez at a public reception on March 10, 2023. |
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The San Joaquin Experimental Range Photo Archive Author: Rebecca Gourevitch February 21, 2023 The UC Merced Library receives photographic collection depicting Cooperative Extension work at the San Joaquin Experimental Range (SJER). |
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ZCCM Call for Proposals - Open for Summer & Fall 2023 Courses February 2, 2023 The UC Merced Library is currently accepting ZCCM proposals that will bring course costs to zero for courses offered in summer or fall 2023. Faculty and lecturers who wish to replace commercial materials with Open Educational Resources (OER) and/or library-licensed material are encouraged to apply for a ZCCM grant by March 27, 2023. |
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Graduate Fellowship for Archival Research January 24, 2023 The UC Merced Library is offering a graduate fellowship designed to support graduate students enrolled in a PhD or masters program to develop and enhance skills in archival research and working with archival materials within collections held at the UC Merced Library. To view the requirements and submit an application, please visit: https://library.ucmerced.edu/graduate-fellowship. |
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Student Assistant Chelsy Bautista reflects on CARA project Author: Chelsy Bautista December 12, 2022 Chelsy Bautista, an undergraduate at UC Merced, works on the California Agricultural Resources Archive project as a student assistant at the UC Merced Library. This month, as she prepares to graduate, she shares her reflection on what the project has meant to her. |
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Request Course Resources for Spring 2023 Courses December 7, 2022 The Library is now accepting requests for Spring 2023 course resources and electronic materials for CatCourses! |
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Valley Life: The Summer Mural Completes the Four Seasons of Yosemite Author: Sara Davidson Squibb November 18, 2022 The final stained-glass mural to complete the Four Seasons of Yosemite collection by artist, Bill Poulson, has been installed on the 3rd floor. |
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Library Acquires Collection of Official Yosemite Photographer, Ralph H. Anderson Author: Sophia LaMonica November 15, 2022 The UC Merced Library has recently acquired the Ralph H. Anderson Special Collection on Yosemite National Park and the American Southwest. Anderson worked as a ranger and then park photographer in Yosemite National Park before serving as the official photographer for the National Park Service. His personal collection of books, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera includes black and white photographs taken between 1925 and 1960. |
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