Breanna Wright

The Library has partnered with ASUCM to provide the UC Merced campus community with digital magazine subscriptions through Flipster. You can read your favorite magazines from anywhere and on any device.

Before you get started, make sure you are connected to the UC Merced campus wifi or VPN.

On-campus

Visit Flipster using your web browser or download the Flipster app on any of your devices; the app is available on the Apple Store and Google Play Store. You can also check out an iPad mini configured with the Flipster app from the 2nd floor Library Services Desk.

Off-campus

To read magazines when off-campus, you’ll need to download the campus VPN first. Once you’re connected to the VPN, you can follow the instructions above for reading on-campus.

Offline

Prior to going reading from your device offline, you’ll need to use the Flipster app to download the magazine issue(s) you want to read. This will allow you to access the pre-downloaded content without an internet connection.

Questions? Check the FAQ or email library@ucmerced.edu.

The 2017 American Library Association (ALA) Equality Award is awarded to Haipeng Li, University Librarian at UC Merced. This annual award honors an individual or group for their outstanding contributions toward promoting equality in the library profession.

The 2017 Equality Award jury commented that “that throughout his career, Mr. Li has championed equality within the profession, to library users, and on a global level as well.” The jury highlights Li’s work as co-chair of the second National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC), and past presidency of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA). They also note his leadership in global initiatives such as the US-China library collaboration program, “Think Globally, Act Globally.”

A nominator said of Li, “… I have seen his engagement and passion for opening the world of libraries and librarianship to people from diverse backgrounds, through his “day jobs” as well as his activities at national and international professional activities.  In addition, his research, writings, and presentations have focused frequently on equity, diversity, and inclusion.”

Li, whose tenure at UC Merced began in June 2015, is full of gratitude and humility. He says “it is a real honor to be selected as the 2017 ALA Equality Award recipient by the American Library Association, the largest library association in the world. I am grateful for the recognition and would like to thank those who put forward my nomination. I am pleased to be in a position to make contributions around issues of diversity and equality that are important to my profession but also to society at large. I find these issues to be of the utmost importance, especially here at UC Merced where we are one of the most diverse campuses in the nation.”

The Equality Award, a framed citation of achievement and $1,000, will be presented to Li at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago on June 25, 2017. 

Read the full press release here.

The Archives and Special Collections department of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Library, in collaboration with the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society, has been awarded a $315,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.  In collaboration, UC Merced Library’s Digital Assets Unit, which has established a reputation for digitizing information resources, will be responsible for digitizing the 49 archival collections related to the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the San Francisco Bay Area, making them available to the public online.

“The San Francisco Bay Area’s Response to the AIDS Epidemic:  Digitizing, Reuniting, and Providing Universal Access to Historical AIDS Records” project will begin on July 1, 2017. The materials to be digitized range from handwritten correspondence and notebooks to typed reports and agency records and printed magazines, as well as photographic prints, negatives, transparencies, and posters. All items will be carefully examined to address any privacy concerns. The digital files created by this project will be disseminated widely through the California Digital Library through both Calisphere, operated by the University of California, and the Digital Public Library of America, which will have an AIDS history primary sources set.

Haipeng Li, UC Merced’s University Librarian has responded that "the UC Merced Library is very pleased to be partnering on this project, which builds upon our long-standing collaboration with UCSF Library to digitize rare and unique materials in the health sciences. Our students and researchers, especially those involved in UC Merced’s growing public health program, will benefit from wider access to the AIDS history materials and I am sure the experience and expertise of our staff will enable them to contribute significantly to the success of the project."

For more information on this important project, check out UCSF’s Archives and Special Collections blog.