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Access Alert - OCLC

Thu, February 4, 2021 9:50 AM

Beginning Sunday, February 7th at 5:30am until 9am Pacific Time, OCLC will be performing systems maintenance which may cause sporadic interruptions and delayed response times for online catalog services. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

UC Merced Library Participating in UC Love Data Week with Series of Workshops

Wed, January 27, 2021 1:40 PM

UC Love Data Week- Monday, February 8, 2021 - Friday, February 12, 2021

UC Love Data Week is a week-long offering of presentations and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation. All members of the University of California community are welcome to attend.

You can read about the workshops and register for individual workshops on the website: https://uc-love-data-week.github.io

Make sure to register with your UC-campus email. Follow the event on Twitter and Instagram using #LoveData21.

Spring 2021 Library Workshops

Tue, January 26, 2021 9:45 AM

Spring 2021 Library and SpARC Workshops 

The spring semester is underway and we have a full slate of workshops for a wide range of topics like using citation management tools, GIS essentials, accessing & evaluating online health information and more.

Registration is open and all workshops will be presented over Zoom. You will receive a Zoom link and passcode with your registration email. Visit our Events Calendar for more details or click on the links below. 

Wednesday, January 27, 2021: 12:30pm-2:00pm
GIS Essentials Workshop
Instructor: Erin Mutch, SpARC
 
Tuesday, February 2, 2021- Watch the Recording 
Thursday, March 11, 2021: 1:00pm-1:20pm
Start Your Research Smart (20 Minute Workshop)
Instructor: Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
 
Wednesday, February 3, 2021: 12:30pm-1:30pm
Web Mapping-Virtual Workshop
Instructor: Erin Mutch, SpARC
 
Friday, February 5, 2021
Wednesday, March 17, 2021: 11:00am-11:50am
Manage Your Research with Mendeley
Instructor: Elizabeth Salmon
 
Tuesday, February 9, 2021- Watch the Recording 
Introduction to Locating Secondary Data & Searching Data Repositories: Social Sciences Edition
Instructor: Elizabeth Salmon
 
Wednesday, February 10, 2021: 12:30pm-1:30pm
Story Map-Virtual Workshop
Instructor: Erin Mutch, SpARC
 
Friday, February 12, 2021:10:00am-12:00pm
Web Scraping in R
Event Contacts: Derek Devnich & Derek Sollberger
 
Thursday, February 18, 2021-Watch the Recording 
Using Zotero to Manage Your Research
Instructor: Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
 
Thursday, February 18, 2021: 2:30pm-2:50pm
Thursday, March 11, 2021: 4:00pm-4:20pm
Using Flipster to Read Your Favorite Magazines Online (20 Minute Workshop)
Instructor: Sara Davidson Squibb
 
Tuesday, February 23, 2021- Watch the Recording
Wednesday, March 31, 2021: 12:30pm-12:50pm
Three Strategies for Searching (20 Minute Workshop)
Instructor: Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
 
Tuesday, February 23, 2021- Watch the Recording
Choose a Citation Management Tool
Instructors: Sara Davidson Squibb, Elizabeth Salmon, Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
 
Wednesday, February 24, 2021: 12:30pm-2:00pm
Desktop GIS (ArcGIS Pro and Desktop)
Instructor: Erin Mutch, SpARC
 
Friday, February 26, 2021- Watch the Recording
Thursday, April 1, 2021: 11:30am-12:20pm
Manage Your Research with RefWorks
Instructor: Sara Davidson Squibb
 
Thursday, March 4, 2021- Watch the Recording
Wednesday, March 31, 2021: 11:30am-11:50am
Access the New York Times (Web Version) (20 Minute Workshop)
Instructor: Sara Davidson Squibb
 
Thursday, March 4, 2021- Watch the Recording
Intro to DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) (20 Minute Workshop)
Instructor: Sara Davidson Squibb
 
RESCHEDULED EVENT
Python for GIS Using Jupyter Notebooks
Instructor: Erin Mutch, SpARC
 
Wednesday, March 10, 2021- Watch the Recording
Monday, April 12, 2021: 3:00pm-3:30pm
Avoiding Plagiarism: When to Cite, When to Paraphrase
Instructor: Olivia Olivares
 
Thursday, March 11, 2021- Watch the Recording
Understanding MLA 8th Edition
Instructor: Sara Davidson Squibb
 
Friday, March 12, 2021: 1:00pm-1:50pm
Locating & Evaluating Online Health Information
Instructor: Elizabeth Salmon
 
Monday, March 22, 2021-Wednesday, March 24, 2021 (Must register to attend all 3 days)
Geospatial Data in R (Software Carpentry Workshop Series)
Instructors: Erin Mutch & Derek Devnich
 
Friday, April 16, 23 and 30, 2021
Library Carpentry (Three-Week Series)
Instructor: Derek Devnich
 
Wednesday, April 28, 2021: 12:30pm-1:30pm
Open Source GIS (QGIS)
Instructor: Erin Mutch, SpARC
 
RESCHEDULED EVENT
Thursday, April 29, 2021: Watch the Recording 
Faculty Author Series: Dr. Sidra Goldman-Mellor
Event Contact: Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
 
 
INFORMATION SESSIONS:
 
Zero-Cost Course Materials Faculty Information Session
Wednesday, April 14, 2021- 12:00pm-1:00pm
Audience: Faculty
 
Improving Wikipedia Pilot Project : Authentic Inquiry & Student Research Assignments Information Session
Friday, April 23, 2021- 11:00am-12:00pm
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students
 
 

Access Alert - ProQuest

Mon, January 25, 2021 1:15 PM

Beginning Saturday, January 30th at 7pm Pacific Time through Sunday, January 31st at 3am Pacific Time, ProQuest platforms will be undergoing scheduled maintenance. ProQuest content and platforms such as Ebook Central ebooks, ProQuest Congressional database and others may be unavailable during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

UC Reaches Open Access Agreement with Springer Nature- A Letter to the Academic Community from University Librarian, Haipeng Li

Wed, January 20, 2021 9:35 AM
Dear UC Merced Academic Community:
 
Happy New Year!
 
We are excited to announce that the University of California has entered into a transformative open access agreement with Springer Nature. This agreement will allow UC authors to make their research published in Springer Nature journals freely available for anyone to read. 
The first phase of the agreement will support UC authors whose articles are accepted by journals in the Springer portion of the Springer Nature portfolio, including SpringerAdis, and Palgrave Macmillan titles, as well as academic journals on nature.com.    
 
Here's how the new process will work: 
 
After January 4, upon acceptance of an article, UC-affiliated corresponding authors (faculty, lecturers, staff, and graduate students) will, by default, have their article designated for open access publishing, with funding support from the UC libraries. The support will work in this way: 
 
  • For authors whose articles are accepted in journals from the Springer portion of the Springer Nature portfolio and who choose open access publishing, the UC libraries will automatically pay the first $1,000 toward the open access fee (called an Article Processing Charge or APC). 
  • Authors who do not have research funds available can request that the UC libraries pay the entire open access fee, ensuring that lack of research funds does not present a barrier for UC authors who wish to publish open access in these journals.  
 
As with other similar publishing agreements, authors may opt out of open access publishing if they prefer to publish their article on a subscription (pay-to-read) basis. 
The integration of Nature-branded journals into the agreement is expected in 2022.  
 
More detail about the agreement is available at this pages: 
If you have any questions about any part of this process, please contact Jerrold Shiroma at the UC Merced Library at jshiroma@ucmerced.edu
 
- Haipeng Li, University Librarian
 

Access Alert - OCLC

Tue, January 12, 2021 10:45 AM

Beginning Saturday, January 16th at 11pm through Sunday, January 17th at 6:30am Pacific Time, OCLC will be performing systems maintenance which may cause sporadic interruptions and delayed response times for online catalog services. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

Access Alert - RefWorks

Thu, December 10, 2020 5:35 PM

Beginning Saturday, December 19th at 8pm until 10pm Pacific Time, RefWorks will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

Access Alert - Course Resources

Thu, December 10, 2020 5:35 PM

On Friday, December 18th from 6pm to 9pm Pacific Time, the Course Resources tool in CatCourses will be unavailable due to systems maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope this interruption will create minimal disruption to our users’ research.

Call for Spring 2021 Library Instruction Requests

Thu, December 10, 2020 2:40 PM

UC Merced librarians offer instruction sessions to support students in their completion of course assignments requiring library research skills. During this time of remote instruction, we are able to visit your Zoom sessions to offer instruction.

Please submit any spring 2021 requests via our online instruction request form. Requests for asynchronous instruction materials, such a recording or tutorial, can also be made using the same form. Requests received by Tuesday, January 19th will receive first scheduling priority.

Direct any questions to Sara Davidson Squibb (209-205-8237) or your library liaison. We are happy to consult prior to your instruction request.

Visit our Library Instruction Services landing page for more information including suggested syllabus language, research guides, and information literacy outcomes. We look forward to working with you to increase students’ ability to strategically navigate, critically evaluate, and ethically use information.

Research & Learning Services, UC Merced Library

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Library Services During Winter Break (2020-2021)

Thu, December 10, 2020 10:15 AM
Reference Services
Reference appointments are available through December 24th and will resume Monday, January 4th. 24/7 Chat will continue to be available during Winter Break. Any email inquiries or chat follow-ups received during the Winter Break, will receive a response in the New Year.
 
Accessing Resources
The Library will be able to deliver items and process requests through December 18th. At that point, we will pause these services until January 4th. Requests that come in close to December 18th may not be processed until the New Year. If you have any requests or questions about these services, please let us know before the Winter Break.
 
GIS Support Provided by SpARC
Software support and consultations will be available through December 24th and will resume Monday, January 4th. Information about GIS resources, training, and licensing can be found at https://ucmerced.maps.arcgis.com/.
 
Course Resources
Spring 2021 Course Resources requests can be submitted during the Winter Break closure. Any requests received during the Winter Break closure will be processed in the New Year. Users are encouraged to submit their Spring 2021 requests before Friday, December 18th. Information about the Course Resources service and how to submit requests can be found at http://library.ucmerced.edu/research/instructors/courseresources.
 
 

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