University of California Passes Open Access Policy August 5, 2013 Articles will be available to the public without charge via eScholarship (UC's open access repository) in tandem with their publication in scholarly journals. Open access benefits researchers, educational institutions, businesses, research funders and the public by accelerating the pace of research, discovery and innovation and contributing to the mission of advancing knowledge and encouraging new ideas and services. |
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Priority Call for Library Instruction Requests August 1, 2013 The UC Merced library offers instruction sessions in order to support students in the completion of course assignments requiring library research skills. If your curriculum would benefit from this type of instruction, please submit your fall 2013 requests for library instruction by Monday, August 19th via our online request form. |
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DLM Lab Tour: CZO exhibit opens July 24, 2013 Check out the 3rd floor of the UC Merced Library to see the new exhibit "DLM Lab Tour: Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory". This exhibit coincides with the opening of another exciting exhibit at the library- "SNAMP: Learning to Implement Adaptive Management in the Sierra Nevada". |
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SNAMP Exhibit opens July 24, 2013 Stop by the UC Merced Library to check out of our latest exhibit - "SNAMP: Learning to Implement Adaptive Management in the Sierra Nevada". |
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Ebook Library (EBL) July 24, 2013 Ebook Library (EBL) titles will be unavailable on Saturday August 10th, 2013 from 6:00-8:00 pm due to EBL platform maintenance. |
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Digital Signage Submissions from Campus Groups Now Managed by the Students First Center (SFC) July 24, 2013 The UC Merced Library will continue to create its own digital signs, but will no longer manage the receipt and scheduling of digital signage submissions from other campus entities. However, the Students First Center (SFC) is now accepting and posting digital content submissions from campus departments and students groups for display on selected screens in the Kolligian Library building. Please view the SFC’s information about this new process for digital signage submissions or check out our library FAQs. |
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My ILL Request Unavailable July 19, 2013 My ILL Requests will be unavailable due to a system upgrade beginning Saturday, 20th July at midnight until Sunday, 21st July at noon. |
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Library Website May Experience Brief Interruption of Service July 18, 2013 Due to scheduled maintenance, the UC Merced Library Website may experience a brief downtime tonight (Thursday, July 18, 2013) sometime between 8 pm and 10 pm. Downtime should be no longer than 5 minutes in duration. We apologize for the inconvenience to our patrons. |
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UC Libraries and Access to Taylor & Francis Journals July 10, 2013 After careful consideration and evaluation, the UC libraries have discontinued systemwide access to a number of Taylor & Francis journals. As needed, individual campuses are retaining local subscriptions for selected titles. In addition, content for many T&F titles 2012 will remain available even though the T&F package has been discontinued. |
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UC-eLinks Announcement June 18, 2013 UC-eLinks, the link resolver used by University of California libraries to connect to full-text articles, will be unavailable from 5:30 - 8:00 AM on Thursday, June 20, 2013. |