Resources for Learning

Executive Director: Jonathan Green Administrative Director: Emily Papavero

Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts

3834 Main Street Riverside, CA 92501

• (951) 827-3755; artsblock.ucr.edu

The Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts is an interactive art facility housed in the renovated Rouse Building, a magnificent 1895 department store. The Culver Center extends the vitality and community interactivity of UCR/California Museum of Photography and Sweeney Art Gallery by providing new exhibition space; a new home for the Sweeney; an 80-seat Art-house Cinema specializing in weekly independent, foreign- language and alternative films, an atrium gallery for installation, music, and performance under a magnificent 35 foot high naturally illuminated clerestory monitor; a public café; a new seismically protected home for the UCR/CMP’s world-treasure Keystone-Mast glass plate stereo collection, supported by a Federal Government Save America’s Treasures grant; and an advanced faculty and student laboratory for advanced research in the arts.

Sweeney Art Gallery

Director: Tyler Stallings 3834 Main Street Riverside, CA 92501

• (951) 827-3755; artsblock.ucr.edu

The Sweeney Art Gallery is an artistic laboratory that engages diverse audiences with exhibitions and programs that are committed to experimentation, innovation, and the exploration of art in our time. The Sweeney places a special emphasis on inspiring projects that explore new ideas and materials and re-envision the relationship between art and life. Established on the UCR campus in 1963, the Sweeney moved to UCR ARTSblock in 2006 and plays a special role in contributing to the artistic spirit of the campus and the community at large. At the center of the gallery’s mission is an appreciation for the role of artists developing the intellectual and cultural life of society.

UCR/California Museum of Photography

3824 Main Street Riverside, CA 92501

• (951) 827-4787; artsblock.ucr.edu

Founded in 1973 and located since 1990 in Riverside’s downtown arts and entertainment district in an award-winning renovated dime store, UCR/CMP has grown into a major photography exhibition and study center for the West Coast. One of the most frequently visited art museum Web sites in the world, it receives more than one million “hits” each month. The Digital Studio provides a community workshop for computer-based creative expression through hands-on access to new imaging technologies. UCR/CMP is one of the facilities of the new UCR ARTSblock, an integrated arts complex consisting of three premier art institutions—the California Museum of Photography, the Sweeney Art Gallery, and the Culver Center of the Arts—located on a single city block in downtown Riverside.

Associate Vice Chancellor: Charles Rowley, M.B.A. Computing and Communications Building

• (951) 827-4741; cnc.ucr.edu

Computing and Communications provides technology services and support to faculty, staff, and students.

Application and Multimedia Development (AMD), (951) 827-6424; amd. ucr.edu AMD provides custom web application development that will help departments improve their business processes. AMD applications are secure, robust, and take advantage of campus infrastructure. Applications can be accessed online via most browsers using UCR’s Central Authentication System. AMD also brings cutting-edge graphic design, concept development and visualization services to the academic and administrative community through various multimedia distribution channels (e.g. 3D animations, videos, illustrations, print posters & brochures.) AMD also produces custom graphics and illustrations for grant proposals, and research publications.

Communications Services (951) 827-4624; dial@ucr.edu This division provides data and voice communication needs for the campus.

Computer Support Group (CSG), helpdesk (951) 827-3555; helpdesk@ ucr.edu This division provides desktop computing support to faculty and staff, including installations, troubleshooting, consulting, and assistance with acquiring and using stand-alone or networked desktop and laptop computers.

Technology Group (951) 827-3555; helpdesk@ucr.edu This unit is responsible for the iLearn Learning Management System (Blackboard) and provides training via workshops and support to faculty and instructors in its use. Departmental and individual consultation is available to faculty in curricular redesign and the pedagogical use of instructional technology in the classroom.

Multimedia and Classroom Technology (951) 827-3041; multimedia.ucr.edu This division provides support in distance learning, classroom technology and multimedia systems to support faculty, staff, and students with their academic and nonacademic events.

Student Technology Support (951) 827-6495; helpdesk@student.ucr.edu; scs.ucr.edu Supports campus computer labs, student e-mail, iLearn, wireless network, and VPN. Computers are available in Watkins Hall, Sproul Hall, Olmsted Hall, and the Arts Building. Webprinting and Bear Help student technology support available at the HUB Information Desk.

University Librarian: Steven Mandeville-Gamble, M.L.I.S.

• (951) 827-3221; stevenmg@ucr.edu

Access electronic resources and hours at library.ucr.edu

The University Libraries serves as an Information Commons and intellectual center for the campus and is the focal point for research and study at UCR. The collections include 3,718,510 print volumes, 435,413 e-books, 143,080 electronic and paper serial subscriptions, 2,323,921 microforms. The Libraries provides access to more than 608 databases; state-of-the-art information technology, including SCOTTY, the online catalog of UCR library collections; the Next Generation MELVYL pilot, the online union catalog to the collections of the UC libraries; full Web/ Internet access via more than 350 PCs, and over 20 laptops for checkout; INFOMINE, an innovative Web index and search engine; and the California Digital Library (CDL), which provides systemwide support for access to a variety of electronic resources. These resources are made accessible through four facilities: the Tomás Rivera Library, the Raymond L. Orbach Science Library, the Multimedia Library, and the Music Library. Wireless network access is provided throughout the library. The UCR Libraries ranks among the 120 largest research libraries in the U.S. and Canada and is a member of the prestigious Association of Research Libraries, the Center for Research Libraries and the Western Region OCLC.

Tomás Rivera Library

• (951) 827-3220, rivref@ucr.edu

The Rivera Library serves as the main library of the campus providing access to materials in the humanities, social sciences, and arts. Housing over 2,067,710 volumes, 2,247,929 microforms, and providing access to more than 143,080 print and electronic serials, the Rivera Library also provides access to 48 study rooms, 24 graduate carrels, 225 public-use computers/scholar’s workstations, and 10 laptops.

Raymond L. Orbach Science Library

• (951) 827-2821, sciref@ucr.edu

A total of 618,864 volumes and numerous serial subscriptions support the life and physical sciences, including engineering, agriculture, and medicine. The Orbach Science Library has a seating capacity of 1,360 and provides access to 104 public-use computers/scholar’s workstations, 10 laptops, and 25 group study rooms. The Map Room, with 103,422 maps and atlases, is on the ground floor. The Map Room also provides access to Introducing UC Riverside / 9 GIS systems and data. The Library is also the home of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository library and the newly acquired Water Resources Collection and Archive, a world-class collection transferred from UC Berkeley to UC Riverside in 2010.

Multimedia Library

2117 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building

• (951) 827-5606, multimedia@library.ucr.edu

A walk-in multimedia center with audiovisual equipment, media collections, and computer workstations.

Music Library

054 Arts Building

• (951) 827-3137, musref@library.ucr.edu

Contains more than 52,337 scores, 12,384 sound recordings and 8,926 compact discs, as well as music journals, reference books, listening facilities, and computer workstations.

The UCR Libraries provide a variety of user services designed to enhance the academic experience. The libraries have many comfortable spaces for study, intellectual exploration and relaxation, including study carrels, tables, and comfortable chairs and couches. The Rivera and Orbach Science Libraries have 73 group study rooms, some of which can be reserved online. The Rivera and Orbach Science Libraries lend laptops, netbooks, Nooks, headphones, and other items. In addition to public computers available in all four libraries, users will find public printing and copying facilities, as well as scanners. Many of the libraries are open until late in the evening Sunday through Thursday, and one of the libraries is open 24 hours during Finals Week. For off campus users, the Libraries provide capabilities for off campus access to electronic resources and mobile services, including a mobile website optimized for a variety of mobile operating systems (m.library.ucr.edu/).

Research and Instructional Services

Rivera Library Reference Desk (951) 827-4392 Orbach Science Library Reference Desk (951) 827-3316 Music Library (951) 827-3137 Multimedia Library (951) 827-5606 Ask A Librarian chat (available 24/7) library.ucr.edu/?view=help/ask_a_librarian.html

Reference librarians assist in identifying and locating information and provide advisory services, including instruction in research strategies. Questions may also be sent via e-mail to the Rivera Library (rivref@library. ucr.edu), the Orbach Science Library (sciref@library.ucr.edu), the Music Library (musref@ucr.edu), or the Multimedia Library (multimedia@library. ucr.edu).

Interlibrary Loan Services (ILL)/Document Delivery Services

Rivera Library ILL (951) 827-3234 Orbach Science Library ILS (951) 827-6387

Students and faculty may use ILL to order materials from other libraries not owned by the UCR Libraries. Materials through ILL include books, periodical articles, newspapers, microforms, CDs, and videos. Articles requested are supplied via email or as a photocopy. ILL is usually free. Fee card holders, students of other academic institutions, UC alumni, Extension students, ESL students and Friends of the Library are not eligible for Interlibrary Loan services. Document Delivery Services (paging of books and journal articles located at the UCR Libraries) are provided for UCR faculty, graduate students, and staff, as well as undergraduates with disabilities. Instructions for Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery may be found on the following webpage: http://library.ucr.edu/?view=services/ill

Curriculum Resources and Juvenile Literature Collection

Second floor, Tomás Rivera Library

A circulating collection of K-12 curriculum materials in a variety of formats, textbooks used in local schools, and award-winning children’s literature to support the work of students in the Graduate School of Education’s Teacher Education programs. Contact Christina Cicchetti, (951) 827-5138 or cicchett@ucr.edu.

Government Publications

Main floor, Rivera Library

• (951) 827-4392

UCR Libraries serve as a selective depository for U.S. and California state government publications, with collections of government documents being held at the Rivera Library and Orbach Science Library. The government information collection contains print and digital documents from local and foreign governments and international organizations, as well as extensive law resources, census and other statistics, records of legislative bodies and judicial courts, social and economic studies, and scientific investigations. Contact Ken Furuta, (951) 827-2552, or kfuruta@ucr.edu.

Patent & Trademark Resource Center

Main floor, Raymond L. Orbach Science Library

• (951) 827-3316

In 2007 the UCR Libraries was designated a U.S. Patent and Trademark Library. This Center contains the entire backfile of U.S. utility and design patents on DVD and offers online assistance in searching the USPTO patent and trademark databases to both the general public and the UC Riverside community via the web. Contact Julie Mason, (951) 827-2817 or jmason@ucr.edu.

Special Collections & Archives

Fourth floor, Rivera Library

• (951) 827-3233

Contains an extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, archives, and other unique or fragile materials. Contains the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, the world’s largest publicly accessible collection of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and utopian literature comprising over 100,000 volumes dating from the sixteenth century to the present, and approximately 100,000 fanzines. It also houses other rare and archival collections in subject areas comprising agricultural, botanical, and natural sciences; ethnic studies; history of the arts; history of California and Riverside; and literary and cultural studies. Other notable collections include the Citrus Experiment Station records, the Costo Library of the American Indian, the Sadakichi Hartmann Papers, the Oswald Jonas archive, the Tomás Rivera Archive Memorial Collection, the B. Traven Collections, the Tuskegee Airmen Archive and a collection of antique working printing presses. Contact Melissa Conway, Ph.D., (951) 827-3233, melissa.conway@ucr.edu

Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Special Collections & Archives, Fourth floor, Tomás Rivera Library

• (951) 827-3233

The world’s largest collection of science fiction and fantasy (SF), with over 100,000 hardback and paperback books; full runs of most pulp magazines; approximately 100,000 fanzines; film and visual material including 500 shooting scripts from science fiction films; almost 100,000 comic books, anime and manga; writers’ archives including Robert Forward, David Brin and Anne McCaffrey; collectibles, ephemera, and realia.

Tuskegee Airmen Archive

Special Collections & Archives, Fourth floor, Tomás Rivera Library

• (951) 827-3233

Part of a national effort to collect and preserve the history of the first African Americans to serve as pilots in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II, this unique archive contains personal letters; diaries; photographs; memorabilia; posters; oral history interviews; documentation of careers before, during, and after military service; books by and about the Tuskegee Airmen and African American military history. Contact University Archivist Bergis Jules, (951) 827-3233, bergis.jules@ucr.edu.

Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian

Special Collections & Archives, Fourth floor, Tomás Rivera Library

• (951) 827-3233

Contains about 7,000 volumes and more than 9,000 documents, 10 / Introducing UC Riverside

pamphlets, tape recordings, slides, and artwork relating to Native Americans in the United States and the world.

Water Resources Collections and Archives (WRCA)

Circulating Collection, 1st Floor, Raymond L. Orbach Science Library

• (951) 827-2934

This internationally renowned archive and monographic collection is the premier collection devoted to water resources in California and the West. The WRCA is comprised of over 200 archival collections, 180,000 reports, 6,000 archival maps, and 45,000 historic photographs pertaining to water development from the 1900’s to the present. Contact Jessica Greene,

• (951) 827-2802, jessica.greene@ucr.edu.