Resources for Learning

Interim Executive Director: Tyler Stallings 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 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; library.ucr.edu

The UCR Library 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 more than 3 million print volumes, almost 500,000 e-books, and 143,000 serials. The library also provides access to hundreds of databases and state-of-the-art information technology. The library has three facilities: the Tomás Rivera Library, the Raymond L. Orbach Science Library, and the Music Library. Wireless network access is provided throughout all library buildings, and the vast majority of electronic databases and other resources can be accessed remotely by UCR students, staff, and faculty. The UCR Library ranks among the 120 largest research libraries in the U.S. and Canada and is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the Coalition for Networked Information, and the Center for Research Libraries.

The UCR Library provides a variety of user services designed to enhance the academic experience. Library facilities 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 provide group study rooms, some of which can be reserved online, and lend laptops, headphones, and other items. Computers, printers, copiers, and scanners are available in all three library facilities. The Rivera and Orbach Libraries are open until midnight Sunday through Thursday, and the Orbach Library is open 24 hours during finals weeks. The library also provides off-campus access to electronic resources and mobile services.

Tomás Rivera Library

• (951) 827-3220, rivref@ucr.edu

The Rivera Library provides access to materials in the humanities, social sciences, and arts, housing more than 2,000,000 volumes. It is also home to spaces where faculty, researchers, and students across disciplines collaborate on innovative digital research and teaching projects.

Raymond L. Orbach Science Library

• (951) 827-2821, sciref@ucr.edu

Materials in the Orbach Science Library support life and physical sciences including engineering, agriculture, and medicine. The ground floor Map Room contains physical maps and atlases as well as access to GIS systems and data. The Science Library is also home to the Patent and Trademark Resource Center. Introducing UC Riverside / 10 Multimedia Services

The UCR Library provides visual media in all formats to support teaching and research. Formats include DVDs, Blu-ray discs, video tapes (VHS), video games (PS3, Wii, and XBOX 360 formats), laserdiscs, CD-ROMs, 16mm motion pictures, and more. Materials may be checked out by UCR faculty, staff, and students. Individual viewing stations and five small group viewing rooms are available for viewing most formats.

Music Library

054 Arts Building

• (951) 827-3137, muslib@ucr.edu

The Music Library provides music scores, music sound recordings and a small number of current journals and reference books to support teaching and research. Equipment is available for listening to CDs, DVDs, and LPs.

Research and Instructional Services

Rivera Library Reference Desk: (951) 827-4392 Orbach Science Library Reference Desk: (951) 827-3316 Music Library: (951) 827-3137 Ask A Librarian (available 24/7): library.ucr.edu

Interlibrary Loan Services (ILL) and Document Delivery Services

ILL (951) 827-3234

UCR students and faculty may use ILL to borrow materials from other libraries.

Document Delivery Services offers paging of books and journal articles located at the UCR Library. This service is provided for UCR faculty, graduate students, and staff, as well as undergraduates with disabilities.

K-12 Curriculum Materials

Second floor, Rivera Library

This circulating collection of K-12 curriculum materials offers 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.

Government Documents

Main floor, Rivera Library

• (951) 827-4392

The UCR Library serves as a selective depository for U.S. federal and California state government publications.

Patent & Trademark Resource Center (PTRC)

Main floor, Orbach Library

• (951) 827-3316

The PTRC houses U.S. utility and design patents, and offers online assistance in searching the USPTO patent and trademark databases to both the general public and the UCR community.

Water Resources Collections and Archives (WRCA)

Circulating Collection First floor, Orbach Library

• (951) 827-3316

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

Special Collections & University Archives

Fourth floor, Rivera Library

• (951) 827-3233

Special Collections contains an extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, archives, and other unique or fragile materials in subject areas including agricultural, botanical, and natural sciences; ethnic studies; history of the arts; history of California and Riverside; and literary and cultural studies. In addition to the below, notable collections include the Citrus Experiment Station records, the Sadakichi Hartmann Papers, the Oswald Jonas archive, the Tomás Rivera Archive Memorial Collection, and the B. Traven Collection. University Archives houses the official historical records of the University of California, Riverside.

Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Eaton Collection is the world’s largest collection of science fiction and fantasy, containing more than 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, writers’ archives (including Robert Forward, David Brin, and Anne McCaffrey), collectibles, ephemera, and realia as well almost 100,000 comic books, anime, and manga.

Tuskegee Airmen Collections

The Tuskegee Airmen Collections are 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. The collections contain personal letters, diaries, photographs, memorabilia, posters, oral history interviews, documentation of military service as well as pre- and post-service careers, books by and about the Tuskegee Airmen, and African American military history.

Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian

The Costo Library contains about 7,000 volumes and more than 9,000 documents, pamphlets, tape recordings, slides, and artwork relating to Native Americans in the United States and the world.