Insight Into Diversity magazine’s LEAD Award recognizes UCI Libraries for making a difference for underrepresented groups.

UCI Libraries has received the 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The LEAD Award honors academic libraries’ programs and initiatives that encourage and support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across their campuses. 

The University of California has extended its open access agreement with scholarly journal publisher Wiley for an additional three years. From January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2026, researchers and students at all 10 UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will receive continued access to subscription content and funding support for open access publication in Wiley’s expansive journal portfolio.

Morphic, an assistive technology tool that helps individuals easily find and use a PC’s built-in accessibility features, is now available on all UCI Libraries public computers. Instead of relying on a limited number of computers with specialized software, library patrons can access assistive technology (AT) conveniently and discreetly on all desktop computers in Langson Library, Science Library, and the Grunigen Medical Library on the UCI Medical Campus in Orange.

Looking for a great read? Through the UCI OverDrive website and the broader UCI Libraries collection, UCI students, faculty, and staff have access to more than 2.5 million ebooks.

UPDATE: UCI's kweliTV streaming platform trial subscription and feedback period has been extended until January 19, 2024. 

Earlier this fall, UCI Drama Library, a webpage that allows people to browse the UCI Libraries’ play collection using special filters like playwright ethnicity and cast gender, exceeded 20,000 page views and is on track to reach 25,000 views by late winter or early spring 2024. These major milestones reflect the popularity and usefulness of this key Libraries resource.

UCI Libraries exhibit helped reinforce course lessons and build a sense of community among students.

Remember memorizing dates and names in social studies class? However pivotal, it’s hard to identify with long-ago champions from faraway places. Research has shown, time and time again, that young people gain a deeper appreciation of a subject and become more civically active when they can “see themselves” in history.

UCI scholar gains professional experience through Libraries year-long paid fellowship.

Having originally associated UCI Libraries with only books and welcoming spaces, second-year psychology student Jazmin Garcia-Arevalo’s understanding of the Libraries expanded significantly during her time as a DREAM Fellow. DREAM Fellowships, coordinated through the UCI DREAM Center, provide students with experiential learning, professional development, and networking opportunities, regardless of their immigration status.

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, this guide to UCI Libraries resources spotlights some of the digital collections and research materials available to help the UCI community enrich our understanding and appreciation of Indigenous culture and history. Films, books, oral histories, research guides, and more are available through the year. (Materials requiring a UCI login are only accessible to faculty, staff, and students with a valid UCInetID.)