Our new homepage for the University Library website launched December 16, 2024. 

After conducting extensive user research, including interviews and web traffic analysis, and conducting usability studies of our prototypes, this new homepage provides a more user-friendly experience for our students, faculty, and staff. 

Let us know what you think by using our website feedback form!

The Journal Open Access Look-up Tool (JOLT) launched this week. JOLT is a new resource for UCSC authors to easily determine if a journal qualifies for any funding support in one of UC’s open access publishing agreements.

If you access library resources using saved links or bookmarks with "oca.ucsc.edu" in the URL or use the Zotero Browser Extension and are getting proxy errors, please read on—this message is for you!

The Publishing Tips Series from the University Library starts Thursday, October 24. This series will cover answers to graduate students’ common questions about publishing, primarily on articles but also covering dissertations and books. The tips are asynchronous (read or listen!) and cross-disciplinary, and they specify when a practice applies to particular fields.

The University Library invites applications for participation in the pilot Open & Equitable Course Materials Community of Practice. The program application should take 5-10 minutes to complete.

Are you a faculty member who wants to share your input on library services and collections? The University Library is holding focus groups for faculty on Tuesday October 15 from 9:30-10:30 AM and 2:30-3:30 PM on Zoom. The focus groups will inform the library's strategic planning process and ensure that faculty needs and perspectives are represented.

Please sign up for one of the focus groups. We will confirm your participation by emailing you with Zoom details.

Authors who elect to publish open access with Taylor & Francis and Routledge Open Select journals have their full publishing fees paid by the University Library. The news announcement covers more of the details. 

The Taylor & Francis FAQ answers common author questions.

The University Library is thrilled to introduce Annika Berry as the recipient of the 2024-2025 Fellowship in the Center for Archival Research and Training (CART).