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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.

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.

Applications are due Monday, November 4, 2024

In Winter 2025, two graduate students will receive funding from the Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas (Huerta Center) and be trained by the University Library’s Center for Archival Research and Training (CART) to assist a UC Santa Cruz Archivist based at the Dolores Huerta Foundation in Bakersfield, CA in archival processing during Spring Break 2025 (March 24-28, 2025).

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).

Come visit two new exhibits in Special Collections & Archives curated by student workers: Power Through Organization, and Celebration and Self-Representation: Asian American and Pacific Islander Student Life at UC Santa Cruz. 

Celebration and Self-Representation is located in the McHenry Third Floor hallway outside of the Special Collections & Archives reading room and is viewable during all library open hours.