Programs & Initiatives

Explore our dynamic initiatives, including our internal programs and campus and global partnerships.

  • Ownership statements, stamps and notes on flyleaves of manuscript copy from Tekes Collections of Ottoman Persian and Arabic Manuscripts
    Collections
    Islamicate Manuscripts Initiative

    This initiative will ensure that UCLA Library's remarkable Islamicate and Arabic-script manuscript collection, the second largest in North America, is accessible to scholars and the general public.

  • photo of students working together in group study rooms
    UCLA Library DataSquad

    The UCLA Library DataSquad is a team of undergraduate students who support data-related projects at UCLA.

All Programs & Initiatives

  • Student in stacks
    Awards, Fellowships, Opportunities
    Affordable Course Materials Initiative (ACMI)
    This UCLA Library initiative encourages instructors to use low-cost or free alternatives to expensive course materials and awards successful courses adopting these materials for the first time.
  • Mac laptop and bag with CLICC on it on desk. Photo by Kelly Ma.
    Campus Library Instructional Computing Commons (CLICC)
    CLICC provides technology services and shared equipment loans to UCLA students, staff and faculty to support learning and research activities at seven Library locations across campus.
  • Two students in the Center for Primary Research and Training processing boxes of archival materials
    Awards, Fellowships, Opportunities
    Center for Primary Research and Training
    Learn how the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) pairs scholars with UCLA Library Special Collections projects that match their passions and interests.
  • Photo of the ceiling of Powell Library
    Partnerships
    Cluster Program Support
    Learn more about how the UCLA Library supports the undergraduate Cluster Program.
  • Neutra drawing of the Adolph Brown House
    Collections
    Digital Library Program
    The Digital Library Program works across UCLA and with a range of partners to preserve and provide access to cultural heritage materials in support of UCLA’s teaching, research and service mission.
  • Sheet music
    Awards, Fellowships, Opportunities
    Hugo and Christine Davise Fund for Contemporary Music
    The Hugo and Christine Davise Fund for Contemporary Music is administered by the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library to support contemporary music in a wide variety of ways.
  • Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
    Inclusive Excellence Committee
    Launched in 2024, the Inclusive Excellence Committee (IEC) is dedicated to improving the Library's internal climate and creating a just and welcoming environment.
  • Collage of manuscripts in a variety of different languages
    Collections
    International and Area Studies
    International & Area Studies librarians and staff develop and facilitate access to collections and resources from around the world in an array of disciplines and languages in support of scholarship.
  • cuban film poster for cuando termina el baile
    Collections
    International Digital Ephemera Project
    The International Digital Ephemera Project (IDEP) is an initiative to digitize, preserve and provide public access to print, images, multimedia and social networking resources produced worldwide.
  • Ownership statements, stamps and notes on flyleaves of manuscript copy from Tekes Collections of Ottoman Persian and Arabic Manuscripts
    Collections
    Islamicate Manuscripts Initiative
    This initiative will ensure that UCLA Library's remarkable Islamicate and Arabic-script manuscript collection, the second largest in North America, is accessible to scholars and the general public.
  • 11 student winners of the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research displaying their prizes.
    Awards, Fellowships, Opportunities
    Library Prize for Undergraduate Research
    The Library Prize for Undergraduate Research recognizes and honors excellence in undergraduate research at UCLA.
  • Black-and-white photograph of a group of mules during the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct
    Collections
    Los Angeles Aqueduct Digital Platform
    In partnership with Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio, UCLA Library developed the Los Angeles Aqueduct Digital Platform commemorating the Aqueduct’s centennial on November 5, 2013.
  • conference room with full audience listening to speaker
    Partnerships
    Marschak Colloquium
    The UCLA Library presents the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences, a series featuring distinguished speakers from areas of the behavioral sciences.
  • Man in an African print shirt
    Awards, Fellowships, Opportunities
    Modern Endangered Archives Program
    Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP) grants enable digitization and access to at-risk cultural heritage collections from around the world.
  • photo of books on shelf
    Awards, Fellowships, Opportunities
    Open Books Pilot Project
    This new initiative empowers faculty by preserving their academic legacy and promoting open access to their research.
  • artifact from the Tom Leung Collection
    Partnerships
    Pacific Rim Research Libraries Alliance
    The Pacific Rim Research Libraries Alliance (PRRLA) focuses on cooperative ventures among academic libraries located around the Pacific Rim to improve access to scholarly research materials.
  • background of musical instruments
    Awards, Fellowships, Opportunities
    Resonate: An Open Access Call for Scores Series
    Sponsored by the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library's Hugo and Christine Davise Fund with UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty.
  • Aerial landscape with a river and trees
    Awards, Fellowships, Opportunities
    "Science is Art" Competition
    Share the beauty of science through original artwork and photographs that highlight the artistic quality of scientific materials, processes, instruments, findings or data.
  • Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese studies logo and banner
    Collections
    Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCSS) 臺灣漢學資源中心
    This specialized collection highlights the achievements of Taiwan in Chinese studies.
  • Partnerships
    UCLA Carpentries
    UCLA Carpentries is a global community of instructors who teach workshops on essential coding and data science skills geared explicitly for researchers.
  • Prince Kaya of Japan interviewed by Japanese reporters at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, 1934
    Collections
    UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research
    UCLA's Center for Oral History Research collects oral history interviews related to the history the Los Angeles metropolitan region and Southern California on the whole.
  • photo of students working together in group study rooms
    UCLA Library DataSquad
    The UCLA Library DataSquad is a team of undergraduate students who support data-related projects at UCLA.
  • Exterior front of Charles E Young Research Library
    UCLA Library Senior Fellows
    An intensive, three-week residential program for library leaders prepares fellows to pursue advanced leadership roles in academic librarianship.
  • Nona Moffatt, President of Omega Sigman, presents a scholarship to a young woman, Berkeley (?), 1946
    Awards, Fellowships, Opportunities
    UCLA Library Special Collections Research Fellowships Program
    The Library provides funding for on-site graduate-level, post-doctoral or independent research with Library Special Collections materials.
  • Distant view of UCLA campus with Gayley Avenue in foreground, 1937
    Collections
    University Archives
    University Archives, a division of UCLA Library Special Collections, is the official repository for non-current UCLA records.
  • Students sitting on a couch in YRL
    Writing Instruction and Research Education (WI+RE)
    WI+RE is a learner-led community helping students succeed in writing and research projects.

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