2020-2021 UCLA Library Impact Report: COVID Response

Working with Information Studies faculty, two UCLA librarians introduced practical web skills into the iSchool curriculum, teaching future librarians how to create user-friendly content with technology tools relevant to academic libraries. The journal article details the benefits of the partnership for both the Library and the students. — Coauthored by Science Librarian Courtney Hoffner and Health and Life Science Librarian Antonia Osuna-Garcia, published by College and Research Libraries News.

The discovery of an 87-year-old nitrate print found in ex-studio president Jack Warner’s private vault, and a second nitrate print with French subtitles, made possible the intricate restoration of Mystery of the Wax Museum (1932), the final Hollywood feature to be produced in the two-color (red/green) Technicolor process. Explore the history of the restoration of this once lost film, completed by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2020. — By film preservationist Scott MacQueen, published in the Journal of Film Preservation, page 105.

WI+RE (Writing Instruction + Research Education), a team of student employees at the UCLA Library, focuses on helping fellow learners succeed in their writing and research projects. WI+RE's manifesto articulates the shared values of undergraduate and graduate student employees and Library staff, and reveals how they approach learning and design (hint: it's about collaboration). The team uses a learner-centered design toolkit to create and continually improve online learning modules. — Coauthored by Science Librarian Renee Romero, published by the Journal of New Librarianship.

This publication explores the history of Manchu language education during the Qing dynasty in order to reconstruct the relationships between printed pedagogical genres and their manuscript counterparts. The paper explores three aspects of Manchu language education – institutions, textbooks and students' materials – to radically expand our view of the role Manchu language education played during the Qing Dynasty. — By Devin Fitzgerald, curator of rare books and history of printing, published in Saksaha: A Journal of Manchu Studies.

UCLA Librarians successfully implemented an open-source digital tool that enables everyone – including beginners – to create interactive timelines into a pair of undergraduate humanities capstone seminars. The tool, TimelineJS, empowers students to explore the historical contexts of primary sources by visualizing the chronology of historical periods. An engaging alternative to traditional research paper assignments, these case studies also describe models of faculty-librarian collaboration in assignment design and implementation. — Head of Public Services, Outreach and Community Engagement in Library Special Collections Courtney "Jet" Jacobs and Librarian for English and History and Head of Teaching and Learning Matthew Johnson are among the coauthors, published by The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy.

In the chapter, "Creating a Showstopper: Student-Curated Exhibitions," the coauthors detail a structured approach to teaching students how to curate exhibitions using primary source materials based on a "recipe" format. Students learn how to conduct research in special collections, to tie abstract concepts from a course to concrete primary sources and to think critically about their audience. — Coauthored by Research and Instruction Librarian Katherine Kapsidelis, published by the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Growing trends in library budgets reflect a shift to purchasing resources in electronic format over print, an approach which does not always cater to the needs of East Asian scholars. This article surveys the state of the monograph publishing landscape in East Asia, with a focus on China, Japan and Korea. Drawing on existing statistics, interviews with leading vendors and librarians' perspectives, the authors explore major issues in East Asian e-book publishing and make recommendations for future improvement. — Coauthored by Japanese Studies Librarian Tomoko Bialock, published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship.