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UPDATE ON NOVEL CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS Please click to read message to campus community from UCLA Health Division of Infectious Diseases... more about UCLA News Advisory

Letter from UCLA Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Virginia Steel and UCLA Libraries and Academic Senate Committee on Library... more about Take our 3-Minute Open Access Poll

  Blog post written by Kearra Amaya Gopee Kearra Amaya Gopee, Art DepartmentWiki Scholar Kearra Amaya Gopee is a first-year MFA student in... more about Wikipedia Scholarship in the CFPRT

We recently welcomed Salma Abumeeiz to the UCLA Library as a research and instruction librarian, based in Powell Library. In order to... more about Meet Salma Abumeeiz, Research and Instruction Librarian

A new collaboration between the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra and the UCLA Music Library, part of the UCLA Library system, will empower... more about UCLA Library and Kaleidoscope Announce Open Access Collaboration to Empower Composers

We recently welcomed Michelle Brasseur to the UCLA Library as the librarian for urban planning, based in the Charles E. Young Research... more about Introducing Michelle Brasseur, Librarian for Urban Planning

Please join us in welcoming Lorenza Herrera to the UCLA Library, serving in the role of office manager for the National Network of... more about Welcome Lorenza Herrera, NNLM PSR Office Manager

What goals/hopes do you have for this year as our new Director of Communications and Marketing? This is a great question. By the end of the... more about Welcome Ariane Bicho, Director of Communications and Marketing

In honor of Fair Use Week 2020, Arts Librarian Janine Henri and Copyright Librarian Marty Brennan present an open session on the ins and ... more about Fair Use and Images

Junjie Yang, Information Studies Processing Scholar Before moving to UCLA GSE&IS for the masters program, Junjie had been working for... more about Processing the Chinese Printed and Manuscript Medical Books in the CFPRT

Researched and written by Nicole Alvarado, Third Year Library and Archives Graduate Fellow   Utagawa, Kuniyoshi suikoden is a bound... more about Interpreting the Evidence: A Look into the Inner Workings of the Utagawa, Kuniyoshi suikoden Binding

  Blog post written by Russell Johnson, Curator for History of Medicine and Sciences, Library Special Collections The Antikamnia (“Opposed... more about 1908 = 2020

In October, Athena Jackson joined the UCLA Library as Director of Library Special Collections. Jackson brings to UCLA extensive experience... more about Athena Jackson Named Head of UCLA Library Special Collections

The UCLA Film & Television Archive is now part of the UCLA Library, aligning the second-largest repository of motion picture and... more about UCLA Film & Television Archive Joins UCLA Library 

For over 20 years, the UCLA Cluster Program has helped freshmen successfully transition to the rigors of academic life at the university... more about Collaborative Cluster Communities

Dear Donors and Supporters of the UCLA Library, The holiday season is the perfect time to express gratitude, and I am deeply grateful to... more about Letter from University Librarian, Ginny Steel

The UCLA Library and the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures have released an edited volume, The Collection of Creative Writing by... more about Spiriting into the Open: UCLA Library Bridges Resource Gaps Through the Creation of First Japanese-Language Open Educational Resource

There is much evidence that exposure to art and nature can reduce stress and improve academic performance. Thanks to a generous gift from... more about Astrid Preston: An Artist's Contribution to Science

When I ask people how they think digitized texts are made full-text searchable, instead of just being pictures, the responses are... more about How Do You Make A Digitized Book Full-Text Searchable?

Please join us in welcoming Athena Jackson, our new director of UCLA Library Special Collections! Athena brings a passion for working with... more about Welcome Athena Jackson, Director of UCLA Library Special Collections