http://libraries.ucsd.edu/about/press/feed.xmlMedia Contact: Dolores Davies, UCSD Libraries, (858) 534-0667 or ddavies@ucsd.eduWed, 01 Feb 2012 13:03:51 -0800Cascade Serverwebmaster@ucsd.eduhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2012/black-history-month.htmlA series of exhibits and events in celebration of Black History month will be held during winter and into spring quarter at UC San Diego's Geisel Library. All events are free and open to the public.Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0800http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2012/black-history-month.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2012/history-of-chinese.htmlThe history of the Chinese American community in San Diego will be the subject of a February 4 lecture and book signing at UC San Diego's Geisel Library by Murray K. Lee, author of the recent book, In Search of Gold Mountain: A History of the Chinese in San Diego, California.Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0800http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2012/history-of-chinese.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2012/spanish-civil-war-exhibit.html"So There Will Be No Forgetting: Images from the Spanish Civil War," an exhibit of materials from the Mandeville Special Collections Library's Southworth Collection, will be on view at UC San Diego's Geisel Library from January 23 through May 11, 2012.Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0800http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2012/spanish-civil-war-exhibit.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2012/witnessing-history.htmlThe UC San Diego Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLHW) launches a new series of events this winter, the "Witnessing History" series, focused on the topic of experiencing history in the making. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0800http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2012/witnessing-history.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2012/byrna-kranzler.htmlBryna Kranzler, the author of "The Accidental Anarchist," a harrowing and amazing tale about an ordinary man who became a Russian revolutionary, will speak on January 18 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Seuss Room at the Geisel Library on the UC San Diego campus. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0800http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2012/byrna-kranzler.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/paradise-plundered.htmlSan Diego—"America's finest city"—was once known as a sunny beach town, distinguished by a large military presence, an enduring appeal to tourists, and a burgeoning tech sector. But, according to UC San Diego political scientists Steve Erie and Vladimir Kogan, a series of critical financial and policy missteps have transformed San Diego into "Enron by the Sea," a municipality now plagued by intractable pension and budget deficits, poorly crafted public-private partnerships, and increasingly distrustful voters who demand services but refuse to pay for them.Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/paradise-plundered.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/golden-age-piracy.htmlIf the thought of pirates conjures up images of Captain Hook, forced plank-walkings, and bad boy pirate of the Caribbean Johnny Depp, it’s time to give pirates a more serious look. Contrary to popular stereotypes, pirates of the early modern period were more than rum-soaked villains of the sea. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/golden-age-piracy.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/marquis-bequest.htmlThe estate of Alice Goldfarb Marquis, Ph.D., an accomplished writer, historian and alumna of the University of California, San Diego, has left $1.1 million to support the UC San Diego Libraries.Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/marquis-bequest.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/undergrad-research-prize.htmlFour undergraduate students at the University of California, San Diego have received the 2011 Undergraduate Library Research Prize for their outstanding research skills. The prize, which is co-sponsored by the UC San Diego Libraries, the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, and the UCSD Alumni Association, includes cash awards of $1000 and $500 for first and second place.Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/undergrad-research-prize.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/living-with-history.htmlThe Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLHW), sponsored by the UC San Diego Libraries and the Judaic Studies Program, will host three events during the fall quarter as part of the HLHW’s ongoing effort to broaden understanding of the past and to foster tolerance. At the events, all of which are free and open to the public, attendees will have the opportunity to hear local Holocaust survivors share their stories and to learn about the Visual History Archive, the world’s largest database of Holocaust testimony. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/living-with-history.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/fellow-society-american-archivists.htmlBradley Westbrook, a digital archivist/metadata librarian at the University of California, San Diego, will be inducted as a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) during a ceremony on August 26, 2011, at ARCHIVES 360°, the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists in Chicago. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/fellow-society-american-archivists.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/next-gen-archives-mgmt-system.htmlNew York University has been awarded a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to lead a partnership with UC San Diego and the University of Illinois to develop the software that integrates Archon and the Archivists' Toolkit (AT) into an open-source, next-generation archives management system. The integrated product—known by the working title ArchivesSpace—will incorporate the best features and functions of Archon and the AT.Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/next-gen-archives-mgmt-system.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/science-competition.htmlThis spring, UC San Diego’s Science & Engineering Library invited UCSD faculty, staff, and students to submit digital images that portrayed the artistic side of science and engineering. Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/science-competition.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/melvyl.htmlOn June 24, 2011, the University of California Libraries adopted the next-generation Melvyl search tool, powered by OCLC's WorldCat Local database (http://ucsd.worldcat.org/), as the primary tool for onestop searching of the UC Libraries' holdings.Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/melvyl.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/nobel-laureate-mayer-stamp.htmlUC San Diego Nobel Laureate and founding faculty member Maria Goeppert Mayer will appear on a new stamp issued Thursday, June 16, by the U.S. Postal Service. The stamp art combines images from UC San Diego’s Mandeville Special Collections Library, and includes photographs of Mayer and her signature. The stamp is one in a series that honors Americans who have made extraordinary contributions to science. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/nobel-laureate-mayer-stamp.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/book-collecting-contest.htmlUC San Diego graduate student Maile Arvin and undergraduate D. J. Drilling collected 1st Prize awards (in the graduate and undergraduate divisions respectively) in the UCSD Libraries’ Annual Student Book Collecting Contest.Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/book-collecting-contest.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/budget-cuts-clics-irps-to-close.htmlDue to budget cuts, the CLICS facility will close on June 10 of this year, followed by the closure of the IR/PS Library on July 1, 2011. Budget cuts will also force us to close the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library later in the 2011/12 academic year.Mon, 23 May 2011 09:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/budget-cuts-clics-irps-to-close.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/special-collections-exhibit.htmlFrom March 14 thru July 4, UC San Diego’s Mandeville Special Collections Library is exhibiting some of the Libraries most rare and valued collections in honor of the University’s 50th anniversary. The exhibit also marks the 40th anniversary of the Geisel Library building, which was officially dedicated in March 1971.Fri, 06 May 2011 01:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/special-collections-exhibit.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/tales-from-mothership.html“Tales from the Mothership: The Geisel Library, Past, Present, and Future” and an experimental Sci-Fi Film “Laboratory” are two of the age-defying events being held by the UC San Diego Libraries on May 11 to celebrate the 40th birthday of the Geisel Library building, known by many as the campus “spaceship.”Mon, 02 May 2011 09:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/tales-from-mothership.htmlhttp://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/book-arts-faire.htmlSan Diego Book Arts and the UC San Diego Mandeville Special Collections Library will hold a Book Arts Faire on May 1 from 1 to 4 p.m., to celebrate both the art of the book as well as the 40th anniversary of the Geisel Library building at UCSD.Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:00:00 -0700http://libraries.ucsd.eduabout/press/releases/2011/book-arts-faire.html