At-A-Glance 2018
Transcript of At-A-Glance 2018
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At-A-Glance2018
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OUR VALUES
The Libraries value:
• UCI’s faculty, staff, students and community by providing high-quality services and collections that are readily and equitably accessible.
• UCI’s diversity and principles of community, which we uphold, incorporate and exemplify in our actions.
• The excellence of our employees as they advance campus goals, enhance knowledge and skills, and embrace innovation and change.
• Engagement with stakeholders and ongoing assessment of services and operations to ensure that we are meeting UCI’s needs and effectively using resources.
OUR MISSION
• Partner with the UCI community to advance transformative research, teaching and learning excellence, and high-quality patient care by embedding experts and resources where knowledge is created and connections happen.
• Preserve the cultural/historical/scientific record and ensure that services and collections express excellence in scholarship.
• Leverage expertise and resources to provide an inclusive environment that promotes intellectual pursuit and creativity, while instilling strong information research skills and a thirst for knowledge that will last a lifetime.
• Teach critical thinking and evaluation skills to prepare students for lifelong learning, success in their future careers, and to be informed citizens in our world.
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Libraries
UCI Libraries’ facilities are open
19 hours during a typical day and
111 hours during a typical week.hours.uci.edu
These buildings contain over
3,300 public seats for study and research
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The Libraries employ
171 full-time equivalent staff led by the
University Librarian
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Librarians provide research instruction to
18,000+ individuals.
Subject Librarians are here for
your success
and they also produce special library guides for their subjects!
Find yours here: lib.uci.edu/subject-librarians
The UCI Libraries’ electronic and print collection includes approximately:
3.8 million volumes (including over 1.3 million electronic books)
151,000 journals and serials
110,000 government documents
113,000 A/V materials, multimedia, maps, and more.
1 million+ original documents and photographs
Did you know the Libraries are home to a renowned community-driven archive?
Become a part of history at the Orange County & Southeast Asian Archive (OC&SEAA) Center
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Library Search is your first stop
to finding materials!
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UCI Libraries Special Collections & Archives
Preserves 640 archival collections including:
U n i v e r s i t y A r c h i v e s CRITICAL THEORY ARCHIVE Southeast Asian ArchiveORANGE COUNTY REGIONAL HISTORY COLLECTIONSArtists’ Books and more!
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FOOD/DRINK ALLOWED Group Study INDIVIDUAL STUDY
Open La te PUBL IC COMPUTER Qu ie t S tudy
STUDY ROOM Whiteboard
3D PRINTER 3D Scanner
COLOR PR INTER Cop ie r s DIGITAL D ISPLAY
Poster Printer PRINTERS Scanners WEBCAM
We don’t have it? We can get it!
Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to borrow materials from other libraries
(UC students, faculty and staff only).
Study centers are open 24/7 during finals week
Library Services:So Much More than
Books! 570+ public access computers
Borrow laptops, iPads, audio visual equipment and moreCourse Reserves save time and money
Pr int, Copy & Scan
• U
CI L
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faciliti
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ns
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Jack LangsonLibrary
Grunigen Medical Library
Science Library
Libraries Gateway Study
Center