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Thank you for coming out to the 2024 USFDH showcase! It was inspiring to see our Undergraduate Summer Fellowship in Digital Humanities (USFDH) fellows share their innovative digital humanities projects and research. 💻📚
 
✨ "Tracing Egg Foo Young Within Books and Articles on Chinese American Cuisine” by Corinna Siu Mun Lee Chin 

✨ “Life in the Fields: The Lives of Imperial Valley Farm Workers During the Emergence of the UFW” by Gisele Valdovinos 

✨ “The Yost Theater Project: A Cultural Hub for Latinos in Orange County, California” by Sebastián Calderón 

✨ “Transnational Perspectives: Filipino American Political Art, 1972–1986” by Ariana Vargas 

✨ “Legacies of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill: A Catalyst for Environmental Consciousness” by Adilene Garcia Hernandez

✨ “Vision Through Films: Women's Internalization of a Surveyor Male Under Men's Promise of Power” by Sissi Kang 

✨ “Built on Hope: The Feminist Star Wars Project” by Lily Victoria Amidon

Join UCI Libraries for Open Access Week 2024, October 21–27! This year’s theme, “Community over Commercialization,” continues the focus on promoting open scholarship for the public and academic good. Don’t miss our engaging online and in-person presentations! 🌐📚🔓

Dive into the world of gaming with our newest book display, Ready Player You: Exploring Identities, Values, and Choices in Video Game Stories! 🎮🌟
 
Visit Langson Library Lobby to check out the display that will be up all October! 🕹️👾

Welcome back, Anteaters! 🎉

Thanks to all who joined us for Cool as Ice by the Science Library. 🍧✨
 
We hope you had fun, and we’re wishing you a great quarter ahead! 💪📚

Happy Banned Books Week! 📚
 
Did you know The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter, and even Where the Wild Things Are have all faced challenges or been banned? 😱 
 
Celebrate the freedom to read and explore stories that spark thought, conversation, and change. 🔍🧠💭
 
Visit our Banned Books display in the Langson Library lobby and pick a wrapped book to uncover a once-banned title! 🎁📖 
 

Welcome, Anteaters! Thanks for cooling off with us yesterday at Langson Library's Cool as Ice! ❄️✨

We hope you loved the free popsicles, library tours, workshops, and mapping out your classes! 🍧🗺️📍
 
Cool as Ice will continue at the Science Library today (9/25) from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Hope to see you all there! 🔬📚

Celebrate with captivating artist books from our Special Collections & Archives. 📜🎨🎉

These handcrafted books blend artistry with storytelling, from Vivir-amar-vivir by Teté C. Oliva, a self-help book in a tree-shaped enclosure to Roberto Manzano's La hilacha, featuring collages and a needle-threaded cover. El peregrino by Juan Eduardo Berna has a cover with natural materials, and Danzando con la muerte by Cecilio Ernesto Soto Larios is on handcrafted paper. Each book reflects the vibrant creativity of Latinx artists and authors.🖌️📖🧵

Don’t miss out on this sweet deal! 🍦 We're giving away FREE popsicles 🍧 (while supplies last), helping you map your classes, and offering tours of UCI Libraries. 📚

Save the dates ✨:

📅 Tuesday, September 24, 2024
🕐 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
📍 Upper Gateway Plaza (near Langson Library)

📅 Wednesday, September 25, 2024
🕐 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
📍 Science Library Courtyard

Summer’s not over yet! Explore our OverDrive collection for fun summer reads before school starts. 🌞📚

Friendly reminder: in order to access the OverDrive (ucirvinemain.overdrive.com) you must be connected to the VPN. Happy reading! 😎

Thanks to everyone who joined us for First Folio Friday! 📖

We hope you enjoyed Andrea Mays' fun lecture, the engaging performance from New Swan, and the exclusive viewing of the First Folio and related materials from our Special Collections and Archives. 🌟

More photos: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBDbvU

Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah? Let us know in the comments! 🌊☀️

Dive into a love triangle with The Summer I Turned Pretty — a perfect beach read full of romance. Available on UCI OverDrive (ucirvinemain.overdrive.com)!

UC Irvine's Science Library and Langson Library were described as "architecturally spectacular" in an article by Orange County Insiders.

We love our beautiful libraries too!

UC Irvine’s Architecturally Spectacular Buildings — Orange County Insiders | Tips for locals & visitors Most architecture lovers agree: there’s no better concentration of architecturally stunning structures in Orange County than on the UC Irvine campus. William Pereira, the mastermind behind the initial campus design, imagined the city of Irvine—and by extension, UCI—as "a city of intellect&quo

“The Fateful Triangle: The United States' Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” is currently on display at in the Langson Library lobby. This display delves into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, highlighting the role that the US has played over the years. Featuring an extensive collection of resources, it includes books and documentaries that provide in-depth analyses and perspectives on the topic. Visitors are encouraged to explore these materials to gain a better understanding of the historical, political, and social dimensions of the conflict. 📚📖

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Nellie Ansley Reeves Awards! 🎓📚

Each year, UCI Libraries honor four outstanding undergraduate senior theses with a $250 prize. This year's winners explored research in psychology, developmental and cellular biology, radiological sciences and biomedical engineering, and neurobiology.

Your hard work and dedication to scholarly research inspire us all! 👏✨

Read more: https://news.lib.uci.edu/libraries-news/2024-Nellie-Ansley-Reeves-Award

These documents, photographs, and artworks from UCI Libraries Special Collections & Archives share a glimpse into the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community. 🌈🎨

Included is a collection of UC Irvine student zines, a text titled Wrongly Bodied : Documenting Transition from Female To Male by Clarissa Sligh, a photographic collection titled Red Threads : The South Asian Q***r Connection in Photographs.

Happy Pride Month! 🌈 UCI Libraries invite you to celebrate Pride Month with the help of our resources. Learn about key LGBTQ+ milestones and figures at UC Irvine, in Orange County, and beyond. Also enjoy books, films, and art created by LGBTQ+ artists and honoring the community.

Celebrating Pride Month | UCI Libraries Newsroom UCI Libraries invite you to celebrate Pride Month with the help of our resources. Learn about key LGBTQ+ milestones and figures at UC Irvine, in Orange County, and beyond. Our research guides and archival collections document political, social, and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century...

In honor of Pride Month, UCI Libraries and the English Major Association (EMA) have collaborated for a book display in the Langson Library lobby. The special collection, curated by and the Libraries, features handpicked books celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. 🌈📚

Finals week is coming up! 📚 Check out the Libraries' extended hours. Good luck, Anteaters! 🎓💙💛

More hours: https://www.lib.uci.edu/hours?lid=10394

Take a study break and join the Libraries for some stress relief activities! Enjoy snacks, play a board game, design your own button, or have fun coloring and making paper crafts! 🎨📚

📅 Science Library, iLab 571: Wednesday, June 5th
📅 Langson Library, Classroom 228: Thursday, June 6th
⏰ 3:30-5:00pm

Hope to see you there! 🌟

UCI's Annual Backpack Give Back is here! Support youth pursuing higher education by donating new backpacks. Drop off locations include Langson and Science Library, and more locations can be found at parking.uci.edu. Donations will be accepted until June 27th. 🎒

We want your feedback! Fill out the UC Undergraduate Experience Survey today by visiting irap.uci.edu/ucues. Share your experiences at UCI for a chance to win prizes!

The month of May brings cultural celebrations that honor Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Jewish Americans. The UCI Libraries is proud to be a part of these celebrations by showcasing various films, books, digital exhibits, and physical exhibits from our Libraries that are created by, produced by, or relevant to Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Jewish Americans.

Celebrating Asian American, Pacific Islander (AAPI), and Jewish American Heritage Month | UCI Libraries Newsroom The month of May brings cultural celebrations that honor Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Jewish Americans. The UCI Libraries is proud to be a part of these celebrations by showcasing various films, books, digital exhibits, and physical exhibits from our Libraries that are created by, produce...

It's not too late to check out the first installation of UCI Libraries’ Student Displays Pilot Program! Now through May 31, 2024, the exhibit Healing and (Re)Building Connection Through Art will be on display in the Langson Library. The student exhibit features artwork inspired by a fall 2023 UCI travel course to Mexico about undocumented immigrant experiences taught by Laura E. Enriquez, UCI associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies.

Student Displays Pilot Program Launches to Showcase Student Creativity | UCI Libraries Newsroom Now through May 31, 2024, the exhibit Healing and (Re)Building Connection Through Art will be on display in Langson Library. The first installation in the UCI Libraries’ Student Displays Pilot Program, the student exhibit features artwork inspired by a fall 2023 UC Irvine travel course to Mexico o...

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness month, UCI Libraries is sharing stories and resources regarding mental health, wellness, and mindfulness. The book display is located in Langson Library lobby and will be up until the end of the month. 🧠💚

This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, celebrate contemporary Asian and Asian American media by checking out these popular films, which shed light on some of the societal and cultural struggles of Asians and Asian Americans. 🎞️❤️

All of the films are accessible through UCI Kanopy and Swank Digital Campus with an on-campus or virtual private network (VPN) connection.

Films mentioned:

🎬 Everything Everywhere All at Once
🎬 Parasite
🎬 Past Lives
🎬 The Farewell