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Are you a currently enrolled UC Davis graduate student, professional student or postdoctoral scholar? Consider applying for the UC Davis Library Graduate Student Prize. You can win up to $1,000 for your research! Learn about the prize and how to apply: bit.ly/applygradprize2025 The application deadline is December 6, 2024. The Graduate Student Prize is co-sponsored by the UC Davis Library and UC Davis Public Scholarship and Engagement. #UCDavis | #OurUCDavis | #ResearchLibraries Image description: Teal watercolor background with white text that reads Library Graduate Student Prize, Prizes up to $1,000!, Apply today, Co-sponsored by UC Davis Library and the Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement, with the PSE and UC Davis Library logos.

The UC Davis Library is hiring a Researcher Services Librarian specializing in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (emphasis on Engineering, Technology, and the Physical Sciences). This position is a member of our Researcher Services team, and is based at Shields Library. Learn more about this position in an online information session, available August 19 and 21. Visit the position description on our Careers page to register: bit.ly/3YrlU3Z Apply by September 2, 2024 for first consideration (Job #JPF06639): bit.ly/3LRG28c #ucdavis #stemjobs #library #libraryjobs #LibJobs #hiring

We’re wrapping up the second year of the library’s five-year strategic plan (2022-27). Across all areas, we are working to activate diversity, equity and inclusion in our operations and culture, both as a hub of campus academic life and as a workplace. Learn about our progress and next steps in the year ahead: https://lnkd.in/gyikcTFm Among the highlights: • Improved signage and maps in Shields Library • Easier access to our DEI-related library resources online • Launch of the Library Graduate Student Prize • New workshops to support research success of historically marginalized graduate student communities • Launch of Aggie Experts, an online platform to facilitate discovery of UC Davis researchers • Selection of 2024-25 AggieOpen Fellows 2024-25 (supporting use of Open Educational Resources in courses) • Addition of responsible data science and data ethics modules in DataLab’s undergraduate experiential education courses • Pilot project with recently hired faculty members to diversify and strengthen our collections Image description: Two photos with "You belong here" pindrop icon overlaid on them. One photo shows a librarian and two students examining an art book. The other shows two medical residents looking at a computer in a clinical setting. On background with a variety of blue tones. science and data ethics modules in DataLab’s undergraduate experiential education courses

Take a sip of wine history in America in this Decanter article examining wine's struggle to be embraced in day-to-day culture. Our Food and Wine Archivist Audrey Russek shares the origins of how the U.S. became a "spirits country." https://lnkd.in/gajFAUrF

The wine world has lost one of its greats with the passing of legendary Napa winemaker and philanthropist Warren Winiarski. He was a visionary partner in our work to preserve the history of California wine — a winemaker who understood not only the science of winemaking, but also the power of words to bring the experience and beauty of wine to life. We are eternally grateful for his generous support of the UC Davis Library, our Wine Writer Collections, and the Spurrier-Winiarski Wine Writer-In-Residence award. We add our tribute to the many lovely words that have been shared about him. His legacy and spirit will live on. https://lnkd.in/gT-bWMbR

Congratulations to our 2024 Lang Prize Winners! We had a record number of applicants this year, and we commend our eight winners on their amazing undergraduate research projects! Arts and Humanities Annabel Marshall Celeste Palmer Aubrey Hart Jacob Klein Lilly Tisza Science, Engineering & Mathematics Rowan Webster Bao Ngoc (Gemma) Le Emera Nai’a Learn more about the winners and their projects here: bit.ly/langwinners2024 #UCDavis #OurUCDavis #Aggies

We are pleased to share that William Garrity, our deputy university librarian and chief operating officer for the past decade, has been selected as UC Davis' next university librarian and vice provost of digital scholarship. UC Davis launched a nationwide search in 2023 upon the retirement of MacKenzie Smith. Garrity, who has served as interim university librarian since July 2023, will officially start on May 15, 2024. Congratulations, Bill! We look forward to your continued leadership! Learn more in Provost Croughan’s announcement: bit.ly/4afUh0e #UCDavis University of California Image description: Headshot of William Garrity, university librarian

In celebration of National Library Workers Day, we wanted to share these inspiring words of gratitude for our awesome library team from our fearless leader, Interim University Librarian William Garrity: "To our dedicated employees, including our invaluable student workers—a heartfelt congratulations!    You are an exceptional team, and I cherish each of you. Throughout my extensive career in this profession, across various institutions, I have never had the privilege of working with a more outstanding group of individuals. I am profoundly grateful to call myself your colleague.   I can also confidently affirm that your efforts are sincerely appreciated across campus. I constantly hear expressions of admiration and respect for the Library and for all of you. Your work is not just noticed but deeply valued, and it's making a significant difference in our campus community." #UCDavis #NLWD24 #NationalLibraryWeek

Women’s History Month continues and we’ve got book recommendations from our Blaisdell Medical Library team at UC Davis Health in Sacramento! Check out these books written by women authors that can inform today’s health science clinical practice and research: 📚 Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight — and What We Can Do about It by Harriet Brown 📚 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 📚 Josie's Story: A Mother's Inspiring Crusade to Make Medical Care Safe by Sorrel King 📚 Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation by Jen Gunter 📚 Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts 📚 First Year Out: A Transition Story by Sabrina Symington 📚 Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez 📚 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman Learn more about these picks: bit.ly/3viS0D8 If you're a UC Davis Health affiliate, stop by Blaisdell Medical Library to find or request these titles. At the UC Davis campus, stop by Shields Library. Your local public library is another great option! #ucdavis #WomensHistoryMonth #HealthScience #BookRecs #Library Image description: Two medical residents, wearing green scrubs and masks, look at a tablet with a clinician, wearing a white labcoat, blue sweater and mask, at UC Davis Medical Center.

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and we’re proud to highlight Redwood SEED Scholars who are student employees at the UC Davis Library. The University of California, Davis Redwood SEED Scholars Program is a four-year residential program for students with intellectual disabilities. Students develop life skills, social networks and independence while living in residence halls, participating in student organizations and taking classes. Scholars also work on campus in an area of interest, an equally vital component of the program. “Currently, the nation is experiencing the lowest unemployment rate in decades (below 4%), and yet the population of adults with intellectual disabilities is still sitting at an 85% unemployment rate,” says Redwood SEED Scholars Program Co-Director Beth Foraker. “The employment opportunities provided to the Redwood SEED Scholars on campus, like those at Shields Library, are a real chance to break that cycle of unemployment, poverty and social isolation for these worthy and talented individuals.” Meet Kai and Karis: bit.ly/4cskxqh Image description: Three students sitting at a table with bookshelves behind them.