News & Events
for the UCI community
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The academic year is flying by! With the winter quarter finals quickly approaching, the Libraries' have 100+ tabletop games available in Science Library – perfect for fun and stress relief. In addition, UCI students, staff, and faculty now have access to statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics with Statista.
I also invite everyone to view our Special Collections and Archives materials now on public display in our newest Langson Library exhibit, Electrifying Music: The Untold Story of Remi Gassmann, as well as two local exhibitions at the Great Park in Irvine and UCI's Langson Institute and Museum of California Art.
Finally, I am pleased to introduce Anastasia Armendariz, UCI Libraries' new rare books and special collections librarian. You can learn more about her as well as myself in this month's stories. |
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Lorelei Tanji
University Librarian
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UCI Libraries welcome new Rare Books and Special Collections Librarian Anastasia Armendariz. |
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University Librarian Lorelei Tanji's personal life, undergraduate library experience, and professional library background. |
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The UCI Science Library has more than 100 tabletop games in all categories, such as science fiction, fantasy, block building, role-playing, and children’s games. |
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Statista, a global data and business intelligence platform, is now available free of charge to all UCI students, staff, and faculty. UCI users can access Statista’s collection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries. |
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USFDH participants will learn about digital humanities and develop their your research and technology skills. Applications are due Friday, April 19, 2024. Accepted fellows will receive a $1,200 stipend upon successful completion of the program. |
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In an homage to twentieth-century electronic music, Electrifying Music celebrates the life and legacy of Remi Gassmann, an American composer and pioneer in electronic sound and music. Best known for his innovative ballet scores and his soundtrack to Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Birds, Gassmann helped introduce twentieth-century audiences to new musical aesthetics and compositional styles and championed the emerging works of his contemporaries. |
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UCI's Langson Library
Now through December 2024
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Natural Language: Contemporary Book Art surveys contemporary artists' books inspired by themes spanning through air, forest, and sea exploring nature, language, history, environment, and ecology. Curated in collaboration with UCI Libraries Special Collections and Archives and artists from around the world, this Great Park exhibition brings together cross-cultural perspectives through artistic excellence. |
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Great Park Gallery
Now through May 4, 2024
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Spiritual Geographies explores how different religious outlooks shaped landscape painting in California between 1890 and 1930. The Langson IMCA exhibition brings together 36 works of art as well as rare books and archival materials from UCI Libraries Special Collections and Archives that trace how landscape imagery operated within religious discourse. |
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Langson Institute and Museum of California Art
Now through June 8, 2024
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Monday, March 18
2:00 – 3:00 pm
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This workshop will provide an overview of humanities data, including where to find it and how to use it. |
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April 9 – June 21
Asynchronous Online
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R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. This is a quarter-long asynchronous course held in Canvas that will cover data analysis, writing modular code, and best practices for using R. |
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April 10 – June 21
Asynchronous Online
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The Unix shell helps people combine existing programs in new ways and automate repetitive tasks. This is a quarter-long asynchronous course held in Canvas that will cover files and directories, pipes, filters, loops, and shell scripts. |
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Wednesday, May 1
12:00 – 1:00 pm
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This workshop will cover important deadlines and fees, tips and tools for properly formatting your thesis or dissertation, and questions related to embargos and copyrights. |
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