Goals

• Meet the information needs of the UCR community

  OBJECTIVE	PROGRESS
  Acquire essential library resources to support UCR students and researchers	Acquired approx. 65,000 titles collaboratively via the UC Library system and 3725 titles locally at UCR.
  Support open access (OA) publishing	Hosted Open Access Week October 20–24, 2025  Increased open publishing opportunities by renewing numerous Open Access publishing contracts  Created new monograph open publishing opportunities for arts and humanities researchers without direct cost to authors
  Create Digitization Laboratory in Rivera Library to enhance access to content and to preserve born digital content	Digitization Lab opened in October 2025
  Create a print preservation laboratory in Rivera Library to enhance the conservation and care of Special Collections

• Enhance the Library's role as a dynamic learning space for the UCR community and the peoples of Inland Southern California

  OBJECTIVE	PROGRESS
  Increase experiential learning initiatives at the Library	Annual Inland Empire Archives Fair in October 2025    Healing and (Re)Building Connection: A (Re)Writing Migration Stories Exhibit (Sept. 2025) “Corazón Abierto” by the ESPARiTU (Encuentros Student Participatory Action Research y Testimonios) research team

• Increase information, digital, and AI literacies among UCR students and researchers

  OBJECTIVE	PROGRESS
  Increase information, digital, and AI literacies instruction sessions, events, and consultations	Hosted Love Data Week (UC Wide, February 9 - 13, 2026) with numerous workshops Hosted GIS Week (Nov. 18-20, 2025) with numerous workshops Launched UGRD 040, an information literacy/research in the disciplines course Hired Educational Technologist librarian to expand expertise of technology in information literacy instruction

• Serve as a key research partner for UCR's diverse faculty and student population and the peoples of Inland Southern California

  INITIATIVE	PROGRESS
  Develop a robust Digital Scholarship Program to serve the needs of UCR’s diverse student population and the research agendas of the UCR faculty	Offered ten digital scholarship workshops at undergraduate, graduate and faculty levels  Established Certification for Digital Scholarship Established "The Reference Desk" Podcast and invited UCR researcher/faculty speakers on a bi-weekly basis

• Invest in the professional growth and success of the UCR Library staff

  OBJECTIVE	PROGRESS
  Provide developmental opportunities to employees and celebrate successes	Successfully qualified a cataloger as a participant in the Library of Congress' Subject Authority Cooperative Program (SACO) Comics and Fiction Funnel