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"headlineText": "Legacy Gift Makes a Big Impact on Small Library Spaces", | |
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"headlineText": "LibGuides Groups in Practice: Building a Partnership Between an Academic Library and an Information Studies School", | |
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"headlineText": "LISTEN: It Took 50 Years to Preserve this Two-strip Technicolor Feature", | |
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"headlineText": "Groundbreaking Deal with Leading Publisher Opens Access to Scientific Research", | |
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"headlineText": "Partnership Preserves and Celebrates LGBTQ Celluloid History", | |
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"headlineText": "Library Honors Stellar Undergraduate Researchers", | |
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"headlineText": "Online Publishing of Music Scores Makes History", | |
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"monthYear": "July 2020", | |
"headlineText": "Three Professors Recognized for Their Work to Make Classes Affordable", | |
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"headlineText": "New Shipping Service Delivers UCLA-owned Books to Researchers' Residences", | |
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"headlineText": "New Projects Digitize and Document Activism and Political Expression Around the World", | |
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"headlineText": "Learning From the Past: Collection Tells the Story of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic", | |
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"monthYear": "October 2020", | |
"headlineText": "Page and Pickup Service Makes Circulating Materials Available to Faculty and Students", | |
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"headlineText": "Library Seeks Narrators for New COVID-19 Oral History Project", | |
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"headlineText": "Fall 2020 Remote Public Programs Announced", | |
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"subtitle": "The Great Pivot: Library Launches Pilot Emergency Services", | |
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"monthYear": "October 2020", | |
"headlineText": "Mystery of the Wax Museum. Restoring Two-color Technicolor with Digital Tools", | |
"snippet": "<p>The discovery of an 87-year-old nitrate print found in ex-studio president Jack Warner’s private vault, and a second nitrate print with French subtitles, made possible the intricate restoration of <i>Mystery of the Wax Museum</i> (1932), the final Hollywood feature to be produced in the two-color (red/green) Technicolor process. Explore the history of the restoration of this once lost film, completed by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2020. — By film preservationist <strong>Scott MacQueen</strong>, published in the <em>Journal of Film Preservation</em>, page 105.</p>", | |
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"monthYear": "November 2020", | |
"headlineText": "Digital Archivist Shira Peltzman Among 2020 Digital Preservation Award Finalists", | |
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"headlineText": "The WI+RE Way: A Manifesto and a Process for Learner-Led Design", | |
"snippet": "<p>WI+RE (Writing Instruction + Research Education), a team of student employees at the UCLA Library, focuses on helping fellow learners succeed in their writing and research projects. WI+RE's manifesto articulates the shared values of undergraduate and graduate student employees and Library staff, and reveals how they approach learning and design (hint: it's about collaboration). The team uses a learner-centered design toolkit to create and continually improve online learning modules. — Coauthored by Science Librarian <strong>Renee Romero</strong>, published by the <em>Journal of New Librarianship</em>.</p>", | |
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"monthYear": "January 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Alumna May Hong HaDuong Named Director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive", | |
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"monthYear": "January 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Film & Television Archive Receives Getty Foundation Grant for Science Fiction Program", | |
"snippet": "", | |
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"monthYear": "January 2021", | |
"headlineText": "UCLA Library Announces Winter 2021 Public Programs", | |
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"monthYear": "February 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Histories of Black-owned Businesses in Los Angeles Preserved by UCLA Library", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-oral-histories-black-businesses-los-angeles", | |
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"monthYear": "February 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Librarians Curate Reading List of Black Authors and Creators in Recognition of Black History Month", | |
"snippet": "", | |
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"monthYear": "March 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Modern Endangered Archives Program is Saving the Past", | |
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"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/modern-endangered-archives-program-ucla-library", | |
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"monthYear": "March 2021", | |
"headlineText": "University of California and Elsevier Reach Agreement Restoring Access to Journals", | |
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"subtitle": "The New Normal: Temporary Remote Instruction Continues", | |
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"monthYear": "March 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Film & Television Archive Celebrates Women’s History Month with Maya Angelou’s 'The Tapestry'", | |
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"monthYear": "March 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Manchu Language Pedagogical Practices: The Connections Between Manuscript and Printed Books", | |
"snippet": "<p>This publication explores the history of Manchu language education during the Qing dynasty in order to reconstruct the relationships between printed pedagogical genres and their manuscript counterparts. The paper explores three aspects of Manchu language education – institutions, textbooks and students' materials – to radically expand our view of the role Manchu language education played during the Qing Dynasty. — By <strong>Devin Fitzgerald</strong>, curator of rare books and history of printing, published in <em>Saksaha: A Journal of Manchu Studies</em>.</p>", | |
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"monthYear": "April 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Library Welcomes Bruins Back to Designated Campus Spaces", | |
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"alt": "A woman wearing a mask and blue sweatshirt with a laptop in the Charles E. Young Research Library" | |
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"monthYear": "April 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Virtual Programs Enrich Academic Experiences and Advance Knowledge Creation", | |
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"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-library-announces-spring-2021-public-programs", | |
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"monthYear": "April 2021", | |
"headlineText": "In Memoriam: Gloria Werner, 80, University Librarian Emerita", | |
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"monthYear": "May 2021", | |
"headlineText": "$2 Million Gift Advances Mission of UCLA Library’s Biomedical Library", | |
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"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/2-million-gift-biomedical-library-lee-oetzel", | |
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"monthYear": "May 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Maureen Russell named 2021 Librarian of the Year", | |
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"monthYear": "May 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Tips on Preserving Family Histories", | |
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"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/oral-family-histories-teresa-barnett", | |
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"monthYear": "May 2021", | |
"headlineText": "T-Kay Sangwand Spins UCLA Library Archives Into the Fabric of Los Angeles", | |
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"monthYear": "May 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Collaborative Digital Projects in the Undergraduate Humanities Classroom: Case Studies with TimelineJS", | |
"snippet": "<p>UCLA Librarians successfully implemented an open-source digital tool that enables everyone – including beginners – to create interactive timelines into a pair of undergraduate humanities capstone seminars. The tool, TimelineJS, empowers students to explore the historical contexts of primary sources by visualizing the chronology of historical periods. An engaging alternative to traditional research paper assignments, these case studies also describe models of faculty-librarian collaboration in assignment design and implementation. — Head of Public Services, Outreach and Community Engagement in Library Special Collections <strong>Courtney "Jet" Jacobs</strong> and Librarian for English and History and Head of Teaching and Learning <strong>Matthew Johnson</strong> are among the coauthors, published by <em>The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy</em>.</p>", | |
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"monthYear": "June 2021", | |
"headlineText": "LGBTQ Series ‘In the Life’ Remains as Relevant as Ever", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/in-the-life-film-television-archive", | |
"subtitle": "The New Normal: Temporary Remote Instruction Continues", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "in-the-life-melissa-etheridge-credit-charles-ignacio.jpeg", | |
"alt": "A man interviewing Melissa Etheridge at an event near the U.S. Capitol." | |
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{ | |
"monthYear": "June 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Fowler Exhibition Spotlights a Century of Collecting at UCLA", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/fowler-exhibition-spotlights-century-of-collecting", | |
"subtitle": "The New Normal: Temporary Remote Instruction Continues", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "ucla-banner-with-seal-university-archives.jpg", | |
"alt": "Blue banner with UCLA in yellow lettering, with the U and C separated from the L and A by the university's seal" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"monthYear": "June 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Cannes Classics Features ‘The Killing Floor,' Preserved by Film & Television Archive", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/killing-floor-cannes-classics-2021-lineup", | |
"subtitle": "The New Normal: Temporary Remote Instruction Continues", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "killing-floor.jpg", | |
"alt": "An actor in The Killing Floor holding a megaphone and speaking to a crowd." | |
}, | |
{ | |
"monthYear": "June 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Library Acquires New Materials Based on Student Proposals", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-library-acquires-new-materials-based-on-student-proposals", | |
"subtitle": "The New Normal: Temporary Remote Instruction Continues", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "looking-at-parchment-scroll.jpeg", | |
"alt": "Five people looking at parchment scroll of ancient text" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"monthYear": "June 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Exceptional Undergraduate Researchers Recognized by UCLA Library", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/exceptional-undergraduate-researchers-recognized-by-ucla-library", | |
"subtitle": "The New Normal: Temporary Remote Instruction Continues", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "2021-ucla-library-prize-winners.jpg", | |
"alt": "Collage of 16 headshots, with ror rows or four people each" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"monthYear": "June 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Restoration of 1967 Film Offers Rare Look at the Lives of Four Trans Women in NYC", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/queens-at-heart-rediscovering-a-pre-stonewall-portrait-of-trans-lives", | |
"subtitle": "The New Normal: Temporary Remote Instruction Continues", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "queens-at-heart-restoration.jpg", | |
"alt": "Four trans women seated on a sofa. Left side of the image illustrates fading and damage before restoration, right side of the image shows the restored version." | |
}, | |
{ | |
"monthYear": "June 2021", | |
"headlineText": "UCLA Library/OCLC Non-roman Script Project Bridges Access Gaps to Research Materials", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://www.arl.org/blog/ucla-library-oclc-non-roman-script-project-bridges-access-gaps-to-research-materials/", | |
"subtitle": "The New Normal: Temporary Remote Instruction Continues", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "studying-ucla-powell-library.jpg", | |
"alt": "Student wearing a blue jeans jacket studying in library" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"monthYear": "June 2021", | |
"headlineText": "The Teaching with Primary Sources Cookbook", | |
"snippet": "<p>In the chapter, "Creating a Showstopper: Student-Curated Exhibitions," the coauthors detail a structured approach to teaching students how to curate exhibitions using primary source materials based on a "recipe" format. Students learn how to conduct research in special collections, to tie abstract concepts from a course to concrete primary sources and to think critically about their audience. — Coauthored by Research and Instruction Librarian <strong>Katherine Kapsidelis</strong>, published by the <em>Association of College and Research Libraries</em>.", | |
"to": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt59t9h70w/qt59t9h70w.pdf", | |
"subtitle": "The New Normal: Temporary Remote Instruction Continues", | |
"featured": true, | |
"src": "katherine-kapsidelis-ucla-library.jpg", | |
"alt": "Sketch of Katherine Kapsidelis, with yellow background" | |
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{ | |
"monthYear": "July 2021", | |
"headlineText": "UC Library Search is Here", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://www.library.ucla.edu/news/uc-library-search-here", | |
"subtitle": "A Return to Campus: In-person Classes Resume September 23", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "uc-library-search-ucla-map.jpg", | |
"alt": "Map of Californa with arrows pointing to 10 locations. text reads UC Library Search x UCLA Library" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"monthYear": "July 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Film Preservationist Scott MacQueen On the Future of Saving the Past", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/film-preservationist-scott-macqueen-on-the-future-of-saving-the-past", | |
"subtitle": "A Return to Campus: In-person Classes Resume September 23", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "sons-of-the-desert-restoration.JPG", | |
"alt": "Two monitors showing comedy duo Laurel and Hardy in a movie scene. One image is heavily scratched, while the other image is clean." | |
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{ | |
"monthYear": "July 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Demystifying East Asian Language Monograph Publishing: Contemplations on the Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities", | |
"snippet": "<p>Growing trends in library budgets reflect a shift to purchasing resources in electronic format over print, an approach which does not always cater to the needs of East Asian scholars. This article surveys the state of the monograph publishing landscape in East Asia, with a focus on China, Japan and Korea. Drawing on existing statistics, interviews with leading vendors and librarians' perspectives, the authors explore major issues in East Asian e-book publishing and make recommendations for future improvement. — Coauthored by Japanese Studies Librarian <strong>Tomoko Bialock</strong>, published by <em>The Journal of Academic Librarianship</em>.</p>", | |
"to": "https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0099133321000616?token=23951DA54EAE546F180612EA4FD4014ABFAD19325669B00519C86C3ACFEA87ECA274268E07B8989E3932F309F1D33737&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20210503203711", | |
"subtitle": "A Return to Campus: In-person Classes Resume September 23", | |
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"src": "tomoko-bialock-ucla-library.jpg", | |
"alt": "Black and white portrait sketch of woman wearing glasses, with yellow background" | |
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{ | |
"monthYear": "August 2021", | |
"headlineText": "UCLA Library Locations to Open Sept. 13; Temporary Remote Services to be Discontinued", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://www.library.ucla.edu/news/ucla-library-locations-open-sept-13-temporary-remote-services-be-discontinued", | |
"subtitle": "A Return to Campus: In-person Classes Resume September 23", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "walking-into-ucla-science-library.jpeg", | |
"alt": "Person wearing backpack walking under sign reading UCLA Science and Engineering Library" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"monthYear": "September 2021", | |
"headlineText": "Most Liked Instagram Post Ever: Library Locations Reopening", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CTyYAkMraP1/", | |
"subtitle": "A Return to Campus: In-person Classes Resume September 23", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "ucla-library-most-liked-instagram-post.jpg", | |
"alt": "Screengrab of instagram post, with photo of students walking through a library" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"monthYear": "September 2021", | |
"headlineText": "True Bruin Welcome at Three Library Locations", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://www.facebook.com/uclalibrary/posts/1037111263552862", | |
"subtitle": "A Return to Campus: In-person Classes Resume September 23", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "three-students-table-ucla.jpg", | |
"alt": "Three students on campus engaging with another, who has his back to the camera" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"monthYear": "September 2021", | |
"headlineText": "How Digital Tools Unlocked Primary Sources for Remote Learning", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://www.library.ucla.edu/news/digital-tools-unlock-primary-sources-remote-learning", | |
"subtitle": "A Return to Campus: In-person Classes Resume September 23", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "screngrab-of-scalar.jpg", | |
"alt": "Screengrab of text and books" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"monthYear": "September 2021", | |
"headlineText": "New Endowment for Japanese Collections at the East Asian Library", | |
"snippet": "", | |
"to": "https://www.library.ucla.edu/news/new-endowment-japanese-collections-east-asian-library", | |
"subtitle": "A Return to Campus: In-person Classes Resume September 23", | |
"featured": "", | |
"src": "ucla-library_nakatani-bookplate-crop.jpg", | |
"alt": "Black and white portrait of man and woman" | |
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"title": "Pandemic Spurs Virtual Screening Room, Bringing Moving Images to a Global Audience", | |
"to": "https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/blogs/archive-blog/2022/01/31/pandemic-spurs-virtual-screening-room", | |
"src": "virtual-screening-room-toll-sea.jpg", | |
"text": "When its theatrical home closed its doors in March 2020 due to COVID-19 the UCLA Film & Television Archive shifted public programming to an ambitious new online screening model.", | |
"alt": "A woman smiling and holding a rose." | |
}, | |
{ | |
"title": "Video Series Explores Impact of Library Initiatives that Open Access to Materials", | |
"to": "https://www.library.ucla.edu/news/open-sourced-bruins-share-their-openucla-impact-stories", | |
"src": "open-sourced-video-ucla-library.jpg", | |
"text": "Affordable course materials, open educational resources, digital collections and contemporary music scores reduce barriers for researchers, advancing knowledge creation.", | |
"alt": "UCLA professor Genevieve Carpio, gesticulating while seated at a table, with a video play button at center." | |
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{ | |
"title": "UC Library Search: The Future is Shared", | |
"to": "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FE2E2ymsLEcNZQcJr_Pr13yX6ppueMNgf24i_DQiL6Q/edit?usp=sharing", | |
"src": "uc-library-search-laptop-book.jpeg", | |
"text": "One year after Covid-19 struck, 160 University of California librarians and staff across 10 campuses launched the first-ever systemwide integrated library discovery and circulation management platform – on schedule.", | |
"alt": "Laptop screen reading UC Library Search with book pages behind it." | |
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"title": "Pages Viewed Through HathiTrust Digital Library to Support Collections Access", | |
"src": "ucla-library-hathitrust-partnership.jpg", | |
"alt": "Blue graphic reading HathiTrust Partnership 3,958,321" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"title": "One-on-one Appointments with Librarians and Staff to Advance UCLA Research", | |
"src": "ucla-library-virtual-research-consultations.jpg", | |
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{ | |
"title": "Laptop, Tablet, Hotspot Loans – Picked Up on Campus or Shipped to Users' Residences", | |
"src": "ucla-library-device-loans.jpg", | |
"alt": "Blue graphic reading Device Loans 2,902" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"title": "Books and Other Physical Materials Picked Up by Users at Charles E. Young Research Library", | |
"src": "ucla-library-campus-pickup.jpg", | |
"alt": "Blue graphic reading Campus Pickup 5,402" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"title": "Items Shipped to Users' Residences", | |
"src": "ucla-library-mail-delivery.jpg", | |
"alt": "Blue graphic reading Mail Delivery 2,220" | |
}, | |
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"title": "Book Chapters and Journal Articles Scanned and Delivered Digitally", | |
"src": "ucla-library-digital-delivery.jpg", | |
"alt": "Blue graphic reading Digital Delivery 2,280" | |
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