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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The UC Davis Library is hiring! Apply now for our Metadata Strategy Specialist position. The specialist is a member of our Metadata Creation and Discovery Unit, which is responsible for ensuring the access of library resources in all formats. Apply by August 27 (Job #83907): buff.ly/FJfkAwM
On a bright blue background with blue watercolor splashes and decorative yellow dots and lines, the main entrance of Shields Library above the library's Reading Room with students studying at tables with lamps and books. A map icon reads "You belong here" with the UC Davis Library logo at the bottom in white.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Congratulations to our 2026 Lang Prize winners! Rianna Herrera, Sofia Wright, Alyssa Linehan, Angelina Ong, Camila Cancino and Ruth Selvaraj (not pictured) are being recognized for their accomplished undergraduate research using library resources: Learn about our winners' projects: bit.ly/4e5u9dn
Five undergraduates pose together holding their Lang Prize certificates. A green poster with a black-and-white photo of Norma J. Lang is in the center between them. The UC Davis Library logo is visible on the tablecloth behind them.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It’s the centennial of America’s most famous highway, Route 66, and we’re revved up about our new exhibit in Shields Library: “Celebrating 100 Years of the Mother Road: Route 66." Explore Route 66’s nostalgia —celebratory and complex—with materials from our special collections: bit.ly/4266zGQ
Poster display next to exhibit with illustration of Route 66 highway sign filled with design of car driving along road in Monument Valley as sun sets. “Get your kicks on Route 66!” at top above title, and Archives and Special Collections and library logo at bottom.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Please join us for the next Creative Writing Series event on April 8 at 4:30 p.m.: a fiction reading and Q&A featuring author Maria Kuznetsova! Located in Shields Library, Rm. 205 (and live-streamed). bit.ly/creativewrit... This event is free and open to all.
Headshot of Maria Kuznetsova smiling framed by green line design. Event information in dark blue on gold background: 2025-2026 Creative Writing Series, Maria Kuznetsova, Fiction.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Have you read the 2025-2026 Campus Community Book Project selection, Solito: a Memoir, by author Javier Zamora? Student Services Librarian Matthew Conner created a bibliography with additional reading if you would like to continue exploring the theme of belonging: buff.ly/EF7cw31 #UCDavis
Headshot of Javier Zamora with an overlay graphic of his book, Solito, at an angle, on a light green background.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Finals are right around the corner, but we've got you covered with extended hours at Shields Library starting Thursday! Check out library.ucdavis.edu/hours for our full schedule. #UCDavis
A nighttime exterior shot of Shield Library with text on the left reading “Shields Library, Finals Week Extended Hours” and Thursday, March 12 - Wednesday, March 18, open until 2:00 am, Thursday, March 19, open until 1:00 am.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Educators, join us online Tuesday, March 3 for our 2026 AggieOpen Invited Speaker Katie Healey! She will explore how digital accessibility, Universal Design for Learning and upcoming ADA Title II requirements align with the broader mission of open education. Please register: bit.ly/4aG6SgH #OEWeek
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Congratulations to our 2026 Library Graduate Student Prize winners: Yi Lor, Ph.D. candidate, Epidemiology Safa Uraizee ’25, Master of Public Health Andrea Guggenbickler, Ph.D. Candidate, Public Health Sciences Learn about the winners and their projects: bit.ly/gradprize2026 #UCDavis
Composite of 2026 Grad Prize Winners Li Yor, Safa Uraizee and Andrea Guggenbickler.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
UC Love Data Week is next week! Advance your data skills with free virtual workshops hosted by UC Davis DataLab and fellow UC data orgs. DataLab and UC Davis Library session topics include data cleaning, data repository finders, AI, and data visualization. Register now: buff.ly/YEc3muC
Heart graphic in blue and gold with circuit-like patterns and UC campus names embedded. Over a dark blue background with slight watercolor texture. Text underneath reads "UC Love Data Week, February 9-13."
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A world-class coffee collection for research, teaching and discovery is taking shape at the UC Davis Library, made possible with recent donations by coffee industry pioneers Jerry Baldwin, Russ Kramer and the Specialty Coffee Association. buff.ly/xsGa9Aq #UCDavis #UCDavisEngineering
UC Davis Coffee Center Director William Ristenpart; Starbucks co-founder Jerry Baldwin and wife Jane; Audrey Russek, library curator for Food and Drink; and University Librarian and Vice Provost William Garrity, with the original Starbucks manifesto at the UC Davis Library.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Please join us for the next Creative Writing Series event on January 29: a fiction reading and Q&A featuring author Jemimah Wei! This event is free and open to all. Join us in person in Shields Library, or register for the livestream: bit.ly/creativewriting-jan29
Jemimah Wei in a dark blazer framed by green line design. Event information in dark blue on gold background: 2025-2026 Creative Writing Series, Jemimah Wei, Fiction, Thursday, Jan. 29 | 4:30 p.m., Shields Library, Room 205 and livestreamed via Zoom
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Join us on January 28 for Savor: Coffee Unfiltered — Thinking Outside the Cup! Whether you're new to the perfect pour or an advanced-level caffeinado, this panel discussion on the complex factors transforming coffee culture in the United States will perk you right up! Register: buff.ly/h2ACdsD
A small white cup of coffee with a foam heart design next to three staggered bags of Aggie Blend medium roast whole bean coffee, with illustration of a steaming coffee cup and saucer in foreground and a tree and Unitrans double-decker bus in the background.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Shields Library will be open reduced hours: Sunday, January 18th: 12 pm - 6 pm Monday, January 20th: 12 pm - 12 am The 24-hour study room remains open. Check library.ucdavis.edu/hours/ for more information. #UCDavis #OurUCDavis
Image description: Photo taken from left-hand side of Shields Library, featuring Bookhead. There is a text box at the top reading “Shields Library, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Adjusted Hours”, with text at the bottom reading “Sunday, January 18, open from 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Monday, January 19, open from 12:00 pm - 12:00 am.
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UC Davis College of Letters & Science @ucdlands.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This month’s Book Club is all about connection. Connection to our families, to our histories, and to the stories that shape who we are. Find your next favorite read at the Letters and Science Magazine: @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social
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Seeing Shared Connections with L&S Authors
This month, explore how connections are formed, maintained and shared with letters and science authors. In this collection of books, our authors and scholars mine their own families as their inspiration for memoirs, poetry, fiction and analyses.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Check this out: 10 works published in 2025 that cited our Archives and Special Collections in their publication: buff.ly/UEBFgcs
10 book covers in stacked 5x5 orientation that were published in 2025 and cited UC Davis Library Archives and Special Collections in their publication.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
If you'll be sticking around during winter break, please note that Shields Library will be closed Saturday, December 13 to Sunday, January 4. The 24-Hour Study Room will remain open throughout the break. Blaisdell Medical Library will remain open to @UCDavisHealth badge holders.
A snowy winter scene with a graphic of Shields Library being snowed on with hills of snow piled up near the entrance with text reading “happy winter break”, and “Shields Library will be closed December 13 - January 4.”
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
December 1 is #WorldAIDSDay2025. We invite you to explore our Resources for Understanding: HIV & AIDS, which includes fact sheets, California-based research and advocacy organizations, graphic novels and memoirs, documentaries and more: buff.ly/vtzIuqa
Three black and white images of people holding hands with background split at an angle in off-white and red with #WorldAIDSDay2025 and #ENDAIDS
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Wishing everyone a relaxing Thanksgiving break! Shields Library will be closed Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28. Blaisdell Medical Library will remain open to @UCDavisHealth badge holders. Check out library.ucdavis.edu/hours/ for a complete schedule of our hours.
White text on the top reading "Thanksgiving Break Hours” and a side box with text reading “Happy Thanksgiving! Shields Library will be closed Nov 27 & Nov 28.” Two turkeys walking along the sidewalk surrounded by nature with an orange gradient frame.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we're highlighting “Coyote,” a student-run newspaper first published by the UC Davis Native American Student Union in spring 1970. The Coyote archive is part of our University Archives Serials and Native American History and Culture Collections.
A collage of “The Coyote” newspaper featuring headlines on Native American education, activism and culture, arranged in an overlapping display. Coyote student newspaper, Winter/Spring ’75, with an illustrated header, short articles, and cartoon graphics of a Coyote newspaper page listing spring 1975 Native American Studies classes, community announcements, and small illustrated ads.Coyote newspaper issue with the headline “THINK INDIAN,” featuring short articles, illustrations, and a photo on the right of a man with glasses standing upright.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Dear grad students, professional students and postdoctoral scholars, Friday, Dec. 5 is just around the corner — have we received your application for the Library Graduate Student Prize? You could be awarded $1,000 for amazing research you're already doing! Sincerely, UC Davis Library
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
In recognition of Native American Heritage Month, we’re sharing highlights from our collection effort for the scholarship of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and Indigenous Science. Learn more and explore Indigenous voices in STEM: buff.ly/bJvsWsb
Nine covers of indigenous ecological titles in a grid layout over a filtered background of the same titles.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We're one month away from the Grad Prize application deadline (December 5)! Win up to $1,000 for graduate research using library resources.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Save the date for November 19! We are looking forward to this event at Shields Library!
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
What a wonderful celebration last week in honor of the 20th anniversary of UC Davis Middle East/South Asia Studies, and its founding director Distinguished Professor Suad Joseph. We continue our recognition of faculty achievement tonight at the Letters & Science Authors Celebration!
Suad Joseph speaks at the podium. (L-R): Linda Bisson, Professor Emeritus, Viticulture and Enology; Subhash Risbud, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering; Suad Joseph, Distinguished Professor, Anthropology, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies; Nicole Ranganath, Assistant Professor, Middle East/South Asia Studies; and Ken Burtis, Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology.Suad Joseph (center) with Ignacio Sanchez-Alonso, University Archivist (left) and Kevin Miller, Head of Archives and Special Collections (right).
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Happy UC Open Access Week! We invite the UC community to join UC libraries this week for a series of free workshops on open-access publishing, open data, open-source projects and tools, and more! See the full schedule, including the Symposium at Shields Library on Friday: buff.ly/j7KSYAi
series of 6 images including hand reaching for a book, bookshelves, person reading, graduat and data cords with black overlay of open lock.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Have you visited the David Bacon exhibit in Shields? "Outside special collections and inside a back study hall of Shields Library, the breadth of work ultimately seeks to make the invisible visible—acknowledging the existence and dignity of working people who often feel overlooked by the world."
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Shields exhibit visually documents farmworker movement
When famed farmworker photographer David Bacon started working for the United Farm Workers as an organizer in the 1970s, people asked what he — a “white boy” who “didn’t speak
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We are pleased to offer grants to support travel costs for scholars interested in using our distinctive collections in Archives and Special Collections and/or our Food and Wine collections. Four grants of $2,500 each will be awarded. Learn more and apply by October 30! buff.ly/NjyreJG #UCDavis
A variety of special collections on a table, including folders, bound albums, wine corks.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Our Author Talk with UC Davis alumna Janet Kaidantzis will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Shields Library. Please join us!
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
We are accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Spurrier-Winiarski Wine Writer-in-Residence Award. The $50,000 award supports one three-month residency at UC Davis for research, writing and publication on a current or historical aspect of wine. Apply by October 30. buff.ly/6Uoe7NK
Warren Winiarski (left) and Steven Spurrier (right) shake hands in front of a display on The Judgement of Paris with a wine bottle in a glass case.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
It's time to apply for the 2025-26 UC Davis Library Graduate Student Prize! Currently enrolled UC Davis graduate students, professional students and postdoctoral scholars can win up to $1,000 for their research. Learn more and apply by December 5: bit.ly/applyGradPrize #UCDavis
Photo of the four 2024-25 Library Graduate Prize winners holding award certificates on teal blue watercolor background with white text that reads Library Graduate Student Prize, Prizes up to $1,000!, Apply by December 5, bit.ly/GradPrize, UC Davis Library logo.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Add the Archives Crawl to your Saturday plans! Read about it in the Arts Blog weekender!
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Looking for something fun to do this Saturday? Join the Sacramento Archives Crawl, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.! Meet our archivists and check out items from our new exhibit, "Bound in Time: Exploring Women's Journeys through Scrapbooks and Photo Albums," and from our Author Talk on Oct. 9. buff.ly/lCwxrK2
Colorful archival illustration of Sacramento with buildings, mountain, boats, stagecoaches with title "Sacramento Gateway To the Garden Valley of the World" and details about the Archives Crawl.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Join us Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 4:30 p.m. for the first Creative Writing Series event of 2025-2026: a poetry reading and Q&A featuring poet Camille Ralphs! This event is free and open to all. Join us at Shields Library Rm 205 or register for the livestream here: bit.ly/creativewriting-oct2025
Camille Ralphs in dark suit, striped shirt and polka dot tie with red glasses seated with hand rested on knee, with greenery in background. Event information in dark blue on gold background: 2025-2026 | Creative Writing Series, Camille Ralphs, Poetry, Wednesday, Oct. 8 | 4:30 pm, Shields Library, Room 205 and livestreamed via Zoom.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Join us at Shields Library on Oct. 9 for a fascinating talk by author and UC Davis alumna Janet Kaidantzis! She will share her research into the stories of trailblazing women who built successful tourism businesses at Lake Tahoe, 1900-1930. Free and open to all. Register: buff.ly/LuXHvy0 #UCDavis
Black and white image of horse-drawn stagecoach filled with people in front of a outpost with people standing. Trees and mountain landscape in background. Circular photo overlay of author with tree in background. Title on navy background and gold lettering "October 9 Author Talk: The Nature of Her Business."
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Going to Terra Madre Americas in Sacramento this weekend? Stop by the @ucdavis.bsky.social booth from 2-4 pm on Saturday for a taste of food history trivia, or contribute to our community mosaic, both hosted by the UC Davis Library.
Cropped shot of a farmer carrying a crate of produce with farmland in background.
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Karen Nikos-Rose @kmnikos.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Plan your Autumn art exhibition visits with the #UCDavis Arts Blog. www.ucdavis.edu/arts/blog/we... @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social
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Weekender: New Exhibitions at Library; Museums in Region
Editor's note: One can tell fall is coming by how many art events have started on campus and in the area. Don't miss out. Read more below. The Weekender is published each Thursday during the school ye...
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
We're proud to be the permanent home of the Wine History Project of San Luis Obispo County! With this landmark gift by wine historian Libbie Agran, scholars, winemakers and communities can explore the Central Coast’s rich wine history through oral histories, art, films and exhibits. buff.ly/Zc9X5Ej
Four wine catalogs from the Wine History Project collection on a tabletop. Two are open to show inside pages; the other two show the paintings on their covers.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
In Davis this summer and need an afternoon break? Stop by Shields Library today for a 30-minute visit with our “Human Library"! Bring your curiosity and learn something new in conversation with our amazing human volunteer “books”! Noon-3pm. Room 167. All are welcome!
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Human Library @ UC Davis
Stories are an antidote to stereotype and stigma. By engaging in one-on-one conversations with those who have different life experiences, participants can begin to unlearn their preconceptions. Come…
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
We're wrapping up year 3 of our 5-year strategic plan! Learn about our progress to date — including sweeping changes to make our spaces more welcoming and the launch of the Aggie Experts research platform — as well as our priorities in the year ahead: buff.ly/MZxkML4 #UCDavis
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Aggie history is in the making with the restoration of the "Touchdown Tower" water tower! Once scaffolding is in place, the tower will be fully "under wraps," similar to the cocoon-like wrapping that enclosed the domestic (Arboretum) water tower during its own restoration in 2000. bit.ly/45SMCX
Two images stacked: 2025 Touchdown Tower with partial scaffolding and Arboretum water tower in 2000 with wrapped in white protective material.
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UC Davis Library @ucdavislibrary.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Aggie Experts is now open to the public! Scholars, journalists, industry, community groups, and students can use Aggie Experts to explore UC Davis research and connect with UC Davis faculty, researchers and expert sources in one streamlined location. Learn more and explore: bit.ly/3H6b1y3
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