UCR Libraries

  1. Special Collections
    1. The interior of the Science Library
      The interior of the Science Library
      Tuskegee Airmen Archive

      The purpose of the Tuskegee Airmen Archive is to collect and preserve as part of a national effort the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, who broke the race barrier in military aviation for African-Americans and other minorities. The Archive not only shows how the Airmen advanced race relations through their contributions to the integration of the Army Air Forces during World War II, but it also showcases their combat record of never losing a bomber that they were escorting to enemy fighters -  a record still unsurpassed in US military history today.  As the Archive forms the cornerstone of a larger plan for UCR to serve as an archive for African-American history and culture in the Western states, it is available nationally and internationally to researchers, educators, scholars, students, and others in the public arena in highlighting the story of valiant African American men and women.

      For more information, please visit http://library.ucr.edu/tuskegee/

    2. Rupert Costo Collection

      Rupert Costo, a Cahuilla man, and Jeanette Dulce Costo, an Eastern Cherokee, initiated the Rupert Costo library when they merged their private collections after their marriage in 1954. Founders of the American Indian Historical Society in 1964, the Costos worked tirelessly for the rights and opportunities of all peoples. Confident in the value of historical scholarships in establishing truth and promoting justice, they wrote and published Native American books, newspapers and journals.  To house their collections for the purposes of research and study, they gave their library to UCR in 1986.  What followed were special ceremonies that marked the installation of the library as well as its rededication in 2002.  One of the most important collections of research materials relating to the Native Americans in the United States and the world at-large, the Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian comprises over 7,000 books and thousands of documents collected over a fifty-year period, including: tribal records, treaties, water rights agreements, litigation briefs, other papers of legal significance; the complete records and inventory of the American Indian Historical Society Press - founded by the Costos, and a number of artifacts, including rare Indian baskets and paintings by Native American artists. The rarer items, which include old books, art albums, and scarce booklets issued by individual tribes and researchers, are shelved in Special Collections.

      For further information, please visit http://www.americanindian.ucr.edu/index.html

    3. Southeast Asia Collection

  2. Films/movie, Videotapes, Readings
    1. Recommended Viewing by UCR
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    2. Recommended Reading by UCR
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  3. Books by UCR
    1. Faculty
      http://www.bookstore.ucr.edu/SiteText.aspx?id=3623
      The list has been compiled by the UC Riverside Bookstore and the books are available there.
    2. How Real Is Race?
  4. Librarians Association of the University of California (LAUC)
    1. LAUC-R Committees
    2. Committee on Cultural Diversity
    3. LAUC Diversity Resources
    4. Diversity Lectures
    5. LAUC-R ANNUAL REPORT ON DIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
      2003-2004
  5. Library Resources
    1. Women's & Gender Studies
    2. Native American Studies
    3. Latin American History and Culture
    4. African American History and Culture
  6. American Library Association (ALA)
    1. Office for Diversity

      One of fifteen offices within the American Library Association, the ALA Office for Diversity serves as a key resource and link to professional issues which speak to diversity as a fundamental value and action area of the Association. In addition to the Office’s serving as the liaison to the Committee on Diversity and its subcommittees, it administers Spectrum, a scholarship program designed to improve library service through the development of an ethnically diverse workforce.

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    2. ALA Committee on Diversity

      The mission of the ALA Committee on Diversity is 1.)  to provide a forum to research, monitor, discuss, and address national diversity issues and trends; 2.)  to analyze and address the impact of diversity issues and trends on the profession and the relevance and effectiveness of library leadership, library organizations and library services to an increasingly diverse society; 3.)  to provide to the Council and ALA membership information needed for the establishment of ALA policies, actions and initiatives related to national diversity issues and trends; 4.)  to encourage and facilitate diversity in ALA membership and the recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce in the profession as a whole; 5.)  to encourage and facilitate diversity in ALA leadership and leadership development; 6.)  to facilitate a broad awareness of how and why diversity is unequivocally linked to all ALA areas of concern, such as intellectual freedom, education and continual learning, literary, and equity of access; 6.)  to work collaboratively with the ALA President, ALA Council, ALA Divisions, ALA Offices and Units, ALA Round Tables, ALA Committees, and ALA Affiliates

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    3. Spectrum Scholarship
      The profession of librarian is one of the most diverse you can find.  Today's librarians are information specialists, Internet guides, educators, public administrators, children's services specialists, readers’ advisors -- the choices and career directions are boundless.  However, it is a reality that library staff do not always reflect the communities they serve.  Enter Spectrum.  Spectrum specifically addresses the under-representation of librarians of color within the current workforce.  To this end, over 415 students from traditionally underrepresented groups have received scholarships, leadership training, professional networking and mentoring in order to build a diverse pool of talented and trained individuals reflective of the populations served by libraries.  To better your chance for serving as a librarian, especially if you are committed to better serving your own diverse community, a Spectrum Scholarship can position you for success.

      For more information, please click here