ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL News ■ Ju n e 2000 / 473

UCI L ib ra rie s  C e le b ra te  UCI

Each April, the University o f California, 
Irvine (UCI), throw s a hu g e o p e n  house—  
Celebrate UCI— for students, faculty, staff, 
p r o s p e c t i v e  s t u
dents and their par
ents, and the com
m u n ity . T h e UCI 
Libraries have been  
an integral part of 
th is e v e n t fo r al
m ost 20 years.

T h ro u g h  to u rs 
o f  t h e  li b r a r i e s , 
d em o nstrations o f 
c o m p u t e r i z e d  li
b ra r y  s y s te m s , a 
b o o k  sale, an d  an 
inform ation b o o th  
p ro m in e n tly  s itu
ated amongst those With a bright new ba
rep resen tin g  a d i to their exhibit, library

the next visitor.verse cross section 
o f stu d en t groups an d  university services, 
the UCI Libraries reaches o u t to  the com
m unity on cam pus and beyond.

In fact, a sim ple low -tech solution, a 
n e w  bright blue an d  gold b a n n e r (UCI’s 
colors) e n h a n c e d  o u r visibility a n d  d rew  
visitors to o u r booth. This year, in ad d i
tion to highlighting library publications and 
inform ation a b o u t collections, services, 
a n d  exhibits, library staff created a scav­

en g er h u n t designed to direct visitors to 
the Main an d  Science Libraries w here they 
could then take a to u r o f the facilities. Li

b ra ry  sta ff fro m  
every division and 
from across all job 
classifications d e
voted part o f their 
w e e k e n d  to  e n
sure that the library 
w a s w ell r e p r e
sented at this im
p o r ta n t c o m m u
n i t y - b u i l d i n g  
event.

As b o t h  th e  
cam pus an d  the li
b r a r ie s  d e d ic a te  
i n c r e a s e d  r e

nner to attract attention s o u r c e s  to  o u t
 staff are ready to greet reach efforts in lo

cal sch o o ls, p a r
ticipation in C elebrate UCI, alw ays an e n
joyable activity, has tak en  o n  a d d ed  sig
nificance.

We are also thrilled to  rep o rt that, co n
trary to  S outhern C alifornia’s rep u tatio n  
for having gray spring days (especially if 
th e re ’s an o u td o o r event p la n n e d ), th e 
sh in e sh o n e  brightly m o st o f th e day. 
— Ellen Broidy, University o f  C alifornia, 
M i n e , e-m ail: ejbroidy@ uci.edu

a n ew  nam e, format, and editorial focus by 
its editors. The n ew  journal, called RBM: A 
J o u rn a l o f  Rare Books, Manuscripts, a n d  Cul
tu ra l Heritage, will feature a larger format and 
will ex p a n d  its focus to include stew ards of 
special collections outside th e library w orld.

Editors Lisa Brow ar an d  Marvin J. Taylor 
explained th e reasons b eh in d  th e changes: 
“As rare boo k  an d  m anuscripts libraries have 
previously m etam o rp h o sed  into special col
lections libraries, so to o  are special collec
tions libraries changing into cultural heritage 
repositories before o u r ey es.” RBM will re
flect these changes, appealing to an audience 
not only o f librarians, but also o f “ …  schol
ars, students, archivists, fine printers, p h o
tographers, m useum  professionals, video pro
ducers, film makers, an d  anyone interested

S to p  by th e  A C R L b o oth  and w in
Stop by ACRL’s b o o th  n u m b er 3344 at the 
ALA A nnual C onference in Chicago, July 
6-11. Find out m ore about ACRL’s National 
C onference in Denver, March 15-18, 2001, 
and e n ter a draw ing to w in prizes!

R epresentatives from the D enver Metro 
C onvention & Visitors B ureau will be on 
h an d  to answ er your questions about D en
ver an d  its attractions. T he b u reau  has d o
nated a n u m b er o f items that ACRL will be 
raffling off, such as d esk to p  clocks, mugs, 
D enver w ildflow er books, toiletry bags, 
and a D enver organizer.

So visit ACRL this sum m er, learn  m ore 
a b o u t its activities a n d  conferences, an d  
o n e  of these prizes could b e  yours!

mailto:ejbroidy@uci.edu