Donald A Barclay, Assistant
University Librarian for Public Services
Donald Barclay, Assistant University Librarian for Public Services, is the person most responsible for making sure that UC Merced Library genuinely serves the needs of its community of scholars.
"We are working to create a library that is remarkably easy to use and hassle free," says Barclay. "That applies to both the visible library of books as well as to the invisible library of online resources."
On those occasions when the Library becomes not-
so-easy to use, it is up to Barclay to make sure scholars get the help they need.
That help might come in the form of one-on-one assistance delivered in person, on the phone, or over the Web, or it might come via more formal instruction sessions.
Even though the Kolligian Library building is a long way from complete, UC Merced Library public services are up and running. "If anyone at UC Merced needs help putting
their eyes on information," says Barclay, "we are willing and able to assist."
Contact Information:
209.724.4304
dbarclay@ucmerced.edu
About Donald Barclay:
M.L.I.S., 1990--University of California, Berkeley
M.A., 1985--University of California, Berkeley
B.A., 1981--Boise State University
Jim Dooley , Head of Technical Services & University Archivist
As Head of Technical Services, Jim Dooley works to ensure that the UC Merced Library catalog contains records for all books in the UC Merced Library as well as for all online journals, databases, and books available through the California Digital Library.
"The goal is to make the library online catalog the principal resource-discovery tool for UCM students, faculty, and staff," says Dooley.
Dooley also coordinates the work of the vendors who are supplying the library with shelf-ready books, and he evaluates gift books offered to the library.
As University Archivist, Dooley is responsible for preserving the administrative records of UC Merced that document the functions and the history of the university.
Contact information: 209.724.4422 jdooley@ucmerced.edu
About Jim Dooley : M.L.I.S., 1993--Brigham Young University
M.F.A., 1973--University of Massachusetts, Amherst
M.A., 1970--University of Washington
B.A., 1968--College of the Holy Cross
Emily Lin, Digital Assets Librarian
"I came to Merced because of this story of a 'treasure in a walnut grove,'" says Emily Lin, Digital Assets Librarian.
The treasure is the art work belonging to the Lee Institute for Japanese Art, a charming museum located in a Central Valley walnut grove. It is Lin's job to manage the digitization of art objects from the museum. Her duties involve overseeing digital photography, working with curatorial staff to catalog art
objects, and creating the metadata records that will be entered into the Online Archive of California (OAC), part of the California Digital Library.
Lin will be heading Library initiatives to digitize rare research materials held in private collections. She has also been named to serve as Class Librarian for UC Merced's first four-year undergraduate class, the Class of 2009.
209.724.4369 elin@ucmerced.edu
About Emily Lin:
M.L.I.S., 2003--Drexel University
Yoshida, Toshi.
Shirasagi Castle
1 woodcut: ink on paper. Lee Institute Permanent Collection
Who landed UC Merced's first-ever academic grant award?
If you answered "UC Merced Library," give yourself a gold star.
In 2002, UC Merced Library was awarded a $229,276 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The three-year grant funds a collaboration with the Ruth
Nestled in Hanford, California, the Lee Institute houses a distinguished collection of Japanese art, including the largest Nanga collection in the United States. The UC Merced Library is producing a digital collection of high-resolution images and metadata records of the Lee
Institute's art objects and making it available to scholars and students at UC and around the world.
Building on this model of collaboration, the Library plans to digitize other collections from the Central Valley and beyond. Currently, the Library is digitizing a collection of 400 Japanese woodblock prints from the UCSF Library.UC Merced Library
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