UC Merced Magazine | Commemorative Chronicle

Library also intentionally invested in students by creating employment opportunities. e rst student employees helped move the library’s physical collection from Atwater to campus in August 2005. Since then, more than 500 student employees have made important contributions to the UC Merced Library and acquired new skills. ey have digitized archival materials, prepared exhibits, updated technology, processed interlibrary loan requests, participated in outreach events, o ered friendly support to their peers and more. Some have gone on to pursue careers in information science and archival elds.

Top: Students studying in the top- oor McFadden / Willis Reading Room

Bottom Le : Instruction Librarian Sara Davidson Squibb demonstrates interactive displayboard technology during the Louis P. and Doris M. Gonella Discovery Room dedication event on September 7, 2006 Bottom Right: Davidson Squibb today among the stacks in the Kolligian Library — highlighting the current “From Foundation to Future: 20 Years of the UC Merced Library” exhibit.