UCI Libraries

Welcome Week with the Libraries! 📚✨

Stop by and explore our resources, meet expert librarians, check out study spaces, or get help finding your classes at our “Map My Class” tables. Enjoy free treats while supplies last! 🍪🍦

📍Langson Library
Tuesday, September 22 from 1:00–3:00 p.m.

📍Science Library
Wednesday, September 23 from 1:00–3:00 p.m.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! 🎉

Celebrate by exploring our curated collection of books and films that celebrate and uplift Latinx voices. ❤️✨

Access ebooks through UC Irvine Overdrive (ucirvinemain.overdrive.com) and stream movies and documentaries on Kanopy (uci.kanopy.com) using your UCInetID login.📚🎥

For more Hispanic Heritage Month resources, check out news.lib.uci.edu/libraries-news/hispanic-heritage-month-2026.

Meet the Curator! 📚✨

Go behind the scenes of From Imagination to Reality with Rare Books & Special Collections Librarian Anastasia Armendariz. Discover how science fiction imagined today's innovations decades before they became reality.

Read more about her curatorial process while she was working on the exhibit: news.lib.uci.edu/libraries-news/curator-imagination

Stop by and check out Science Library's current exhibit, From Imagination to Reality. 🚀📖 
 
Explore stories that imagined tomorrow long before it arrived. This exhibit pairs books from the Libraries' collections with real-world technologies they predicted, or even inspired. From groundbreaking innovations to cautionary tales, these science fiction and fantasy authors envisioned a future that feels surprisingly familiar. 💻

Looking for a fun, light read this summer? Well, the Libraries have got you covered! ☀️

Check out OverDrive (ucirvinemain.overdrive.com) for a curated list of recommended beach reads! 🌊📚

Congrats to the 2026 Nellie Ansley Reeves Award winners! ⭐

Each year, UC Irvine Libraries give this award to a select few UC Irvine undergraduate students for their outstanding senior theses. This year’s recipients were Hannah Jean Regan, Sacred Moseley, Tejazvi Gopalan, Shreya Dixit, and Aidan Ermisch.

Finals are coming! 📝

Need a place to study? The Libraries are open late! Check out our extended hours, and good luck, Anteaters! You’ve got this✨

Note: UC ID cards are required to stay in all library buildings after 11:00 pm.

Image Description:
Graphic featuring extended finals week hours (June 6–12) for Langson Library, Science Library, and Gateway Study Center. The background shows Langson Library surrounded by trees, flowers, and the sky.

Where’s your favorite study spot in the Libraries? 📚✨
 
Whether you're camped out in a quiet corner, collaborating with friends, or enjoying a view between study sessions, we want to know where you're spending finals week.

Drop your favorite study spot in the comments, and good luck on your finals, Anteaters! 🐜💙💛


Image description:

Photo 1: Students studying at tables in Science Library's second-floor open seating area. Text overlay reads "Where's your favorite study spot?"
 
Photo 2: Wide view of Science Library second floor showing students at various tables and seating areas.
 
Photo 3: Students working at study tables on the second floor of Langson Library.
 
Photo 4: Two students at a table in Science Library's fifth-floor Collaboration Zone.
 
Photo 5: Four students studying together at a table in a Langson Library second-floor classroom.
 
Photo 6: Student studying alone at a wooden table near windows in Science Library.
 
Photo 7: Two students on casual seating in Langson Library.
 
Photo 8: Science Library study pods and white seating in the common area.
 
Photo 9: Exterior view of study pods in Langson Library.
 
Photo 10: Students working at a table in Science Library on the fifth floor.
 
Photo 11: Two students studying together at a table in Langson Library on the second floor.
 
Photo 12: Three students at a table by a large window on the first floor of Langson Library.
 
Photo 13: Two students studying at a table in Science Library, second floor.
 
Photo 14: A student is seated in a chair by the glass windows in the lobby of Langson Library.
 
Photo 15: Students studying at tables beneath tall windows in Science Library.
 
Photo 16: Student reading in an armchair next to bookshelves in Langson Library.
 
Photo 17: Students at study tables near book stacks in Science Library.
 
Photo 18: Two students studying in an enclosed study room in Science Library.

Happy Pride Month, Anteaters! 🌈

Test your knowledge on q***r ligature with our Pride-themed “Guess the Book” challenge! Each slide contains a series of images that hint at a different book. Swipe through, make your guesses in the comments below, and check the final slide for the answers. Good luck! 📚🌟

Access books on UC Irvine OverDrive (ucirvinemain.overdrive.com) and stream movies and documentaries on Kanopy and Docuseek, using your student ID. 🎥🪪