UC Riverside Library

It's your last night to study 24 hours in Orbach for finals, Highlanders! We will close at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, June 12). For all the Highlanders that still have finals, good luck!

*photo is of the eastern stairwell in Orbach off of the third floor near group study room 334*

Friendly reminder for UCR students, faculty, and staff! You can access top magazines like Vogue, Wired, Rolling Stone, and more digitally for FREE through the UCR Library using just your UCR NetID.

To start reading today, visit ucr.overdrive.com or open the Libby app and add the UCR Library as a library. Happy summer reading!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our Finals Week Stress Relief events this week! We loved seeing your creativity at our art event free for all (check out some of the art created) and hope you enjoyed Monday's esquites giveaway.

The stress relief isn't over yet! Keep an eye out for surprise snack giveaways in both libraries over the next two days. We won't tell you exactly when, so you'll just have to stumble upon them!

We are on our summer schedule this weekend until Saturday, September 19! For all of our summer session Highlanders, we will be closed on Sundays and closing earlier Monday - Thursday. Our regular hours will resume in the fall. Check out our summer hours below:

🔵Monday - Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
🔵Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
🔵Saturday: 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
🔴Sunday: CLOSED

Starting next week on Monday, June 15, construction will begin to convert those open-door rooms across from the women’s restrooms in Orbach into fully reservable group study rooms (complete with actual doors!).

Work will take place during regular business hours for the next 6 - 8 weeks. For those sticking around this summer, it may be a little noisier than usual. Thank you for your patience with the noise as we upgrade your study spaces!

It's Finals Week, Highlanders! Check out our Finals Week hours:
🔵Monday - Thursday: 7:30am - 12am (Orbach is open for studying 24 hours though!)
🔵Friday: 7:30am - 7pm
🔵Saturday: 9am - 5pm
🔴Sunday: CLOSED

Thank you to everyone who grabbed a cup on boba milk tea today during Finals Week Stress Relief at the UCR Library! We'll have more events next week, like an esquites giveaway on Monday! library.ucr.edu/FWSR

On Sunday, June 7 get free tutoring in Orbach! R'Finals Study Jam with the Academic Resource Center will be in Orbach from 4 - 8 p.m. for drop-in tutoring. They can help you with:
Biology: BIOL 5ABC
Chemistry: CHEM 1ABC, 8ABC
Math: MATH 6AB, 9ABC
Physics: PHYS 40BC
Economics: ECON 2, 3, 101
Sociology: SOC 3, 4
Writing

TODAY (FRI., JUNE 5): RSVP for our Virtual Kahoot! game for a chance to win Amazon gift cards at 2 p.m. over Zoom! RSVP link can be found at library.ucr.edu/FWSR. Then grab a cup of Lollicup boba milk tea at 3 p.m. in Rivera while supplies last.

Thank you to everyone who came out to our finger painting event in Rivera and nacho giveaway in Orbach! Our Finals Week Stress Relief events continue tomorrow (Fri., June 5) with virtual Kahoot! via Zoom and Boba in Rivera. library.ucr.edu/FWSR