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This Give Day, helps us makeover our group study rooms, Aggie-style! These student study spaces are very popular, but the plain walls aren’t very inspiring ... or welcoming. That’s where you come in! Your gift to the Library Annual Fund on Give Day will help us Aggie-fy each of the group study rooms. Imagine the Arboretum Room, the Bike Room, the Picnic Day Room, the Egghead Room and more! Give to the Library Annual Fund today: https://lnkd.in/gRQjV_yx #ucdavis #ucdavisgiveday Video description: Before-and-after photos and blue and gold text describe how the library wants to transform its group study rooms from plain to plain inspiring, with Aggie-themes, with support on Give Day.

Registration is open for our next Innovator Network workshop: Innovations in Agriculture and Food Systems Wednesday, April 16 1-3pm Walker Hall, Room 1230 Register now: bit.ly/4lFF2oi (link in bio) Hear from three UC Davis-affiliated panelists who are developing innovative solutions to increase equity and sustainability in agriculture and food systems: 🚜 Dr. Carrie Waterman works nationally and internationally to ensure food accessibility across different communities. 🚜 Emily Steliotes balances work on food systems and engagements with nonprofit foundations and industry partners. 🚜 Nathan Kaufman is developing technology with Dr. Jackson Gross to upcycle pistachio shell waste into nutrient-rich soils. This free event is intended for upper-division graduate students, postdocs, faculty and staff. Attendees will also learn about resources to support innovation on campus, and will have an opportunity to network. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/4lFF2oi Proudly presented with Venture Catalyst, GradPathways, and DataLab. #UCDavis @aggie.aquaponics @carriewaterman22 Image Description: An image of crop sprinklers with a semi-transparent green box. Text over the box reads "Wednesday, April 16, 1:00-3:00 pm, Workshop: Innovations in Agriculture and Food Systems, Register now!"

Happy #NationalLibraryWeek ! We're celebrating Shields Library and Blaisdell Medical Library, our librarians, library staff and student assistants, as well as libraries around the U.S. for the roles they play in transforming lives and strengthening communities! 📚 💙 💛 Join us and play our library bingo! Are you taking advantage of all of our library services, spaces and programs?🤓 #UCDavis #DrawnToTheLibrary @americanlibraryassociation #OurUCDavis Image description: A blue and gold checkered bingo board with various prompts related to library services below text that reads "National Library Week Bingo."

Picnic Day is almost here! Drop into Shields Library from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm on Picnic Day for a variety of WONDER-ful activities, like 🧺 Storytime in Shields Courtyard from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, read by @ucdavisenglish Professor Fran Dolan 🧺 Virtual Reality headset demonstration (ages 13+, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.) and Augmented Reality Sandbox with DataLab 🧺Browse cookbooks from our collections, including Aggie favorites from the CoHo and Davis Farmers Market, and take home a new recipe! 🧺 Sidewalk chalk and Egghead-themed coloring sheet activities 🧺 Play tea party in the library’s shady courtyard 🧺 Exhibits about the Arboretum and historical postcards of Davis Celebrating Picnic Day virtually? Check out the Picnic Day digital collection: https://lnkd.in/gMsjZf7q and our YouTube playlist of Picnic Day historic films (link in bio). Reminder: the 24-Hour Study Room will be closed on Picnic Day. #UCDavis #OurUCDavis #UCDPicnicDay #PicnicDay @ucdpicnicday Image Descriptions: 1. Students read to chilldren during Storytime at Shields Courtyard. 2. Two visitors try out the DataLab virtual reality software. 3. Children play in the Datalab augmented reality sandbox. 4. Students color in coloring sheets. 5. A mother and her daughter draw with chalk in Shields Courtyard. 6. Children play in the Datalab augmented reality sandbox. 7. Children draw with chalk in the Shields Courtyard, "Spring has sprung" is visible in the corner.

Check out this cool KQED story about high school students getting hands-on experience with STEM topics in a help-desk elective class. We love that one of the students built a a portable augmented reality sandbox inspired by the AR Sandbox open source technology created by computer scientist Dr. Oliver Kryelos at DataLab! bit.ly/3XJMuUZ

We're excited to announce our new exhibit: Community in Bloom: A history of the UC Davis Arboretum! Stop by the Shields library lobby to check out historical drawings, maps, and photographs of one of the most beautiful spots on campus! For more information, check out the blog post: bit.ly/3R3K6EW (link in bio) #UCDavis #OurUCDavis #UCDavisArboretum #UCDavisArboretumandPublicGarden #UCDavisArboretumTeachingNursery Image descriptions: 1. An exhibit display titled "Community in Bloom: A history of the UC Davis Arboretum" featuring a poster and a glass display case containing documents and photographs in the Shields Library Lobby 2. A scan of an article from the California Aggie on the history of the Arboretum published on October 7th, 1999. 3. Images of various archival drawings and photographs of the Arboretum. 4. A picture of Putah Creek from the exhibit.

Have you read this year’s Campus Community Book Project selection, "Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society" by Dr. Arline Geronimus? If you would like to dive deeper into the topic of health equity and justice, we invite you to check out our bibliography with additional reading: bit.ly/43mti3b (link in bio) Thank you to Student Services Librarian Matthew Conner for creating this resource! #UCDavis @ucdavisbookproject @ucdavis_diversity Image Description: A blue background with a slight watercolor texture. Text next to the book cover of Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society reads "Campus Community Book Project" and "bibliography of additional resources."

Image description: 2025 Library Graduate Student Prize winners (L-R) Tara Pozzi, Maria Cruz, Mikhaila Redovian and Kirsten Schuhmacher pose with their award certificates. Congratulations to our 2025 Library Graduate Student Prize winners: 🎖️ Maria Cruz, Ph.D. Candidate, Public Health Sciences "Applying the Voices and Lived Experiences of the Spanish-Speaking Latine Community in the Restructuring of First Response Systems" 🎖️ Tara Pozzi, Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Science and Policy, Graduate Group in Ecology "The Network Structure of Environmental Justice Social Movements" 🎖️ Mikhaila Redovian and Kirsten Schuhmacher, Ph.D. Candidates, English Literature "Worlds Encompassed: Premodern Making and Mingling" The Grad prize recognizes graduate student researchers who use the library to create outstanding, publicly engaged scholarship. Learn more about each winner and their projects: https://lnkd.in/gUMfTgEf The Library Graduate Student Prize is co-sponsored by the UC Davis Library and the Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement. Image description: 2025 Library Graduate Student Prize winners (L-R) Tara Pozzi, Maria Cruz, Mikhaila Redovian and Kirsten Schuhmacher pose with their award certificates.

Want to hear the tea? There’s a new exhibit from the Global Tea Institute in our Archives and Special Collections Reading Room! Drop in on a study break and explore “Steeped in Community,” a selection of sencha tea wares that reflect collaboration, community and a shared love of tea in the artistic circles of Kyoto at the turn of the 20th century. The exhibit will be on display until March 21. Archives and Special Collections Reading Room hours: 10-noon and 1-3pm. #UCDavis @ucdavisglobaltea

Have you checked out our Black History Month book recs? They include fiction and non-fiction books, film and music. Pick up a new title, stream a film or listen to an album reflecting Black perspectives. You can find these titles at Shields, though our licensed streaming services, Interlibrary Loan Service, or at the public library! Fiction 📚 Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 📚 Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor 📚 Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson Non-fiction 📚 The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (with Alex Haley) 📚 Coming Home by Brittney Griner (with Michelle Burford) 📚 Beyoncé in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism by Omise’eke Tinsley Film 🎥 School Daze written and directed by Spike Lee (DVD and soundtrack on streaming services) Music 🎵 Cowboy Carter by Beyoncé (streaming services) Thank you to Librarians Nancy Wallace (Arts and Humanities) and William Cuthbertson (Social Sciences) for their selections. Learn more about their picks: bit.ly/41nrJAy #ucdavis #BlackHistoryMonth #bookrecs Image Description: Covers from 6 books, a film and an album for Black History Month book recommendations.