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Welcome to the UCR Library! Our facilities serve the research and teaching needs of the campus and act as the regional research library for the Inland Empire.

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05/29/2026

Get your design submitted to the UCR Library Sticker Competition by Saturday, June 13! The winning design gets printed as a limited-edition sticker. Submit now 👉 library.ucr.edu/2026-sticker

05/29/2026

We heard you loud and clear during our whiteboard survey earlier this spring! Thanks to your input, we’ve launched our new Equipment Lending page and purchased brand-new Omnicharge portable battery packs so you can charge your phone or laptop from any seat!

Check out the full inventory before your next study session at library.ucr.edu/equipment-lending.

05/27/2026

Reset your mind with some useless trivia NEXT Friday (June 5 from 2 - 3 p.m.)

We’re hosting a virtual Kahoot! quiz for UCR students, and we’re giving away $25, $20, and $15 Amazon gift cards to the top three!

💻 RSVP is required to get the Zoom link. RSVP at VirtualKahootSpring2026.eventbrite.com.

05/26/2026

Finals are coming, but so is the stress relief! Take a break with the UCR Library and partners (ASUCR, The Well, The Academic Resource Center, and Basic Needs) from Monday, June 1 – Thursday, June 11!

Enjoy free events, craft making, contests, and food giveaways at Rivera and Orbach Libraries to help you unwind during Week 10 & Finals Week.

See the full lineup: 🔗 library.ucr.edu/FWSR

05/22/2026

Reminder: Our 2nd Annual Sticker Competition is OPEN! Design an alternative mascot for UCR (no bears!) and your artwork could become an official limited-edition sticker.
Deadline: Saturday, June 13
Rules/Submit: library.ucr.edu/2026-sticker

05/21/2026

Missed our recent Creat'R Lab workshops? No problem, they're on YouTube! Learn the fundamentals of 3D modeling by building a LEGO Lightsaber or dive into Unity Basics for Game Design in our Workshops playlist.

📺 Watch now at youtube.com/ucrlibraries

05/20/2026

Highlanders, Orbach and Rivera will both be closed on Monday, May 25 in observance of Memorial Day. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday.

05/20/2026

Plan your finals study sessions, Highlanders! Orbach Library goes 24/7 for studying at 7:30 a.m. on Thurs., June 4 (about two weeks away) and will end Friday, June 12 at 7 p.m.!

05/18/2026

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with the UCR Library by diving into our curated AAPI Heritage Month Digital Collection, featuring incredible memoirs, powerful novels, cookbooks, and more. Read for free! Explore the full collection now at https://ucr.overdrive.com/collection/1802858.

05/14/2026

We've recently digitized UCR general course catalogs from UCR's very first academic year (1953/54) through 2010/11 and they are now freely available to view on Calisphere! Browse course descriptions, see how departments evolved, and get a detailed record of campus life across decades at UCR. https://calisphere.org/collections/28622/

05/13/2026

Don't miss our exhibit 'Neon in the Gutters: Cyberpunk Visions of the Future' at the Rivera Library! This exhibit will come down this summer, so now is your chance to explore the new perspectives and ideas that a new generation of comics writers and artists is bringing to the Cyberpunk genre.
🔵Rivera Library, 4th Floor (Special Collections)
🔵Mon. - Fri., 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Location

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900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA
92521

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 8pm
Thursday 7:30am - 10pm
Friday 7:30am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm
Sunday 1pm - 8pm