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Direct linkBarclay, Donald A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2007
When Bruce Miller took up the position of head librarian at the University of California, Merced in 2001, the plan for the new library was to use the University of California (UC) system's rich base of support as a launching pad for something great and extraordinary: a model academic research library for the twenty-first century. This article…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Development, Library Research
Lawrence, Jane Fiori – New Directions for Higher Education, 2007
From the beginning, those planning UC Merced hoped to create a different type of research university. The campus was intentionally placed in the San Joaquin Valley, a region of California with high poverty, low educational attainment, and great ethnic diversity. With the educational needs of the region in mind, one among many of the innovations…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Student Personnel Services, Academic Achievement, Poverty Areas
