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Motto | Fiat lux (Latin) |
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Motto in English | Let there be light |
Type | Public, land and space grant |
Established | 1954 |
Endowment | $138.8 million [1] |
Chancellor | Kim A. Wilcox |
Provost | Dallas L. Rabenstein[2] |
Academic staff | 1,638[3] |
Administrative staff | 1,938[3] |
Students | 21,005 (2012 Fall)[4] |
Undergraduates | 18,539 (2012 Fall)[4] |
Postgraduates | 2,466 (2012 Fall)[4] |
Address | 900 University Avenue. Riverside, Ca. 92521[5] , Riverside and Palm Desert , , |
Campus | Suburban, in Riverside; rural in Palm Desert. 1,931 acres (781 ha) in total[6] |
Fight songs | Big C and Brave Scots[7] |
Colors | Sky Blue and Gold |
Nickname | The Highlanders |
Affiliations | University of California Big West Conference |
Mascot | Scotty the bear |
Website | ucr.edu |

Welcome to the WikiProject page for the University of California Riverside Libraries. The UCR Libraries consist of four libraries: the Tomás Rivera Library, which houses the university's humanities, arts, social science, and Special Collections & University Archives collections; the Orbach Science Library; the Multimedia Library; and the Music Library.
The UCR Libraries contain a number of specialized research collections in the Special Collections & University Archives Department, whose mission is to collect, preserve, and make accessible primary resources and rare or unique materials to all researchers regardless of institutional affiliation.
Key collections and collection strengths of the UCR Libraries include:
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Scope
This project is intended to facilitate the sharing of the unique special collections as well as the general research collections held by the UCR Libraries with the Wikipedia community. The Special Collections & University Archives Department collects and preserves materials relating science fiction; the Inland Empire of Southern California; the Tuskegee Airmen, especially those that settled in Southern California post-World War II; and Native American culture and literature.
In the News and Media
October 2013
- "Wikipedia 'Edit-a-Thons' Being Held At UCR", by Toni McAllister, Lake Elsinore-Wildomar Patch', October 3, 2013.
- "Wikipedia Edit-a-thons Begin Oct. 12", by Bettye Miller, UCR Today, October 2, 2013.
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References
- ^ "UC Annual Endowment Report, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2012; p.4" (PDF). Office of the Treasurer of the Regents of the University of California. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ^ "UCR Organization Chart" (PDF). University of California, Riverside. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ^ 3.0 3.1 "Academic and PSS personnel" (PDF). University of California, Office of the President, Department of Information Resources and Communications. 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "About UCR: Facts". University of California, Riverside. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ^ "About the Campus". University of California, Riverside. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
- ^ ."UC Financial Reports – Campus Facts in Brief" (PDF). University of California. 2010–2011. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ ""Brave Scotts" Fight Song". UCR Athletics Department. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
- ^ "The Alumni & Visitors Center". The UCR Alumni Association. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2014.