Library Exhibits

Current Exhibits
Gold to Gigabytes: The Past, Present, and Future of Money October 2012 - April 2013 The UCI Libraries is pleased to announce the opening of an exciting new exhibit, Gold to Gigabytes: The Past, Present, and Future of Money in Langson Library. Gold to Gigabytes explores the anthropology of money by tracing the evolution of currency from ancient beginnings to its present state and broadly illuminating new trends in the exchange of money and alternative currencies. Topics portrayed in the exhibit include the rise of credit cards and cashless transactions, the development of alternative currencies like Bitcoin, and the creation of new technologies for electronic payment and banking, such as "mobile money." On display will be library materials as well as research materials from UCI's Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) in the School of Social Sciences. There will also be a video documenting shifts in money from the automatic cash register to online, virtual world currencies. The exhibit is curated by staff in the UCI Libraries and IMTFI. Gold to Gigabytes will be on display through April 2013 in the Langson Library Muriel Ansley Reynolds Gallery during regular library hours. Opening night event \| event video \| event photos \| checklist (pdf) \| brochure (pdf)

Current Exhibits

Gold to Gigabytes: The Past, Present, and Future of Money

October 2012 - April 2013

The UCI Libraries is pleased to announce the opening of an exciting new exhibit, Gold to Gigabytes: The Past, Present, and Future of Money in Langson Library. Gold to Gigabytes explores the anthropology of money by tracing the evolution of currency from ancient beginnings to its present state and broadly illuminating new trends in the exchange of money and alternative currencies.

Topics portrayed in the exhibit include the rise of credit cards and cashless transactions, the development of alternative currencies like Bitcoin, and the creation of new technologies for electronic payment and banking, such as "mobile money." On display will be library materials as well as research materials from UCI's Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) in the School of Social Sciences. There will also be a video documenting shifts in money from the automatic cash register to online, virtual world currencies. The exhibit is curated by staff in the UCI Libraries and IMTFI.

Gold to Gigabytes will be on display through April 2013 in the Langson Library Muriel Ansley Reynolds Gallery during regular library hours.

Opening night event | event video | event photos | checklist (pdf) | brochure (pdf)

Current Online Exhibits
So Simple a Beginning: 150 Years of Darwin	Shanghai's Two Faces: Cosmopolitanism & Glocalization	Immigrant Lives in "the OC" and Beyond
Stage to Stage: The Theatrical Work of Robert Cohen	The War Within: Dissent During Crisis in America	From Papyrus to Digital: UCI's Thesaurus of Ancient Greek Texts

Past Exhibits
Hope of Freedom: Project Ngoc’s Decade of Dedication April 12 - October 2012 \| Opening night event \| event video \| event photos \| checklist (pdf) \| brochure (pdf)
Discovery of a Lifetime: F. Sherwood Rowland and the Ozone Layer November 11 - April 2012 \| event video \| checklist (pdf) \| brochure (pdf) \| event photos
Irvine: the Vision, the Plan, the Promise May 2011 - October 2011 \| presentation Low-res, Hi-res \| brochure (pdf) \| event photos
Puttin' on the Glitz: Hollywood’s Influence on Fashion October 2010 - April 2011 \| presentation \| checklist (pdf) \| brochure (pdf) \| event photos
Green Evolution: Creating a Sustainable Future May 2010 - October 2010 \| presentation \| checklist (pdf) \| brochure (pdf) \| event photos
So Simple a Beginning: 150 Years of Darwin October 2009 - May 2010 \| online exhibit \| presentation \| checklist (pdf) \| brochure (pdf) \| event photos
Shanghai's Two Faces: Cosmopolitanism and Glocalization April 2009 - October 2009 \| online exhibit \| presentation: pt. 1, pt. 2 \| checklist (pdf) \| event photos
Immigrant Lives in “The OC” and Beyond November 2008 - May 2009 \| online exhibit \| audio presentation: pt. 1, pt. 2 \| checklist (pdf)
Stage to Stage: The Theatrical Work of Robert Cohen April 2008 - November 2008 \| online exhibit \| audio presentation: pt. 1, pt. 2 \| checklist (pdf)
California Universities Building Amistad: The UC-Cuba Initiative November 2007 - April 2008 \| checklist (pdf)
Surviving War, Surviving Peace: The Central Highlanders of Vietnam May 2007- November 2007 \| checklist (pdf)
Picture This: Five Centuries of Book Illustration November 2006 - May 2007 \| checklist (pdf)
The War Within: Dissent During Crisis in America May 2006 - November 2006 \| online exhibit \| checklist (pdf)
Under Construction Indefinitely: 40 years of Designing UCI November 2005 - May 2006 \| checklist (pdf)
A SEAA of Memories: Our Changing Southeast Asian American Communities June 2005 - October 2005 \| checklist (pdf)
From Papyrus to Digital: UCI's Thesaurus of Ancient Greek Texts November 2004 - May 2005 \| online exhibit \| checklist (pdf)
Gestures of Life: Martha Graham's Legacy Through the Lens of Barbara Morgan May 2004 - October 2004 \| checklist (pdf)
A Throw of the Dice: Artists Inspired by a Visual Text November 2003 - April 2004 \| checklist (pdf)
Building Special Collections: New Librarians Highlight Recent Acquisitions May 2003 - October 2003 \| checklist (pdf)
Beauty and Meaning: Art and Poetry in the Book Arts of Mexico November 2002 - April 2003 \| checklist (pdf)
Dissecting the Cortex: Six Decades of College of Medicine Yearbooks Ayala Science Library
Derrida/Translating/Derrida April 2002 - November 2002 \| checklist (pdf)
Are We There Yet? Vacationing in California, 1870-1940 November 2001 - April 2002 \| checklist (pdf)
Picturing Californios: An Orange County Family Photograph Album, 2001 Annis Case \| checklist (pdf)
Realms of the Sacred in Daily Life: Early Written Records of Mesoamerica March 2001 - September 2001 \| online exhibit
The Legacy of Silence: A Japanese American Story May 2000 - October 2000
Never Stop Asking "Why?": Federick Reines A Life in Physics January 2000 - May 2000
To Outdistance the Page: California's Renaissance in Poetry and Printing 1950-1975 May 1999 - October 1999
A Gardener's Dual Delight: The UCI Arboretum and The Emma Menninger Rare Book Collection June 1999 - October 1999 Ayala Science Library
Documenting the Southeast Asian Refugee Experience Oct 1998 - April 1999 \| online exhibit
Infinite Journey: Donald McKayle's Life in Dance May 1998 - September 1998 \| checklist (pdf)
Dances Divine and Demonic: Japan's Performing Arts Fall 1997
From Ranchos to Real Estate: Orange County's Early Years Winter/Spring 1997

Other Exhibits
Abraham Trembley: A Pioneer in Developmental Biology An exhibit of the gifts donated by Howard and Sylvia G. Lenhoff on display in the Ayala Science Library 1st floor lobby.
East Asian Languages & Literatures - Book Exhibits
Hmong Textiles
Documenting the Southeast Asian Refugee Experience

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