Welcome to UAiR
(formerly known as the Digital Commons). Our mission is to preserve and provide access to scholarly publications, trade journals and rare collections at
the University of Arizona. Our goal is to grow a treasure trove of digital objects that inform, enthuse, and educate, without regard for where in the world
you might happen to be.
We are in the process of migrating from this system to one supported by Drupal. As of June 9, 2010, we have begun our migration.
All collections are now linked to the Drupal environment.
The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections has been migrated
to our new OJS system. Other journals and exhibits will be migrated in the coming months.
(Update: May 12, 2011)
Latino Politics: A Growing and Evolving Political Community (A Reference Guide)
Latinos or Hispanics now constitute the largest “minority” ethnic/racial group in the United States, and are forecast to be the primary catalyst for this nation's population growth for the foreseeable future. If current trends continue, conservative projections are that Latinos may be 25 percent of the U.S. population by 2050 and 33 percent by 2100. The recent growth of this population presents unique challenges to American society, and especially to the nation's capacity to successfully accommodate the needs and interests of Latinos as governmental institutions are called upon to educate, provide health care, employ, and politically incorporate this group.
Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections
The Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections (JAEI) is a wholly online scholarly publication integrating Egyptian archaeology with Mediterranean, Near Eastern, and African studies providing a new venue for this growing field of interdisciplinary and inter-area research.
Raul H. Castro Collection
The Castro collection contains photographs and documents regarding Arizona Governor Castro’s life and career and documents his political career, including his early legal practice, judgeship, each of his three ambassadorships, campaigning for Jimmy Carter, and his tenure as governor of Arizona. The original photographs and documents contained in this digital collection are part of the Castro Papers housed at University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections.
Excerpts from the Raul H. Castro Collection provides an in depth and personal view of Raul H. Castro’s life story, career timeline, and selected topics of interest. Additional background information enhances the photographs and documents by placing them in historical context and illustrating how Castro combined education, hard work, and a concern for the welfare of others as his means to succeeding in life.
Morales de Escárcega Collection
The Escárcega family library was built largely by the grandfather, Gildardo G. H. Morales Díaz of Apetatitlán, Tlaxcala, México. He started collecting books on the History of México in the early 1920s, building his library over his lifetime adding to it important manuscripts and broadsides. These works represent a portion of the collection which resides at the UA Libraries Special Collections.
Páginas de la historia de México: Excerpts from the Morales de Escárcega Collection, is a University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections exhibit of select materials, including manuscripts and broadsides, from the Morales de Escárcega collection. This major assemblage of documents uniquely chronicles the history of Mexico.
Meteoritics
In 1935, the Society for Research on Meteorites published its “Contributions” papers for the first time. In the decades since, the Society's papers grew in popularity and applicability to become what is today the Journal of Meteoritics and Planetary Science, accessible digitally to aficionados and subscribers around the globe. While the most recent year's articles are available by subscription only, earlier articles are available for one and all to see. We are pleased to bring you this excellent publication and are working to offer each and every archive as quickly as we can.
Radiocarbon
Radiocarbon, an international journal of cosmogenic isotope research, is published by the University of Arizona Department of Geosciences three times per year. The back issues dating from 1959-2007 are preserved and made openly available to researchers or others who are interested. UAiR is used as an additional publishing platform for the journal's more recent issues.
Photography of Homer L. Shantz
Homer Shantz's photographs were digitized on behalf of the University of Arizona Herbarium (ARIZ) to preserve the deteriorating prints and negatives. Dr. Shantz was a leading American botanist, photographer, and former president of the University of Arizona. He made documentary photographs on his travels which included the American West and Africa. Also available is the Shantz African Expedition Exhibit, a selection of photographs from the 1919-1920 Smithsonian Expedition.
