Shields Library is closed through January 1. Requests for books, digitization services, and interlibrary loan will be fulfilled after the new year.
Ruth Gustafson
STEM Librarian
- Student Services
Ruth has been a UC Davis librarian for the sciences with a focus on agricultural, biological and environmental sciences since 2001. She works closely with students from animal-related departments and programs except veterinary medicine and lab medicine. In supporting the comprehensive (all languages, all formats) collections and research in Bee Biology and Pollination Biology, she is informally known as the “Bee librarian.” Ruth is also the librarian contact for research related to music, and supports faculty and graduate students in music.
Areas of Expertise
animal science, aquaculture, avian science, bee biology, biological oceanography, chemical engineering, chemistry, conservation biology, ecology, entomology, environmental sciences, environmental toxicology, evolution, fish biology, food science, forensic science, marine science, materials science, music, nematology, nutrition, pollination biology, wildlife