On June 1, 2023, seven UCSB undergraduate students were recognized at the fifth annual Library Award for Undergraduate Research (LAUR) ceremony. The awardees demonstrated deep engagement with the Library’s collections, resources, and services while producing a scholarly or creative work. First-...
Thu, Jun 1, 8:51 am | Gifts & Donors, Special Research Collections
Gitta Alpar’s life story played out like a sweeping biopic: Born Regina Klopfer in 1903 in Budapest, Hungary, Alpar’s coloratura soprano talent was realized at an early age. By the age of 25, she had become one of the most beloved opera stars of her time. Alpar was the lead in classic opera...
Fri, May 19, 10:04 am | Gifts & Donors, Special Research Collections
A Time Capsule of the Jewish, LGBTQ+, and Academic Communities in Santa Barbara, 1962-1994
Retired UC Santa Barbara lecturer and alumnus (‘77) Mashey Bernstein has kept a journal since he was 16 years old. What began as an outlet for self-exploration evolved into a decades-long practice that not...
Project Will Combine Music and Art & Architecture Collections in Modernized Space in Main Library
UC Santa Barbara Library is planning a new Arts Library by bringing together the Music and Art & Architecture Collections into a modernized space in the main Library building. The project will...
Tue, Apr 11, 9:00 am | Scholarly Communication & Open Access
Number of UC articles published in Wiley open access journals increased nearly three-fold as a result of 2022 pilot agreement
The University of California announced today an expansion of the university’s open access agreement with Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers. Building on the...
Mon, Mar 27, 7:41 am |
UCSB Library has completed an intensive strategic planning process of engagement and analysis with the goal of defining the key priorities around which we will align our future efforts.
The Library's new strategic plan lists four priority areas and key goals toward which we can make significant...
Wed, Mar 1, 12:36 pm | Scholarly Communication & Open Access, Faculty
In celebration of Open Education Week (March 6-10, 2023), the UCSB Library is highlighting one continuing lecturer’s experience incorporating an open educational resource (OER) into her courses. As the Library continues to deepen its commitment to an open paradigm for research and teaching, we want...
In 2007, Bay Area artists Melanie Cervantes and Jesus Barraza created Dignidad Rebelde, a graphic arts collaboration that uses art to highlight community struggles, amplify stories, and support global indigenous and people of color movements. In an effort to expand both the communal and educational...
Fri, Feb 24, 12:33 pm | Services
The UCSB Library is pleased to announce that starting March 1, 2023, UCSB employees no longer need to come to the Library Services Desk in person to activate their Library cards/accounts before being able to use Library services. The Library now receives a regularly-updated data feed to our...
In Fall 2022, the archives of the music and comedy duo Smothers Brothers were donated to the UC Santa Barbara Library’s Performing Arts Collection on behalf of the two brothers, Thomas and Richard Smothers.
The Smothers Brothers are widely recognized as a pioneering and highly influential comedy...
