Tue, Feb 7, 9:30 pm | Collections, Special Research Collections
The Music Academy of the West and the UCSB Library have renewed a partnership to preserve and digitize the Academy’s archive of open reel tapes and transfer the organization’s paper archives to the UCSB Library, where they will be available for research, teaching, and personal enjoyment. Located in...
Researchers who use the UCSB campus VPN (virtual private network) to access Library subscription resources from off-campus should be aware that Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) has upgraded the service. The new VPN supports a wider variety of operating systems, including mobile clients for iOS...
Mon, Feb 6, 1:42 pm | Undergraduate Students, Student Success
In honor of UCSB’s Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Month, UCSB Library has pledged to spread RAKs throughout the Library. From February 13-24, we will post clues on the Library’s Facebook and Instagram accounts about the locations of 100 “midterm relief” goody bags. If you find one, share a picture...
Newly retired U.S. Congresswoman Lois Capps, who first came to the region in 1964 when her husband, Walter Capps, was recruited to join the faculty at UC Santa Barbara, has donated her official papers to the campus. They will be housed in the UCSB Library Department of Special Research Collections...
Special Research Collections has acquired a collection of letters from famed author James Baldwin, as well as ephemera related to the Civil Rights Movement. Both collections—which are now open for research—highlight social justice organizing activities during the height of civil unrest in America....
UCSB Library now provides online access to the South Asia Archive, an extensive resource of historical documents for UCSB students and faculty across the humanities and social sciences. South Asia Archive is sourced from collectors and archivists in India by the South Asia Research Foundation. It...
Mon, Dec 19, 2:14 pm | Library Employees, Special Research Collections
UCSB Library is pleased to introduce a new “Student Assistant Spotlight Series,” posts written by our student employees that highlight the types of projects they work on. Our inaugural post is written by Wyatt Young, a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in History with a minor in the History of Art...
The UC Santa Barbara Library has chosen “Into the Beautiful North” as its 2017 UCSB Reads selection. An annual event now in its 11th year, UCSB Reads engages the campus and the Santa Barbara community in conversations about key topics while reading the same book. UCSB Reads is presented by the UCSB...
Wed, Nov 30, 10:32 pm | Undergraduate Students, Student Success
Two new egg chairs were unveiled on the 1st Floor, Ocean Side of the Library on December 5, thanks to a gift from UCSB Health & Wellness. UCSB students are encouraged to use the egg chairs to take study breaks.
Fri, Nov 25, 3:28 pm | Alexandria Digital Research Library, Collections, Special Research Collections, Technology
The Library of Alexandria, ancient Egypt’s hallowed center of classical learning, was designed to be a universal research center that contained all the books—or scrolls—in the world. Fast-forward 2,300 years. UCSB Library’s contribution to today’s version of a universal library is the Alexandria...
