The Makerspace is a free, creative resource within the UCSB Library available to all students, faculty, and staff. We offer access to technology including 3D printing, laser cutting, sewing, electronics prototyping, and more.
For many students, a writing class conjures images of textbooks, lectures...
  In celebration of Open Access Week 2025 (October 20-26), the UCSB Library spoke with Kate McDonald, Associate Professor in the History Department, about publishing her book Placing Empire: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan open access.
The UCSB Library is committed to...
  Mon, Sep 15, 8:49 am | Gifts & Donors, Special Research Collections
The creative vision behind cinematic landmarks like The Fugitive, Under Siege, and Holes has found a permanent home at UC Santa Barbara. UCSB Library is honored to announce the acquisition of the archives of acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Davis, a major addition to its growing Film & Television...
  OCT. 24, 2025, UPDATE: For the remainder of the 2025-2026 Academic Year, UCSB Library will open to the public at 7:00 AM Monday-Friday and remain open to UCSB students, faculty, and staff from 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM on Sunday-Thursday nights for Study Commons. View building hours.
In response to...
  The Makerspace is a free, creative resource within the UCSB Library available to all students, faculty, and staff. We offer access to technology including 3D printing, laser cutting, sewing, electronics prototyping, and more.
Professor Annie Lamar, who directs the Low-Resource Language (LOREL) Lab...
  Thu, Aug 7, 9:28 am | 
The UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library has received a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) to preserve and digitize Don’t Bank on Amerika (1970), a documentary capturing a pivotal moment in the history of student activism at UCSB and across the nation.
Filmed by cultural critic...
  Tue, Jul 15, 1:18 pm | Library Employees
UCSB Library recently received four awards in recognition of its outstanding communications. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) awarded the 2025 ARLIES Award for Best Publicity/Marketing Film for the "Gen Z-Scripted Tour of UCSB Library" video at the ARL Spring Association Meeting in April...
  Five-year agreement will deliver access to UC researchers and support sustainable open access for independent nonprofit publishers
The University of California (UC) and BioOne announced the signing of a five-year agreement to bring the flagship BioOne Complete aggregation to 9 UC campuses and the...
  IOP Publishing (IOPP) and the University of California (UC) today announced a new transformative open access agreement that will accelerate publishing and expand access to high-quality research in physics and related disciplines. The three-year agreement will make it easier and more affordable for...
  The UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections recently welcomed a deeply personal and historically rich donation from Farrokh Ashti Ashtiani to the U.S. and International History, Politics, Civilization and Cultures Collection. The donation, Ashtiani’s first to UCSB Library, consists of a hand-...
  











