Past Events
- Thu, 09/22/2022 - 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: Mountain Courtyard
The Library's Annual Reception for Faculty returns this year to the Mountain Courtyard. This social event bring together new and returning faculty from across campus to kick off the 2022 academic year, meet their subject librarians, and hear about current and upcoming Library initiatives.
- Thu, 09/22/2022 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Come to the Library for a virtual reality and pop-up makerspace experience!
Pop-Up Makerspace (Room 1575): Learn to sew, watch a 3D printer in action, make a zine, and give us feedback on what you want in the makerspace that will open in the Library later this year. Sponsored by the Library and Collaborate.
AR/VR Studio (Room 2511): In this new dedicated augmented & virtual reality studio, you can explore immersive 3D...
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- Mon, 09/19/2022 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Location:
Come to the Library for a virtual reality and pop-up makerspace experience!
Pop-Up Makerspace (Room 1575): Learn to sew, watch a 3D printer in action, make a zine, and give us feedback on what you want in the makerspace that will open in the Library later this year. Sponsored by the Library and Collaborate.
AR/VR Studio (Room 2511): In this new dedicated augmented & virtual reality studio, you can explore immersive 3D...
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- Tue, 09/06/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Wed, 09/07/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 09/08/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Fri, 09/09/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Sat, 09/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Tue, 09/13/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online
- Tue, 09/06/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Wed, 09/07/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 09/08/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Fri, 09/09/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Sat, 09/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Tue, 09/13/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online
- Tue, 09/06/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Wed, 09/07/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 09/08/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Fri, 09/09/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Sat, 09/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Tue, 09/13/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online
- Tue, 09/06/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Wed, 09/07/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 09/08/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Fri, 09/09/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Sat, 09/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Tue, 09/13/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online
- Tue, 09/06/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Wed, 09/07/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 09/08/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Fri, 09/09/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Sat, 09/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Tue, 09/13/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online
- Tue, 09/06/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Wed, 09/07/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 09/08/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Fri, 09/09/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Sat, 09/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Tue, 09/13/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online
- Tue, 08/30/2022 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: Paseo
Join UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Special Research Collections for a tour with artist, Jane Gottlieb.
If you look up from the West Paseo, you can’t miss the most colorful art piece to the Library - a painting by Jane Gottlieb. The work, titled “Check It Out,” depicts the UCSB Library and has both a futuristic and retro...
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- Tue, 08/16/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
- Thu, 08/18/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online
This event is an example-driven two day workshop on August 16 and 18, 2022 for supervised learning for tabular data in R with RStudio. This workshop will require some knowledge of R/RStudio. If you have no prior experience in R/RStudio, we recommend attending the ...
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- Tue, 08/16/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
- Thu, 08/18/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online
This event is an example-driven two day workshop on August 16 and 18, 2022 for supervised learning for tabular data in R with RStudio. This workshop will require some knowledge of R/RStudio. If you have no prior experience in R/RStudio, we recommend attending the ...
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- Tue, 08/09/2022 - 9:00am to 12:30pm
- Thu, 08/11/2022 - 9:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online
This event is an example-driven two day workshop on August 9 and 11, 2022 for using geospatial raster and vector data in R. This workshop will include working with spatial metadata (extent and coordinate reference systems), reprojecting spatial data, and working with raster time series data. This workshop...
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- Tue, 08/09/2022 - 9:00am to 12:30pm
- Thu, 08/11/2022 - 9:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online
This event is an example-driven two day workshop on August 9 and 11, 2022 for using geospatial raster and vector data in R. This workshop will include working with spatial metadata (extent and coordinate reference systems), reprojecting spatial data, and working with raster time series data. This workshop...
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- Tue, 07/26/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 07/28/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online
This event is an example-driven two day workshop on July 26 and 28, 2022 for an introduction to working with data in R/RStudio. Both synchronous remote and in-person attendance will be supported, and there will be two types of tickets (in-person, remote) for you to choose from. Learners will start with...
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- Tue, 07/26/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 07/28/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online
This event is an example-driven two day workshop on July 26 and 28, 2022 for an introduction to working with data in R/RStudio. Both synchronous remote and in-person attendance will be supported, and there will be two types of tickets (in-person, remote) for you to choose from. Learners will start with...
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- Tue, 07/12/2022 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: Special Research Collections
Join the UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Special Research Collections for a presentation and art showcase with artist Mary Heebner.
Last fall, Santa Barbara-based art collector Amanda McIntyre generously gifted Mary Heebner’s mixed-media work to the UCSB Library entitled “Ocean: The Pacific,” a 9-panel mural made with...
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- Thu, 07/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: Special Research Collections
Join UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Special Research Collections for a tour with art collectors and donors, Fima and Jere Lifshitz.
Twenty-three pieces chosen by the Lifshitzes as part of a 2018 gift grace the UC Santa Barbara Library’s permanent collection. The majority of these works are from Brazil and Peru, where Fima...
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- Fri, 06/03/2022 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Take a healthy study break before finals. Nap, meditate and grab snacks. Massages will be available. In collaboration with UCSB Health & Wellness and UCSB ONDAS Student Center.
- Thu, 06/02/2022 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Please join us for a reception and awards ceremony honoring the six recipients of the Library Award for Undergraduate Research. Prizes of $750 for first place and $500 for second place will go to two students from each of three main disciplines: Sciences & Engineering, Humanities & Fine Arts, and Social Sciences.
- Thu, 05/26/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
- Fri, 05/27/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509, Online
Library Carpentry: Harvesting Twitter Data with Twarc
May 26 and 27, 2022 from 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
This event is a hybrid, two-day, example-driven workshop on May 26 and 27, 2022 for using twarc to collect Twitter data...
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- Thu, 05/26/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
- Fri, 05/27/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509, Online
Library Carpentry: Harvesting Twitter Data with Twarc
May 26 and 27, 2022 from 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
This event is a hybrid, two-day, example-driven workshop on May 26 and 27, 2022 for using twarc to collect Twitter data...
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- Mon, 05/23/2022 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
The UCSB Library will be offering two Zotero Basics workshops for graduate students during the Spring quarter. Zotero is a free bibliography management tool that helps you collect citations for your research and generate entries for notes and bibliographies. While the workshops are designed for graduate students, UCSB faculty and other affiliated researchers are welcome to attend.
The “Zotero Basics” workshops last two hours and will cover all aspects of using...
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- Thu, 05/19/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
UCSB Library and the Writing Program invite you to join us for a presentation of student-created pandemic stories.
During the 2021-2022 academic year, UCSB's Writing Program led a two-quarter-long creative nonfiction initiative in which a group of students worked with faculty to create multimedia stories about their COVID-19 pandemic experiences.
This event is free...
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