Lens: News & Events

The Lens News Archive contains summaries of press releases about prominent news developments. The heading of each item links to the full text of that story.

Letter from the University Librarian

The winter is a busy time for the Library every year, and this one in particular is a flurry of activity.
Lens Winter 2013

UCSB Reads in the Classroom

Teachers find exicting ways to fit UCSB Reads on the syllabus.

Picturing Community: Posters, Photography, and Poetry from the Kearny Street Workshop Archives

Poster art has long been a popular and accessible medium for oppositional art on topics ranging from the threat of nuclear war to unfair housing practices and health care.

Favianna Rodriguez: Art of the Activist Imagination

Rodriguez’s bold posters and digital art deal with social issues, such as immigration, globalization, economic injustice, patriarchy, racism, and war.
Exhibits, Lens Winter 2013

Library receives “Hidden Collections” grant

The UCSB Library has received a grant of $239,600 through the “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” program funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

Graphic Narratives Find a Home in the Library

Over the past several years the UCSB Library has received a collection of nearly 100 graphic narratives from Professor Miriam Wattles of the History of Art and Architecture Department.

Mobile Website Enables Research on the Go

To facilitate easier use of the Library website on smart phones and other devices, we have launched a mobile version of our site.

Who Freed the Slaves?: Emancipation as a Social Movement

While Lincoln played a key role in ending slavery, were political figures alone responsible for this momentous event?

Data Curation @ UCSB Pilot Project Gets Underway with Faculty Survey

The survey showed that researchers want help in many areas, from obtaining and interacting with archival storage, to acquiring funding for curation support, to obtaining information on data management best practices.

Addition and Renovation Project Update

Work will start on the 8-story tower in June and a surge of effort during the relatively quiet summer will enable all seismic work to be completed by the end of this year, with most of it taking place during the hours of 12am-8am.