The UCEN has extended the hours for the Library Store to help you get ready for finals.  Take a study break and have a snack or drink!

The most reliable method to save your work is to use a USB thumb drive. We highly recommend this method as the best way to prevent losing your work.

If you have emailed a file to yourself and want to edit it, you must save it to a USB drive or to our computer before making any changes. If you do not do this, it will not save your changes.

The Library’s Open Access Fund Pilot Program is now accepting applications.   The Fund helps scholars cover the cost of author fees when publishing in peer reviewed open access publications.  Eligible authors will be reimbursed for up to $3,000 for unpublished articles.  

Isla Vista Arts & Culture Magazine is conducting a photo shoot in the Library today, and they are looking for people to get involved. They are creating a cover that features UCSB students and staff who have taken a pledge of non-violence. Find them in classroom 1414c (in the Curriculum Lab on the Library's first floor) between 9am-12pm to take your pledge of non-violence and have your portrait taken.

The Map & Imagery Laboratory (MIL) at UCSB Library is the largest imagery collection in any academic library in the country. The collections in MIL include a wide range of materials related to geospatial information such as globes, maps, atlases, aerial photography and digital remote sensing data.

The hours for the library buildings, service locations, and overnight study will be different during Thanksgiving Week.  Building hours are listed below.  For service area hours, please check the Hours Pages.

Davidson Library

Wed. November 21

• Open 8 am - 5 pm
• No Overnight Study

Thur. November 22

• Closed
• No Overnight Study

Fri. November 23

Need to write a paper, take notes in class or from assigned readings? The Arts Library now has laptops ready for check out at the Arts Library Circulation Desk. The laptops are available on a first come, first serve basis for up to four hours. We recommend that you read our Library Laptop Use Policy before you check out a laptop for the first time.  You must return the laptop to the desk where it was checked out.

Thanks to the generosity of Professor Miriam Wattles, the Arts Library has a small but focused collection of graphic novels, graphic narratives, comics, and manga. Numbering over one hundred works, this gathering includes classics such as Maus, Watchman, and Sin City.  With other works are comics in Japanese and contemporary works by Alison Bechdel, Lynda Barry and R. Crumb.

A small, varied selection of artists’ books made by UCSB students are on exhibit in the entrance lobby of the Arts Library. The books are varied in construction, materials and content, each having been carefully thought out and executed.

Our Overnight Study Service will be closed this Saturday, November 10.  The library closes on Saturday at 9 pm and reopens on Sunday at 10 am.