Rare and unique historical documents from Flying "A" Studio from Special Collections will be on display in the Pollack Theater in conjunction with the Flying "A" Studio Centennial Celebration on Saturday, July 7 hosted by the Carsey-Wolf Center. For details see http://carseywolf.ucsb.edu/events/flying-studio-centennial-celebration

The Map & Imagery Lab is introducing new air photo services through the Aerial Imagery Research Service (AIRS).  Our new features include the Decade Research Package, providing customers with one photo per decade cropped and centered on their area of interest.  You can also come into MIL to view imagery selected from our online indexes.  As always, we offer custom research and research assistance onsite.  See also our updated fee schedule.

In preparation for the Library Addition and Renovation Project, the newspaper collection in Davidson Library has moved.  To find the newspapers, go down the ramp that is just behind the main staircase.  The newspapers are at the end of this section near the periodicals.

Student workers are vital to the work we do at the UCSB Library.  It is especially beneficial when students can contribute to the library while they gain practical experience in their fields. Geography major Seth Gorelik, a graduating senior who has worked in the library's Map & Imagery Lab, has been awarded UCSB’s Jeremy D. Friedman Memorial Award for doing just that.

The new exhibit in the Ethnic and Gender Studies Library is “Tuskegee Airmen, American Heroes. Established January 16, 1941.”

The exhibit focuses on a group of Americans -- men of African heritage who, with skill and integrity, illustriously served their country. Their service was segregated, but their history has records that may never be bested. Service of the Tuskegee Airmen led President Harry S. Truman to end segregation in the military in 1948 with Executive Order 9981.

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More than 4,300 revised quadrangles representing California, Louisiana and Mississippi are available including 2012 editions of our local Goleta and Santa Barbara quads.

 "Anyone who has ever been misrouted on account of outdated software in a GPS navigator can appreciate that maps are constantly in need of updating because both the human and the physical environment are ever changing," said USGS Director Marcia McNutt. "Our new US Topo map series allows users to get the latest data, select just the information of interest for download, and did I emphasize FREE?!"

In preparation for our building renovation and addition project we are delighted to announce that we will replace the current 24-Hour Study Room with expanded Overnight Study services on the 1st and 2nd floors of Davidson Library starting this Fall Quarter.   This new Overnight Study service will be sustained throughout the Library Addition and Renovation Project and once the new building is completed.    

The new service is:

Stop by the Arts Library to see a small sampling of the current exhibition at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum (formerly the University Art Museum) based on the work of Cliff May. Carefree California draws upon the Cliff May archives and also archives of more than twenty additional California architects, all part of the AD&A Museum's Architecture and Design Collection. Come visit the Arts Library and then head over to the AD&A Museum.  The museum exhibit ends on June 17.