Getty Research Portal Opens Up Access to Art History Resources
The Getty Research Institute has launched the new Getty Research Portal, providing global access to digitized art history texts in the public domain. Through this multilingual, multicultural catalog, scholars can search and download complete digital copies of publications for the study of art, architecture, material culture, and related fields. The Portal is free to all users.
Extended Hours for Finals
It's time to start studying for finals and we have just the right study areas for you. Starting Friday, June 8 and continuing throughout Finals Week we have extended hours in Davidson Library.
Watch Your Stuff!
This is the busiest time of the year in the UCSB Library. It is also the time when we often see computers and cellphones lying on tables with no one around.
Thefts do occur on campus, so please be careful. Even if you are just leaving for a minute, please take your valuables with you or ask a friend to watch them for you.
We wish you luck with Dead Week and Finals!
White House Petition on Open Access to Research
The Obama Administration has been actively considering the issue of public access to the results of federally funded research for the past several years. There is now a brief, critical window of opportunity for librarians, scholars, and taxpayers at large to demonstrate that we firmly believe open access to federally funded research should be a high priority for the Administration to act on right now.
New Digital Collection: Ronald H. McPeak Underwater and Coastal California Photographs Collection
As a result of a collaborative project with the Marine Science Institute more than 2,000 images from the Ronald H. McPeak Underwater and Coastal California Photographs Collection have been scanned and are now available through the Library’s digital collection portal.
Planning a Summer Vacation? Try Geotourism!
Geotourism is defined as tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place—its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well-being of its residents.
National Geographic's Center for Sustainable Destinations includes an interactive map of the world featuring many such geotourism sites to choose from.
Sign the Petition for Public Access to Taxpayer Funded Research Results
From The Library Channel/ May 2012:
UCSF Implements Open Access Policy
The UCSF Academic Senate has voted to make electronic versions of current and future scientific articles freely available to the public, helping to reverse decades of practice on the part of medical and scientific journal publishers to restrict access to research results. The unanimous vote of the faculty senate makes UCSF the largest scientific institution in the nation to adopt an open access policy and among the first public universities to do so. Other UC campuses are also considering adopting an open access policy. For more information see
Laptop Checkout Service Now at the Arts Library
The Library's laptop checkout service has been expanded. Laptops are now available for check out at the Arts Library Circulation Desk.
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 you checked it out by the due date/time to avoid fines.
New GIS books
A number of new books--both in print and e-book versions--have been added to the collection on the subject of GIS, spatial data, and computerized cartography. Each of these titles is readily available via the online catalog. Remember: you can always recommend specific titles to the library.
