The UCSB Library's 2-story historic building has been officially closed to the public. That part of the Library will undergo renovations and will not re-open until the Library Addition & Renovation Project is completed, 2 1/2 years from now. The 2-story building housed the Sciences-Engineering Library, Map and Imagery Laboratory, the Government Information Center, the Curriculum Lab, the Interlibrary Loan office, and the Group Commons.

On view at the Multicultural Center this summer is In Africa and the Americas: The Legacy of the Diasporas.  This exhibition draws upon the rich graphic art collections in the Library's California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) to reflect the dichotomy of both exclusion and inclusion of Americans of African origins and their emergence as an impor

Currently on view at UCSB's Art, Design & Architecture Museum is "Unbuilt UCSB," an exhibition that displays building projects and designs that were intended for the UC Santa Barbara campus but never constructed or have yet to be completed. Included in the exhibition are several pieces about the UCSB Library Addition and Renovation Project, such as this print of a rejected plan for the Library Plaza that includes pools of water and a mist fountain.

The microform readers are moving to the second floor.  Their new location will be above the main entrance, in the same area where the 2nd floor Help Desk is located.  There is a copy card dispenser and a bill breaker machine located in this same area.

Partition walls are in the process of being constructed that will fully close off the two-story building to the public for the renovation of that part of the Library. The two-story building housed the Sciences-Engineering Library, Map and Imagery Laboratory, the Government Information Center, the Curriculum Lab, and the Interlibrary Loan office. All of these collections, services, and offices have now been relocated. This building is also home to the Group Commons. Once closed, we will be redistributing furniture from the Group Commons in other parts of the Library, for use by students.

The Curriculum Lab has completed its move.  It is now open in its new permanent location, in the southeast portion of the second floor.  To find the new loaction, face the entrance to the Ethnic and Gender Studies Library at the top of the main stairs, and go to your left.  From there you will see the Curriculum Lab desk down the aisle.

The Curriculum Lab is currently moving to a new location.  Materials in the collection may be unavailable during the transition.

A new display in the Ethnic & Gender Studies Library honors Gerda Lerner.  Lerner (1920-2013), is widely considered to be responsible for establishing women’s history as a legitimate field of study.

An interview on Open Access to research journals with Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, and Jack Andraka, the 16-year-old inventor of a breakthrough cancer diagnostic and winner of the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Presented by the Right to Research Coalition, with support from the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Society for Science and the Public.