Research Appointments are required and are available Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Appointments must be scheduled one week in advance via a request made to library-special@ucsb.edu

For instructions on how to request an appointment, please see this page.

Planning Your Research Visit

We especially recommend that out-of-town researchers or researchers working on time-sensitive projects contact staff at least two weeks ahead of your visit. Some materials need to be retrieved from off-site and will not be immediately available without advance notice. Researchers may also want to contact one of our curators or other Special Research Collections staff for more in-depth reference assistance.

Audio/visual materials

Audiovisual materials must be requested ahead of time because it may be necessary to reformat the materials before they can be accessed. For more information on accessing audio/visual materials, please visit Access to the Sound Recordings.

*Please refer to individual collections guides for additional publication rights information.