Today's Events & Exhibitions

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Creative Edge of Collecting
The Creative Edge of Collecting
  • Fri, 02/28/2020 - 8:00am to Thu, 12/23/2021 - 5:00pm
Location: Mountain Gallery
Exhibition
In The Creative Edge of Collecting, William Davies King confronts the social and psychological impulses to collect, and also the eye-opening possibilities of the sort of things that one might assemble.
 

UCSB Library was delighted to exhibit this exhibition of King...

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Art of Science 1st Place winner - black hole
Art of Science 2020
  • Fri, 07/23/2021 - 8:00am to Fri, 12/31/2021 - 8:00am
Location: Learning Commons
Exhibition

This exhibition features the winners of the annual Art of Science competition organized by UCSB’s Schuller Lab and Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships at the California NanoSystems Institute. The UCSB Library is proud to showcase...

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Photo by Jim Lommasson
Shadow and Light
  • Sun, 08/01/2021 - 8:00am to Thu, 03/31/2022 - 8:00am
Location: Art & Architecture Collection
Exhibition

View The Online Exhibition. 

This exhibition will be on display in the Art & Architecture Collection gallery beginning Fall 2021. 

These photographs and artist's...

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9/11 Tribute to Light. Two lights in the place of the World Trade Center Towers.
9/11 RENEWAL/REBIRTH
  • Wed, 08/18/2021 - 9:00am to Wed, 06/01/2022 - 8:00am
Location: Online
Exhibition

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The 9/11 RENEWAL/REBIRTH exhibition project is conceptual artist RT Livingston'...

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Upcoming Events & Exhibitions

Sep
20
Grid of Subject Librarian Photos
Week of Welcome at the Library
  • Mon, 09/20/2021 - 8:00am to Fri, 09/24/2021 - 5:00pm
Location: Paseo
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Stop by the UCSB Library from 11am to 2pm during Week of Welcome to learn more about how the Library can get you what you need to...

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Filipinos in the military
Postcards from Salinas
  • Fri, 10/01/2021 - 8:00am to Fri, 03/18/2022 - 5:00pm
Location: 1st Floor, Ocean Side
Exhibition
UCSB Library is pleased to present "Postcards from Salinas," a collection of restored photographs of Filipinos in the Salinas Valley, 1920-1940. Each of these photographic panels tells a separate story of these pre-1941 Filipinos who eventually became Filipino Americans. 
 
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Oct
12
Software Carpentry: Introduction to Bash-Shell logo
Software Carpentry: Introduction to Bash-Shell
  • Tue, 10/12/2021 - 9:00am to 11:30am
  • Wed, 10/13/2021 - 9:00am to 11:30am
Location: Online
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This event is a two day example-driven workshop on October 12 and 13, 2021 for introduction to using the Bash/Shell.Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants...

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Oct
13
Software Carpentry: Introduction to Bash-Shell logo
Software Carpentry: Introduction to Bash-Shell
  • Tue, 10/12/2021 - 9:00am to 11:30am
  • Wed, 10/13/2021 - 9:00am to 11:30am
Location: Online
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This event is a two day example-driven workshop on October 12 and 13, 2021 for introduction to using the Bash/Shell.Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants...

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Oct
13
Photo of 3 faculty members of UCSB
2021 Faculty Reception
  • Wed, 10/13/2021 - 4:00pm
Location: Mountain Courtyard
Event

The Library's Annual Reception for Faculty returns this year to the Mountain Courtyard. This social event bring together new and returning faculty from across campus to kick off the 2021 academic year, meet their subject librarians, and hear about current and upcoming Library initiatives. 

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Oct
14
Software Carpentry: Introduction to Version Control with Git
  • Thu, 10/14/2021 - 9:00am to 11:30am
  • Fri, 10/15/2021 - 9:00am to 11:30am
Location: Online
Event

This event is a two day example-driven workshop on October 14 and 15, 2021 for introduction to using version control with Git. This workshop builds on the skills presented in a Bash workshop...

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Oct
15
Software Carpentry: Introduction to Version Control with Git
  • Thu, 10/14/2021 - 9:00am to 11:30am
  • Fri, 10/15/2021 - 9:00am to 11:30am
Location: Online
Event

This event is a two day example-driven workshop on October 14 and 15, 2021 for introduction to using version control with Git. This workshop builds on the skills presented in a Bash workshop...

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Oct
19
Data Carpentry: Introduction to Python
  • Tue, 10/19/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 10/20/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 10/21/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 10/22/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online
Event

This event is an example-driven 4-day workshop on October 19 - 22, 2021 for introduction to data visualization with Python. Learners will start with basic information about Python syntax and the...

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Oct
20
Data Carpentry: Introduction to Python
  • Tue, 10/19/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 10/20/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 10/21/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 10/22/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online
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This event is an example-driven 4-day workshop on October 19 - 22, 2021 for introduction to data visualization with Python. Learners will start with basic information about Python syntax and the...

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Oct
20
Postcards from Salinas
Postcards from Salinas: Filipino Americans on the Central Coast
  • Wed, 10/20/2021 - 12:00pm
Location: Online
Event
 
Please join us for a virtual conversation about the history and contributions of Filipino Americans on the Central Coast. This event is in conjunction with the...
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Oct
21
Data Carpentry: Introduction to Python
  • Tue, 10/19/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 10/20/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 10/21/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 10/22/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online
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This event is an example-driven 4-day workshop on October 19 - 22, 2021 for introduction to data visualization with Python. Learners will start with basic information about Python syntax and the...

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four red pieces of torn paper with the exhibit title over the repeated word action
A Call to Action: Documenting Santa Barbara’s Art & Activism
  • Fri, 10/22/2021 - 8:00am to Fri, 06/24/2022 - 5:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
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Since March of 2020, we have been challenged and reshaped -- as a community and individuals -- by our experiences living through the COVID-19 pandemic and renewal of abolitionist and anti-racist activist movements. Amidst the shift to remote learning and working, UCSB Library’s Special...
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Oct
22
Data Carpentry: Introduction to Python
  • Tue, 10/19/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 10/20/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 10/21/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Fri, 10/22/2021 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Online
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This event is an example-driven 4-day workshop on October 19 - 22, 2021 for introduction to data visualization with Python. Learners will start with basic information about Python syntax and the...

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Oct
26
Emily Jacobs
The Scientific Body of Knowledge - Whose Body Does it Serve?
  • Tue, 10/26/2021 - 4:00pm
Location: Pacific View Room
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This event is free and open to the public. ...
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Nov
4
Software Carpentry: Introduction to SQL and Relational Databases
  • Thu, 11/04/2021 - 9:00am to 11:00am
  • Fri, 11/05/2021 - 9:00am to 11:00am
Location: Online
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This event is a two day, example-driven workshop for introduction to SQL and relational databases. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another,...

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Nov
5
Software Carpentry: Introduction to SQL and Relational Databases
  • Thu, 11/04/2021 - 9:00am to 11:00am
  • Fri, 11/05/2021 - 9:00am to 11:00am
Location: Online
Event

This event is a two day, example-driven workshop for introduction to SQL and relational databases. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises, and participants are encouraged both to help one another,...

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