Today's Events & Exhibitions

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Dense kelp forest just below the surface of the water
  • Wed, 07/10/2024 - 8:00am to Fri, 12/13/2024 - 5:00pm
Location: Learning Commons
Exhibition
Inspired by the breathtaking landscape and diverse marine life that surrounds our campus, Sea Change aims to bridge the gap between marine awareness and conservation engagement among the UCSB community. From the rocky reefs of the Santa Barbara coastline to the tranquil kelp forests...
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Grid of Undergraduate Research Posters
  • Wed, 07/10/2024 - 8:00am to Sun, 12/15/2024 - 5:00pm
Location: Mountain Gallery
Exhibition

This exhibition showcases fifteen research posters selected by a jury of UCSB librarians at the UCSB Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities’ 2024 Poster Colloquium. Outstanding undergraduate research from the humanities and fine arts, social sciences, and science, technology,...

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Art of Science Logo
  • Thu, 08/15/2024 - 12:00pm to Fri, 12/13/2024 - 12:00pm
Location: Ocean Gallery
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Artists, some say, are more right-brained, prone to feeling and imagination. Scientists, meanwhile, are more left-brained, valuing order and logic. Leonardo da Vinci shattered that theory. The left and right sides of our brains co-exist in marvelous, synergistic ways.

The pieces exhibited...

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Sep
18
open research badges arranged in a grid
  • Wed, 09/18/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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UCSB Library invites faculty, graduate students, and others actively engaged in research to a workshop that offers the practical benefits of open research. Join us for a collaborative discussion on the benefits of adopting open research practices. This approach can foster better reproducibility...

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Sep
25
Faculty Reception
  • Wed, 09/25/2024 - 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: Mountain Courtyard
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Please RSVP here.

The Library's Annual Reception for Faculty returns this year to the Mountain Courtyard. This social event bring together new and returning faculty from...

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William Blake Jerusalem Plate 1 Frontispiece
  • Tue, 10/01/2024 - 11:00am to Fri, 06/20/2025 - 11:00am
Location: Special Research Collections
Exhibition

This exhibit examines the legacy of Trianon Press, a 20th century fine art publisher based in Paris.

Working with talented artisans, Trianon perfected a painstaking technique of reproducing original artwork by building many hand-stenciled layers upon a photographic collotype. Among the...

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Oct
24
a collage of family photographs Images courtesy of Rebecca Vasquez
  • Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
  • Sun, 10/27/2024 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, off-campus
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In celebration of Family History Month and international Home Movie Day, the UCSB Library’s Santa Barbara Community Archives Project is partnering with the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society (SBCGS) to promote the importance of home movie...

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Oct
27
a collage of family photographs Images courtesy of Rebecca Vasquez
  • Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
  • Sun, 10/27/2024 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, off-campus
Event

In celebration of Family History Month and international Home Movie Day, the UCSB Library’s Santa Barbara Community Archives Project is partnering with the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society (SBCGS) to promote the importance of home movie...

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Nov
16
a collage of family photographs Images courtesy of Rebecca Vasquez
  • Sat, 11/16/2024 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Other, off-campus
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The UCSB Library’s Santa Barbara Community Archives Project is partnering with the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History to digitize and preserve the histories of Carpinteria Valley families. Participants’ family...

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Polar Opposites Exhibition Logo
  • Mon, 01/27/2025 - 12:00pm to Fri, 06/20/2025 - 11:00am
Location: Mountain Gallery
Exhibition

UCSB Library is excited to present the works of Macduff Everton and Mary Heeber in the exhibition, Polar Opposites, January 20, 2025 to June 20, 2025.
 
For over three decades of love and collaboration, photographer Macduff Everton and painter Mary Heebner explore the world, both in...

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Bee
  • Tue, 02/18/2025 - 12:00pm to Mon, 06/30/2025 - 12:00pm
Location: Ocean Gallery
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Bees are essential for global food production and the pollination of wild and cultivated plants, yet their numbers and diversity are declining. Understanding the causes is challenging due to limited data on bee species distribution and their traits that influence their vulnerability or...

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