Today's Events & Exhibitions
May
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- Thu, 05/01/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Fri, 05/02/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Thu, 05/08/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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This is an introduction to R designed for participants with no programming experience. It starts with information about the R programming language and the RStudio interface. It then moves to loading in data and exploring how to visualise it with ggplot2. The next episode takes learners through...
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May
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- Thu, 05/01/2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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In celebration of the 2025 UCSB Reads book, The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay, the Library invites you to learn a new skill. Join us for a free 3D modeling workshop where you create a design that can be...
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- Thu, 10/17/2024 - 11:00am to Fri, 06/20/2025 - 11:00am
Location: Special Research Collections
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Exhibition
The Library is pleased to present an exhibit of original materials from the Trianon Press, one of the newest additions to UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections. Please join us for the ...
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- Mon, 12/02/2024 - 12:00pm to Fri, 06/20/2025 - 12:00pm
Location: Sara Miller McCune Arts Library
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Exhibition
The study of the arts is an essential element of a classical education. With world-renowned faculty in Art & Architecture, Dance, Film & Media Studies, Music, Studio Art, and Theater, and the nation’s only Bachelor’s degree in the field of Book Arts, UCSB enables students of all...
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- Mon, 01/27/2025 - 12:00pm to Fri, 06/20/2025 - 11:00am
Location: Mountain Gallery
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UCSB Library is excited to present the works of Macduff Everton and Mary Heebner in the exhibition Polar Opposites.
For over three decades of love and collaboration, photographer Macduff Everton and painter Mary Heebner explore the world, both in image and word. Both artists are alumni of...
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- Wed, 02/05/2025 - 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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May
2
2
- Thu, 05/01/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Fri, 05/02/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Thu, 05/08/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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Event
This is an introduction to R designed for participants with no programming experience. It starts with information about the R programming language and the RStudio interface. It then moves to loading in data and exploring how to visualise it with ggplot2. The next episode takes learners through...
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May
2
2
- Fri, 05/02/2025 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, off-campus
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Location: St. Michael’s Community Garden, 6586 Picasso Rd, Goleta, CA 93117
Join the UCSB Library and the...
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- Mon, 05/05/2025 - 12:30pm to Fri, 09/12/2025 - 12:30pm
Location: Learning Commons
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Exhibition
UCSB Library is excited to present “Retratos y Relatos: Escritura creativa y exploración identitaria” (“Portraits and Stories: Creative Writing and Identity Exploration”), an exhibition that celebrates literary creativity as a pedagogical tool in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language.....
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May
5
5
- Mon, 05/05/2025 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: Makerspace
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Join us for a hands-on workshop where we'll walk you through a simple sewing project. Learn the basics of using a sewing machine and following a simple pattern.
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May
7
7
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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The UCSB Library is offering a workshop for graduate students on publishing. This workshop is designed to teach students about the different venues available for publishing articles, manuscripts, and...
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May
7
7
- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
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UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with...
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May
8
8
- Thu, 05/01/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Fri, 05/02/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Thu, 05/08/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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Event
This is an introduction to R designed for participants with no programming experience. It starts with information about the R programming language and the RStudio interface. It then moves to loading in data and exploring how to visualise it with ggplot2. The next episode takes learners through...
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May
8
8
- Thu, 05/08/2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
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Join us for a hands-on journey into the world of laser cutting, where you'll learn how to turn your digital design ideas into physical objects. We will provide template designs available for you to customize so that you get to...
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May
8
8
- Thu, 05/08/2025 - 7:30pm
Location: UCSB Campbell Hall
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Registration for this event is currently full, however there will be a standby line in case of no-shows.
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May
9
9
- Fri, 05/09/2025 - 9:30am to 11:30am
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to transform and clean messy spreadsheets using OpenRefine, an open-source tool designed for data wrangling. Whether you're dealing with inconsistent data, duplicates, or complex formatting issues, OpenRefine will help you automate and streamline the...
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May
12
12
- Mon, 05/12/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Online
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Join us for a virtual lecture by the 2024 Kenneth Karmiole Research Fellow, Pete Johnson, who used primary sources materials from the Library's Special Research Collections in...
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May
12
12
- Mon, 05/12/2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
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Join us for a guided tutorial where you will learn to 3D model in Autodesk Fusion. You will be able to send your models directly to our 3D printers and later pick up your one-of-a-kind design. No experience needed!
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May
13
13
- Tue, 05/13/2025 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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This is a hands-on workshop where we will introduce participants to APIs and how to interact with them using Postman, without requiring programming knowledge. Attendees will learn key API concepts, authentication methods, and how to perform requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) using the GitHub API...
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May
14
14
- Wed, 05/14/2025 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Makerspace
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Meet up with your fellow fiber artists at the Makerspace. This event is a casual, drop-in event where you can work on crochet, knitting, or any other yarn art. Feel free to start a new project, or bring a project you've been...
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May
15
15
- Thu, 05/15/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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The UCSB Library is offering a workshop for graduate students on managing professional identities online.
In this workshop we will cover:
- Identifying...
May
15
15
- Thu, 05/15/2025 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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The Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) and UCSB Library invite you to join us for an exhilarating event celebrating knowledge, innovation, and the art of effective communication. Hear students from diverse disciplines condense...
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May
15
15
- Thu, 05/15/2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
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Join us for a hands-on workshop where we'll walk you through a simple sewing project. Learn the basics of using a sewing machine and following a simple pattern.
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May
16
16
- Fri, 05/16/2025 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Location: Makerspace
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Join us for a guided electronics project! We will discover the basics of wiring a circuit and show how you can use electronic components to create your ideas. All materials will be provided.
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May
19
19
- Mon, 05/19/2025 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: Makerspace
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Join us for a hands-on workshop where we'll walk you through a simple sewing project. Learn the basics of using a sewing machine and following a simple pattern.
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May
21
21
- Wed, 05/21/2025 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Please join UCSB librarians for a presentation all about trademarks. This event is geared to graduate students, although everyone is welcome.
Attendees will learn about:
May
22
22
- Thu, 05/22/2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
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Join us for a guided tutorial where you will learn to 3D model in Autodesk Fusion. You will be able to send your models directly to our 3D printers and later pick up your one-of-a-kind design. No experience needed!
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May
28
28
- Wed, 05/28/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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This hands-on workshop will provide an introduction to the University of California Open Access Repository, eScholarship. Attendees will learn how to claim their eScholarship author profile,...
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May
29
29
- Thu, 05/29/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Please join us for a reception and awards ceremony honoring the recipients of the 2025 Library Award for Undergraduate Research. Prizes of $750 for first place and $500 for second place will be awarded in each of three categories: Sciences & Engineering, Humanities & Fine Arts, and...
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May
29
29
- Thu, 05/29/2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
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Join us for a hands-on workshop where we'll walk you through a simple sewing project. Learn the basics of using a sewing machine and following a simple pattern.
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Jun
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6
- Fri, 06/06/2025 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Take a healthy study break before finals. Stretch, color, grab snacks, and pick up free bluebooks and scantrons. Sign-up for a massage (first-come, first-served, in person, starting at 10:50am).
In collaboration with UCSB Health & Wellness and...
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- Mon, 09/22/2025 - 12:00pm to Tue, 03/17/2026 - 12:00pm
Location: Learning Commons
Exhibition
Exhibition
Art and science are often seen as distinct, yet both thrive on creativity. Scientists, like artists, seek new perspectives, experiment with ideas, and push boundaries to reveal something novel. The Art of Science competition at UCSB celebrates this shared spirit of innovation, transforming...
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