Today's Events & Exhibitions
Dec
3
3
- Wed, 12/03/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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UCSB Library Room 1312 is on the 1st Floor, Mountain Side, adjacent to the Learning Commons.
Are you experienced with open source software or hardware, or just curious about open source?
In partnership with UC's new Open Source Program Office (OSPO)...
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Dec
3
3
- Wed, 12/03/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: Sara Miller McCune Arts Library, Room 1411
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This workshop is designed to teach you about the different avenues for publishing articles, manuscripts, and data. Additionally, the workshop will highlight resources and considerations as you start your...
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- Mon, 12/02/2024 - 12:00pm to Tue, 03/17/2026 - 12:00pm
Location: Sara Miller McCune Arts Library
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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, 05/05/2025 - 12:30pm to Sat, 12/13/2025 - 12:30pm
Location: Learning Commons
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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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- Mon, 07/14/2025 - 8:00am to Fri, 12/12/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Mountain Gallery
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This exhibition showcases fifteen research posters selected by a jury of UCSB librarians during the UCSB Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities’ 2025 Poster Colloquium. Outstanding undergraduate research from the humanities and fine arts, social sciences, and science,...
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- Mon, 09/15/2025 - 8:00am to Fri, 03/13/2026 - 5:00pm
Location: Ethnic & Gender Studies Collection
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UCSB Library presents an art installation by artist Elena Yu, exploring histories of the Ethnic and Gender Studies Collection (EGSC) and space in celebration of its 30th anniversary.
In Fall 2023, Yu was invited to create artworks in response to the history of the EGSC. The artist was...
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- Mon, 09/22/2025 - 8:00am to Fri, 03/13/2026 - 5:00pm
Location: Ocean Gallery
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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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- Mon, 10/06/2025 - 8:00am to Fri, 12/05/2025 - 8:00am
Location: Mountain Gallery
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This exhibition showcases historic Broadway posters from collector Richard C. Norton, a comprehensive selection of musical theater posters 1972 to the present ranging from the famous to the obscure, from the celebrated to the damned. These posters offer insight into the evolution of American...
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- Wed, 10/15/2025 - 9:00am to Fri, 06/12/2026 - 4:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
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"Through most of our lives and work, Cedric and I have had deep commitments to collaboration, internationalism, and solidarity movements."
–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024
This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters...
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Dec
4
4
- Thu, 12/04/2025 - 12:00pm to 12:30pm
Location: Online
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Dec
5
5
- Fri, 12/05/2025 - 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 10:30 AM).
In collaboration with UCSB Health & Wellness and...
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Dec
5
5
- Fri, 12/05/2025 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
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Location: UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum
More“I am a Chicano doing an impersonation of an artist, so I do use art and art resources for the purposes of getting at political and economic issues, but also for the purpose of trying to demonstrate...
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- Mon, 01/05/2026 - 8:00am to Fri, 12/11/2026 - 4:00pm
Location: Ocean Gallery
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Since 2007, UCSB Reads has fostered a shared sense of belonging by bringing the UCSB campus and Santa Barbara communities together to read a common book that explores compelling issues of our time. Conceived by then Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas, the program is led by the UCSB Library in...
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Jan
7
7
- Wed, 01/07/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Ethnic & Gender Studies Collection
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UC Santa Barbara Library invites you to a reception celebrating the new exhibition Elena Yu: Weaving Ephemera – 30 Years of the Ethnic...
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Jan
13
13
- Tue, 01/13/2026 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Paseo
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UCSB students: Kick off UCSB Reads 2026 by getting your free copy of this year's book selection, Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, while supplies last. Join your fellow Gauchos for this lively giveaway event in the Library's...
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- Mon, 02/09/2026 - 9:00am to Sat, 06/13/2026 - 4:00pm
Location: Learning Commons
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More than 1,200 UCSB students annually participate in the UCSB Education Abroad Program (EAP) to study, intern, and conduct research in 35+ countries, earning UC credit toward majors, minors, and general education requirements. Returning students are invited...
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Mar
13
13
- Fri, 03/13/2026 - 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 10:30 AM).
In collaboration with UCSB Health & Wellness and...
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May
7
7
- Thu, 05/07/2026 - 7:30pm
Location: UCSB Campbell Hall
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More“Michelle Zauner has written a book you experience with all of your senses: sentences you can taste, paragraphs that sound like music. She seamlessly blends stories of...
May
27
27
- Wed, 05/27/2026 - 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 2026 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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Jun
5
5
- Fri, 06/05/2026 - 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 10:30 AM).
In collaboration with UCSB Health & Wellness and...
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