Past Events
- Wed, 02/15/2023 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Online
This workshop will cover key definitions, recommendations, and techniques to implement data de-identification/anonymization.
Attendees will be invited to follow along and complete exercises with a provided dataset using the online graphical user interface of the R sdcMicro package for disclosure control. No R programming experience is required.
This event is open to students, faculty, staff, or affiliated researchers at the University of California (UC), and we...
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- Mon, 02/13/2023 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Online
Data visualizations can be powerful tools to present patterns and insights from research findings. However, the effectiveness of communicating data visually is highly dependent on key design and accuracy principles.
Join us in a discussion about what makes good data visualizations and things that should be avoided at all costs. This...
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- Thu, 02/09/2023 - 6:00pm
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Location: Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 East Anapamu Street.
Join UCSB Reads 2023 and Santa Barbara Public Library's Book to Action Program for a panel discussion with local experts who will discuss housing policy challenges and possible...
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- Wed, 02/08/2023 - 11:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online, Other, on-campus
The CSC will be offering a workshop, Singularity Containers on HPC on Wednesday, Feb 8 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, in Elings/CNSI 1605. Singularity is a container platform. It allows you to create and run containers that package up software in a portable and reproducible way. You can build a container using Singularity on your laptop and then run it on the UCSB High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster or national HPC clusters, a single server, in the cloud, or a workstation....
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- Mon, 01/23/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Mon, 01/30/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Mon, 02/06/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Data Carpentry: Introduction to R for Social Scientists
January 23, 30 and Feb 6 2023 from 10:00am - 11:50am, UCSB Library (Room 1312)
This is a three-day workshop on data analysis and visualization with R. We will introduce the R programming language and RStudio, a desktop application...
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- Thu, 02/02/2023 - 12:00pm
Location: Online
The Professional Women's Association (PWA) is a UCSB staff organization which promotes equity by providing opportunities for women to meet, connect, and learn together.
For its February meeting, the group is reading the UCSB Reads 2023 book Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery. Staff, students and faculty are all welcome to join the discussion.
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- Tue, 01/31/2023 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Online
As of January 25 2023, NIH now requires researchers to submit a Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMS Plan) with new proposals. This policy applies to all research, irrespective of award budget amount, that results in the generation of scientific data. In this workshop for faculty, we will go over the essential elements of the new...
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- Mon, 01/23/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Mon, 01/30/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Mon, 02/06/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Data Carpentry: Introduction to R for Social Scientists
January 23, 30 and Feb 6 2023 from 10:00am - 11:50am, UCSB Library (Room 1312)
This is a three-day workshop on data analysis and visualization with R. We will introduce the R programming language and RStudio, a desktop application...
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- Fri, 01/27/2023 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Take a slow group ride down to local favorite Hendry's Beach on your bicycle!
This ride, which will be led by UCSB Health & Wellness staff, is inspired by Chapter 8 in Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery. In this chapter of the UCSB Reads 2023 selection, Montgomery...
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- Wed, 01/25/2023 - 4:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
- Mon, 01/23/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Mon, 01/30/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Mon, 02/06/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Data Carpentry: Introduction to R for Social Scientists
January 23, 30 and Feb 6 2023 from 10:00am - 11:50am, UCSB Library (Room 1312)
This is a three-day workshop on data analysis and visualization with R. We will introduce the R programming language and RStudio, a desktop application...
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- Fri, 01/20/2023 - 12:00pm
Location: Paseo
The University Librarian, Chancellor, and Executive Vice Chancellor will hand out free copies of the UCSB Reads 2023 book to UCSB students while supplies last. The 2023 selection is Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery.
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- Wed, 01/18/2023 - 11:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
The CSC will be offering a class, Introduction to Linux and High Performance Computing on Wednesday, January 18th from 11:30am - 12:30pm in CNSI/Elings Hall 1605. We will have lunch afterwards, and you can have a chance to ask additional questions and talk to other researchers and IT staff. This 1-hour workshop will go over how to start using HPC, basic slurm and linux commands, and national HPC and commercial cloud computing resources
Register for this workshop here...
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- Tue, 01/17/2023 - 4:00pm
Location: Pacific View Room
UCSB Library invites you to the first Pacific Views lecture of 2023 with Professor Trisalyn Nelson (UCSB Geography). This event is in conjunction with the UCSB Reads 2023 book ...
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- Mon, 12/05/2022 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
The UCSB Library will be offering three Zotero Basics workshops for graduate students during the Fall quarter. Zotero is a free bibliography management tool that helps you collect citations for your research and generate entries for notes and bibliographies. While the workshops are designed for graduate students, UCSB faculty and other affiliated researchers are welcome to attend.
The “Zotero Basics”...
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- Fri, 12/02/2022 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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 UCSB ONDAS Student Center.
- Tue, 11/15/2022 - 11:00am to 3:30pm
- Wed, 11/16/2022 - 9:30am to 5:00pm
- Thu, 11/17/2022 - 9:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Online
- Tue, 11/15/2022 - 11:00am to 3:30pm
- Wed, 11/16/2022 - 9:30am to 5:00pm
- Thu, 11/17/2022 - 9:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Online
- Tue, 11/15/2022 - 11:00am to 3:30pm
- Wed, 11/16/2022 - 9:30am to 5:00pm
- Thu, 11/17/2022 - 9:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Online
- Tue, 11/08/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
- Wed, 11/09/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 11/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on November 8, 9, and 10, 2022 on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio.
Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create R...
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- Wed, 11/09/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Online
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Join the Library for a presentation on the influence of historical indigenous imagery on contemporary Chicana/o artists with Terezita Romo, recipient of the 2022 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Research Fellowship. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with California Ethnic & Multicultural Archives (CEMA) Curator, Angel Diaz.
Romo’s proposed project,...
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- Tue, 11/08/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
- Wed, 11/09/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 11/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on November 8, 9, and 10, 2022 on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio.
Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create R...
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- Tue, 11/08/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
- Wed, 11/09/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 11/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on November 8, 9, and 10, 2022 on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio.
Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create R...
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- Sat, 11/05/2022 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Other, off-campus
Santa Barbara Public Library, Eastside Branch
1102 East Montecito Street, Santa Barbara CA 93103
A collaboration between UCSB Library and Santa Barbara Public Library, the Santa Barbara Community Archives Project invites residents of the Eastside neighborhood and surrounding communities to bring their family photographs and home movies to Santa Barbara Public Library Eastside Branch for FREE digitization by UCSB Library.
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