Past Events
- Wed, 04/27/2022 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online
Join the Research Data Services team to discuss some good practices for crafting insightful and trustworthy data stories. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome! This event is hybrid and refreshments will be provided for those attending in person.
Location: In-person (UCSB Library RM 1312)/Virtual (Zoom)
- Thu, 04/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Wed, 04/13/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Thu, 04/21/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Undergraduate students are invited to join UCSB Library and UCSB Reads 2022 for a three-part Sci-Fi creative writing workshop. The goal of the workshop is to spark the imagination of both novice and experienced writers, and to guide them toward the creation...
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- Tue, 04/19/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
- Thu, 04/21/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online
This event is an online, two-day, example-driven workshop on April 19 and 21, 2022 for an introduction to programming in Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. The workshop will start on how to use the Jupyter notebook interface through JupyterLabs. The workshop will then go over with the basics of Python syntax and work up to basic plotting/data visualizations. We will work with the...
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- Tue, 04/19/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Pacific View Room
The UCSB Library presents a Pacific Views Series Talk by Roland Geyer, Professor of Industrial Ecology. This event is free and open to the public. If you are unable to attend in person, this event will be live-streamed on the ...
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- Tue, 04/19/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
- Thu, 04/21/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Online
This event is an online, two-day, example-driven workshop on April 19 and 21, 2022 for an introduction to programming in Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. The workshop will start on how to use the Jupyter notebook interface through JupyterLabs. The workshop will then go over with the basics of Python syntax and work up to basic plotting/data visualizations. We will work with the...
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- Fri, 04/15/2022 - 12:00pm to 1:15pm
Location: Online
Join us for Lunch & Learn, where you'll have the chance to socialize with other grad students and hear talks by students in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology & Anthropology. Lunch & Learn is co-sponsored by the Graduate Division, the Graduate Student Association, and the ...
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- Thu, 04/14/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join industry and academic experts in the quantum field for a panel inspired by Ted Chiang's story "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom." Ted Chiang's Exhalation: Stories is the UCSB Reads pick for 2022.
Panelists include...
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- Thu, 04/14/2022 - 2:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Online
This event is an online, one-day, example-driven workshop on April 14, 2022 for an introduction to using OpenRefine. OpenRefine is an open-source tool that runs inside of a web browser. It is used for working with messy tabular data and is applicable to all sorts of practical challenges that data scientists face regularly. There is no prior programming knowledge required.
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- Thu, 04/14/2022 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
In the final story in this year’s UCSB Reads book Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang, quantum computers allow people to explore divergent timelines. At UCSB, scientists are working on developing real quantum computers that do not allow for divergent timelines, but will help address pressing problems such as optimizing delivery routes and strengthening password encryption.
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- Thu, 04/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Wed, 04/13/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Thu, 04/21/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Undergraduate students are invited to join UCSB Library and UCSB Reads 2022 for a three-part Sci-Fi creative writing workshop. The goal of the workshop is to spark the imagination of both novice and experienced writers, and to guide them toward the creation...
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- Mon, 04/11/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
- Wed, 04/13/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
This event is an in-person, two-day, example-driven workshop on April 11 and 13, 2022 for an introduction to using geospatial data in R. R is commonly used to perform spatial analysis and to generate map graphics in many scientific disciplines. This workshop will focus on visualizing the two basic geospatial data types using sample data from NSF NEON. This workshop will move at a quicker pace than our typical...
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- Tue, 04/12/2022 - 6:00pm
Location: Online
Join Goleta Valley Library for a virtual discussion of Ted Chiang's latest collection of short stories. Event is in conjunction with UCSB Reads 2022 and is free and open to the public.
- Mon, 04/11/2022 - 5:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join the UCSB Reads student book club and connect with other students over this year’s UCSB Reads selection, Exhalation by Ted Chiang. This book club will be facilitated by two UCSB undergraduate students and is open to any UCSB student.
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- Mon, 04/11/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
- Wed, 04/13/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
This event is an in-person, two-day, example-driven workshop on April 11 and 13, 2022 for an introduction to using geospatial data in R. R is commonly used to perform spatial analysis and to generate map graphics in many scientific disciplines. This workshop will focus on visualizing the two basic geospatial data types using sample data from NSF NEON. This workshop will move at a quicker pace than our typical...
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- Thu, 04/07/2022 - 3:30pm to 6:30pm
- Fri, 04/08/2022 - 3:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: Online
This event is an online, two-day, example-driven workshop on April 7 and 8, 2022 for an introduction to using geospatial data in R. R is commonly used to perform spatial analysis and to generate map graphics in many scientific disciplines. This workshop will focus on visualizing the two basic geospatial data types using sample data from NSF NEON. This workshop will move at a quicker pace than our typical Carpentry workshops. Knowledge of R and the Rstudio interface are...
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- Thu, 04/07/2022 - 5:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
In Person Registration OR Zoom Registration
Thursday, April 7, 2022
5:00 PM PT Reception
5:30 PM PT Event
UCSB Library Special Research Collections | Mountain Side, 3rd Floor
*Free campus parking will be available
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- Thu, 04/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Wed, 04/13/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Thu, 04/21/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Undergraduate students are invited to join UCSB Library and UCSB Reads 2022 for a three-part Sci-Fi creative writing workshop. The goal of the workshop is to spark the imagination of both novice and experienced writers, and to guide them toward the creation...
More
- Thu, 04/07/2022 - 3:30pm to 6:30pm
- Fri, 04/08/2022 - 3:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: Online
This event is an online, two-day, example-driven workshop on April 7 and 8, 2022 for an introduction to using geospatial data in R. R is commonly used to perform spatial analysis and to generate map graphics in many scientific disciplines. This workshop will focus on visualizing the two basic geospatial data types using sample data from NSF NEON. This workshop will move at a quicker pace than our typical Carpentry workshops. Knowledge of R and the Rstudio interface are...
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- Wed, 04/06/2022 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312, Online
Join Research Data Services to discuss available digital methods and tools, and how our team can support your classes and projects. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome! This event is hybrid and refreshments will be provided for those attending in person.
Location: In-person (UCSB Library RM 1312)/Virtual (Zoom)
- Tue, 04/05/2022 - 5:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
Please join UCSB Library in celebrating its exhibition A Call to Action: Documenting Santa Barbara's Art & Activism and hear from some of the contributors featured in the exhibition. Event will include...
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- Fri, 03/11/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Mountain Courtyard
UCSB Library invites you to join us for a public reception to celebrate the opening of Picture This: From Text to Image, an exhibition of paintings by student artists responding creatively to the UCSB Reads 2022 book Exhalation by Ted Chiang.
Event will include light refreshments and remarks by several students...
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- Fri, 03/11/2022 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Take a healthy study break before finals. Nap, meditate and grab snacks. In collaboration with UCSB Health & Wellness and UCSB ONDAS Student Center.
- Tue, 03/08/2022 - 5:30pm
Location: Online
Santa Barbara Public Library Fiction Book Club will be reading the UCSB Reads 2022 selection Exhalation by Ted Chiang for the March 8 gathering. Open to the public. More information here.
- Tue, 03/08/2022 - 10:00am to 11:00am
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
The UCSB Library will be offering four Zotero workshops for graduate students during the Winter 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” workshops last two hours and will cover all aspects of using Zotero to...
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