Past Events
- Wed, 10/23/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
In this workshop, you will learn how to get started creating a Literature Review, including:
- What Literature Reviews are, and where to find them
- How to use concept mapping to identify which secondary sources you need
- When and How to us Generative AI to develop keywords
- Advanced...
- Tue, 10/22/2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
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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- Tue, 10/22/2024 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Fri, 10/25/2024 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
This two-day workshop introduces git, a command line tool for managing revisions in coding projects, and GitHub, a web-based platform for sharing your work and collaborating with others. The workshop is oriented toward learners with little or no previous experience with either git or GitHub. It will cover steps for setting up a git project, making changes, navigating the revision history, sharing work on GitHub, and using GitHub pages to publish a website.
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- Fri, 10/18/2024 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: Makerspace
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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- Fri, 10/18/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: Makerspace
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 experience the process from start to finish. Everyone will get to take home a small laser cut "carved pumpkin" magnet. No experience needed!
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- Thu, 10/17/2024 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
UC Santa Barbara Library invites you to the opening reception of Readymade Emanations: Trianon Press and the Art of Tearing Apart, an exhibition examining the legacy of Trianon Press, a 20th century fine art publisher based in Paris founded by visionary...
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- Wed, 10/16/2024 - 5:15pm to 6:45pm
Location: Makerspace
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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- Tue, 10/08/2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Fri, 10/11/2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
This is an introduction to R designed for participants with no programming experience. The workshop will start with some basic information about R syntax, the RStudio interface, and move through how to import CSV files, the structure of data frames, how to deal with factors, how to add/remove rows and columns, how to calculate summary statistics from a data frame, and a brief introduction to plotting.
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- Tue, 10/08/2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Fri, 10/11/2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
This is an introduction to R designed for participants with no programming experience. The workshop will start with some basic information about R syntax, the RStudio interface, and move through how to import CSV files, the structure of data frames, how to deal with factors, how to add/remove rows and columns, how to calculate summary statistics from a data frame, and a brief introduction to plotting.
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- Thu, 10/10/2024 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Makerspace
Meet up with your fellow fiber artists at the Makerspace. This event is just 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 working on. We will provide yarn, crochet hooks, and knitting needles. A sample pattern will be provided for anyone who wishes to follow along.
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- Wed, 10/09/2024 - 5:15pm to 6:45pm
Location: Makerspace
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 experience the process from start to finish. Everyone will get to take home a small laser cut keychain. No experience needed!
Register now to save your spot!
- Tue, 10/08/2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
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!
Register now to save your spot!
- Tue, 10/08/2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Fri, 10/11/2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
This is an introduction to R designed for participants with no programming experience. The workshop will start with some basic information about R syntax, the RStudio interface, and move through how to import CSV files, the structure of data frames, how to deal with factors, how to add/remove rows and columns, how to calculate summary statistics from a data frame, and a brief introduction to plotting.
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- Fri, 10/04/2024 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Location: Makerspace
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.
Register now to save your spot!
- Fri, 10/04/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Wed, 11/06/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Registration is full.
The UCSB Library will be offering two Zotero Basics workshops for researchers 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.
The “Zotero Basics” workshops last two hours and will cover all aspects of using Zotero to manage citations for your personal research. While the basic workshops are designed for beginners,...
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- Wed, 09/25/2024 - 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: Mountain Courtyard
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 across campus to kick off the 2024-2025 academic year, meet their department's liaison librarian, and hear about current and upcoming Library initiatives.
- Mon, 09/23/2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Tue, 09/24/2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Wed, 09/25/2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location: Paseo
Stop by the Library's Week of Welcome tables in the Paseo (1st floor) to get free treats and Library swag, meet friendly Library staff, learn about Library resources, play games, create a zine, and enter a contest for a chance to win an Amazon gift card.
Zine Contest & More
Pick up some treats and library swag and create a zine. For a chance to win an Amazon gift card,...
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- Mon, 09/23/2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Tue, 09/24/2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Wed, 09/25/2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location: Paseo
Stop by the Library's Week of Welcome tables in the Paseo (1st floor) to get free treats and Library swag, meet friendly Library staff, learn about Library resources, play games, create a zine, and enter a contest for a chance to win an Amazon gift card.
Zine Contest & More
Pick up some treats and library swag and create a zine. For a chance to win an Amazon gift card,...
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- Mon, 09/23/2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Tue, 09/24/2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Wed, 09/25/2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location: Paseo
Stop by the Library's Week of Welcome tables in the Paseo (1st floor) to get free treats and Library swag, meet friendly Library staff, learn about Library resources, play games, create a zine, and enter a contest for a chance to win an Amazon gift card.
Zine Contest & More
Pick up some treats and library swag and create a zine. For a chance to win an Amazon gift card,...
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- Thu, 09/19/2024 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
- Thu, 09/19/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- Fri, 09/20/2024 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
- Fri, 09/20/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join us THIS WEEK for the Grad Success Series, a dynamic lineup of workshops and events designed to empower you throughout your graduate journey. Connect with fellow grad students, learn from experts, and gain practical tools to thrive academically, professionally, and personally.
Find all of our events on Shoreline and join the Graduate Student Resource Group.
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- Thu, 09/19/2024 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
- Thu, 09/19/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- Fri, 09/20/2024 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
- Fri, 09/20/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join us THIS WEEK for the Grad Success Series, a dynamic lineup of workshops and events designed to empower you throughout your graduate journey. Connect with fellow grad students, learn from experts, and gain practical tools to thrive academically, professionally, and personally.
Find all of our events on Shoreline and join the Graduate Student Resource Group.
Career Services -...
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- Thu, 09/19/2024 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
- Thu, 09/19/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- Fri, 09/20/2024 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
- Fri, 09/20/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join us THIS WEEK for the Grad Success Series, a dynamic lineup of workshops and events designed to empower you throughout your graduate journey. Connect with fellow grad students, learn from experts, and gain practical tools to thrive academically, professionally, and personally.
Find all of our events on Shoreline and join the Graduate Student Resource Group.
Career Services -...
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- Thu, 09/19/2024 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
- Thu, 09/19/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- Fri, 09/20/2024 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
- Fri, 09/20/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join us THIS WEEK for the Grad Success Series, a dynamic lineup of workshops and events designed to empower you throughout your graduate journey. Connect with fellow grad students, learn from experts, and gain practical tools to thrive academically, professionally, and personally.
Find all of our events on Shoreline and join the Graduate Student Resource Group.
Career Services -...
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- Wed, 09/18/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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, collaboration, and transparency in scholarly work. We will explore the potential of publishing open access and openly sharing your research data and code. Library staff will share...
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