Past Events
- Thu, 04/23/2026 - 12:00pm to 12:30pm
Location: Online
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Peer review plays a central role in scholarly publishing, but it also faces well-documented challenges. This session introduces emerging models — including open peer review and preprint-based review — and helps you navigate these changes as a researcher.
The Data to Discovery Series is hosted by Research Data Services (RDS) @ the UCSB Library. Every two weeks, we will spotlight a... More
- Thu, 04/23/2026 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Old Gym (Red Barn)
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UCSB Reads invites you to join Shopping List Scores, an art workshop led by artists and educators Lucy Bell and Meiya Sidney. This event is in conversation with the UCSB Reads book Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner.
Following the work of performance artists like Yoko Ono and modern dancers...
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- Wed, 04/22/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
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 create custom designs through a free, open-source software called Graphite and show you how to send these files to the laser cutter. Everyone will take home a small wooden magnet that they designed themselves. No experience needed!
We will provide material for...
- Wed, 04/22/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Join UCSB Reads and Goleta Valley Library for an afternoon of poetry readings in celebration of National Poetry Month!
The event will kick off with a reading by current Santa Barbara Poet Laureate George Yatchisin and UCSB Professor Emerita Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. Afterward, other participants will read their selected poems to...
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- Tue, 04/21/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
Join us for a hands-on workshop where we'll walk you through a simple sewing machine project. Everyone will get to take home a mini snack-sized tote bag they made themselves. We will cover sewing machine operation plus some basic construction techniques. No experience needed and all materials are provided!
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- Tue, 04/21/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Student Resource Building (SRB) MPR
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Crying in H-Mart has been widely renowned for its lyrical and sensory storytelling. Of all the five senses, scent is the one most closely linked to memory, another essential theme of the memoir. In this workshop, join ...
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- Mon, 04/13/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Wed, 04/15/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Mon, 04/20/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
Register in Shoreline: https://cglink.me/2dD/r2271574
This three-day workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to Python, specifically designed for participants with no prior programming experience. Through the use of Jupyter notebooks, learners will get started coding in Python. The workshop will cover essential skills such as data loading and analysis, automation of data processing tasks, and the creation of basic plots...
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- Thu, 04/16/2026 - 7:00pm to 9:45pm
Location: Other, on-campus, UCSB Pollock Theater
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Riceboy Sleeps (2022) is a tender and deeply personal work written, produced, edited, and directed by Anthony Shim. The film traces the bond between a Korean single mother and her son as they build a life in the suburbs of Canada in the 1990s. Drawing in part on Shim’s own childhood, the film follows So-young (Choi Seung-yoon) and the young Dong-hyun (Dohyun...
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- Thu, 04/16/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Special Research Collections
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Kenneth Karmiole Annual Lecture on Religion in American Life at UCSB Library, featuring Dr. Randall Balmer. This annual lecture highlights scholarship and public engagement on American religious history, drawing from the rich resources of UCSB Library’s American Religions Collection.
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- Thu, 04/16/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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In the 2026 UCSB Reads book, Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner explores her experience of grief as well as music making as part of the band Japanese Breakfast. We invite you to join us for a special collaboration event inspired by Zauner’s story and artistic expression.
We will create memorial flowers to...
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- Wed, 02/18/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Wed, 03/18/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Wed, 04/15/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Wed, 05/20/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Online
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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) Network, the UCSB Open Source Program hosts a casual, virtual meetup where we discuss all things open source. Open to students, faculty, and staff of all experience levels!
- Mon, 04/13/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Wed, 04/15/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Mon, 04/20/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
Register in Shoreline: https://cglink.me/2dD/r2271574
This three-day workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to Python, specifically designed for participants with no prior programming experience. Through the use of Jupyter notebooks, learners will get started coding in Python. The workshop will cover essential skills such as data loading and analysis, automation of data processing tasks, and the creation of basic plots...
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- Tue, 04/14/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
Join us for a guided tutorial where you will learn to 3D model in Autodesk Fusion by modeling vases in three different styles. You will be able to send your design directly to our 3D printers and later pick up your model. No experience needed!
All you need to bring is a laptop (and ideally, a mouse). Before the event, create a free educational Autodesk account and download the Fusion...
- Tue, 04/14/2026 - 4:00pm
Location: Pacific View Room
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What can Shakespeare – or literature more generally – tell us about ethics? In the Pacific Views Talk for Spring 2026, Professor Jim Kearney (English) discusses the ways that Shakespearean theater invites its audiences to be entertained by the vicarious experience of the ethical, often ethics in some extreme or impossible...
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- Mon, 04/13/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
Join us for a guided electronics project where we will create a prototype for a light up piano. Discover the basics of wiring a circuit with components such as an Arduino (aka the 'brain' of the circuit), a speaker, buttons, and a LED to create your ideas. All materials will be provided.
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- Mon, 04/13/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
Location: Online
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You’ve spent ages writing your research paper, translating your project into slides, and now it’s time to present your work at a conference. But how do you present your painstaking research in a way that ensures your audience can follow along and stay awake? This hands-on workshop will give you concrete tips to plan your talk to be engaging and informative, time your...
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- Mon, 04/13/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Wed, 04/15/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Mon, 04/20/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
Register in Shoreline: https://cglink.me/2dD/r2271574
This three-day workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to Python, specifically designed for participants with no prior programming experience. Through the use of Jupyter notebooks, learners will get started coding in Python. The workshop will cover essential skills such as data loading and analysis, automation of data processing tasks, and the creation of basic plots...
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- Sat, 04/11/2026 - 9:00am to 3:00pm
Location: Paseo
Explore your future library today with our interactive scavenger hunt. By visiting our mystery locations, you’ll be entered to win one of our $25 Amazon Gift Cards.
Stop by the welcome table in the Library Paseo to get your digital map.
While you’re out there, make sure to visit these two spots between 12 PM and 3 PM:
- The Makerspace: Create a custom DIY pin button to take...
- Thu, 04/09/2026 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Makerspace
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 working on. We will provide yarn, crochet hooks, and knitting needles. A sample pattern will be provided for anyone who wishes to follow along.
This event is open to experts and beginners alike. We will not have formal instruction...
- Thu, 04/09/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Join us for the second event in UCSB Library’s new speaker series, AI in Action Conversations with UCSB Researchers. The event features short presentations by Fabian Offert (Center for the Humanities and Machine Learning) and Eric Wang (Center for Responsible Machine Learning) on innovative applications of AI in their research, followed by a 30-minute...
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- Thu, 04/09/2026 - 12:00pm to 12:30pm
Location: Online
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Preprints are increasingly common across disciplines. But should you share your paper before submitting it to a journal? In this session, we’ll unpack common misconceptions about preprints, explore key tradeoffs, and offer practical considerations to help you decide if preprinting makes sense for you.
The Data to Discovery Series is hosted by Research Data Services (RDS) @ the UCSB... More
- Tue, 04/07/2026 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Thu, 04/09/2026 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
Register in Shoreline: https://cglink.me/2dD/r2271573
This two-day workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to learn the fundamentals of version control using Git and GitHub. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to track changes, manage project history, and more!
- Wed, 04/08/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
Learn to 3D print by creating your own 3D model in TinkerCAD. During the workshop we will cover the basics of designing in TinkerCAD, learn how to remix existing 3D models licensed through Creative Commons, and get acquainted with the 3D printing process. At the end of the workshop, everyone will send a small lidded container to be 3D printed. No experience needed!
All you need to bring is a laptop (and ideally, a mouse). There is no software that...
- Wed, 04/08/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
Location: Online
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Data visualizations help reveal patterns in data and communicate research findings. This workshop will introduce core principles that shape how people perceive and interpret visual information. We will discuss how visual encoding choices, design decisions, and common perceptual pitfalls can influence what viewers see in a figure. Through examples and short interactive...
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