Past Events
- Wed, 02/25/2026 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Why study, minor, or major in languages? Join faculty from six UCSB Language Departments to learn how language studies provide unique career and academic advantages.
Refreshments provided!
- Tue, 02/24/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Online
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The job market is shifting, and a traditional résumé is only one part of an effective professional presence. A digital portfolio allows you to highlight your skills, experience, and projects in a more dynamic and engaging way.
In this 1-hour workshop, you’ll learn how to build a simple, static portfolio website using GitHub Pages, no coding required. We’ll start with an easy...
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- Mon, 02/23/2026 - 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.
- Thu, 02/19/2026 - 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...
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- Thu, 02/19/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Come join the UCSB Library's PALS (Peer-Assisted Library Services student assistants) in Library Instruction and Training Room 1312, on the 1st Floor, Mountain Side, for “Pizza with PALS!” Enjoy some pizza and soft drinks while you learn about library resources and how to effectively use them. Join us on Thursday, February 19, from 5 - 6:30, or your slice will get cold!
- Wed, 02/18/2026 - 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 needs to be installed...
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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!
- Wed, 02/18/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Online
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Come learn all about trademarks with UCSB librarians. In this 1-hour virtual workshop, attendees will learn some important information and skills related to trademarks:
- The role of trademarks in business
- The different kinds of trademarks that exist
- What makes a strong trademark
- How to get a trademark
- How to research them
- How they may...
- Tue, 02/17/2026 - 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!
- Tue, 02/17/2026 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Transfer Student Center
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Join the Transfer Student Center (TSC) in partnership with the UCSB Library, UCSB Reads, and the Asian American Studies Department, for a special 2-part TSC Book Club featuring...
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- Wed, 02/11/2026 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
- Fri, 02/13/2026 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Register in Shoreline: https://cglink.me/2dD/r2270653
This workshop provides a practical introduction to fundamental machine learning concepts, with a special focus on neural networks. In this hands-on session, participants will utilize Scikit-learn and TensorFlow Keras to master the essential workflow: preparing data, training predictive models, and evaluating results.
Prerequisites: No machine learning knowledge is...
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- Fri, 02/13/2026 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location: UCSB MultiCultural Center
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Celebrate Douglass Day and Black History Month by participating in a national transcribe-a-thon. You’ll learn how to bring 19th century Black history to life by transforming digitized documents from the Colored Conventions Project into legible text. This groundbreaking archive documents how nineteenth-century African Americans organized around critical issues such as...
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- Thu, 02/12/2026 - 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 during this time...
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- Thu, 01/29/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
- Thu, 02/12/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
- Thu, 02/26/2026 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Women's Center Community Room
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Join the Women’s Center in partnership with UCSB Reads this winter for the Feminist Book Club, featuring the UCSB Reads selection ...
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- Thu, 02/12/2026 - 12:00pm to 12:30pm
Location: Online
Interactive graphics offer new ways to explore and communicate data beyond static figures. This session introduces beginner-friendly examples using tools such as Plotly, Shiny, and interactive tables, along with practical considerations for sharing your interactive work.
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The Data to Discovery Series is hosted by Research Data Services (RDS) @ the UCSB...
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- Wed, 02/11/2026 - 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!
- Wed, 02/11/2026 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
- Fri, 02/13/2026 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Register in Shoreline: https://cglink.me/2dD/r2270653
This workshop provides a practical introduction to fundamental machine learning concepts, with a special focus on neural networks. In this hands-on session, participants will utilize Scikit-learn and TensorFlow Keras to master the essential workflow: preparing data, training predictive models, and evaluating results.
Prerequisites: No machine learning knowledge is...
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- Tue, 02/10/2026 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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Celebrate Douglass Day and Black History Month by contributing to a collaborative community quilt! Create a unique fabric square using collage and appliqué techniques. Share your story side-by-side with the campus community while we contemplate themes of citizenship, community, and home.
At the end of the workshop, your decorated squares will be sewn into a...
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- Tue, 02/10/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Online
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Do you enjoy the flexibility of Airtable but find the cost limits frustrating? Do spreadsheets work for you until you need to link multiple tables or track relationships? Are you interested in organizing your research data in a proper database, but SQL still feels like too big a leap?
No-code databases provide a middle ground. They allow you to create structured, relational...
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- Mon, 02/09/2026 - 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...
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- Mon, 02/09/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Registration for this event is currently full. Please contact Sara Kelly, Exhibitions & Events Manager, sarakelly@ucsb.edu for more information.
Join us for the launch of UCSB Library’s new speaker series AI in Action Conversations with UCSB Researchers. The event features short presentations by Tobias Fischer (Director, Earth Research Institute), Ben Halpern (Executive...
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- Mon, 02/09/2026 - 10:00am to Fri, 02/13/2026 - 2:30pm
Location: Online
Save the date! February 9-13, 2026, is the 6th annual UC Love Data Week.
UC Love Data Week is a week-long offering of presentations and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation. All members of the University of California community are welcome to attend this free, virtual event. With over 20 presentations and workshops, whether you’re working on qualitative or quantitative data, there’s plenty...
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- Wed, 02/04/2026 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Makerspace
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In celebration of the 2026 UCSB Reads book, Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, join us for a zine making session and recipe swap. Zines (pronounced "zeens," short for magazines) are small, self-published booklets created and distributed by individuals or small groups. Zines are a cornerstone of...
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- Wed, 02/04/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
- Wed, 03/04/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
- Wed, 04/01/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
- Wed, 04/29/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
- Wed, 06/03/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: Sara Miller McCune Arts Library, Room 1411
Hybrid Event - Join on Zoom
Would you like to work on your open source goals in a focused and motivating environment?
In partnership with UC's new Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Network, the UCSB Open Source Program presents the Open Source Lounge, a monthly co-working space for open source activities. Bring your laptop and some work to do, such as programming exercises, a bug to fix, some...
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