Past Events
- Wed, 01/22/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
Join the UCSB Reads Student-Led Book Club for an engaging, student-driven exploration of this year’s UCSB Reads selection, The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Connect with peers, share insights, and dive deeper into the themes, and ideas of the book through lively...
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- Tue, 01/14/2025 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Fri, 01/17/2025 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Tue, 01/21/2025 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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 for data visualization.
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- Fri, 01/17/2025 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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, tips will be shared that will also help experienced users make better use of Zotero.
By the end of this workshop you will be able to:
- Describe...
- Fri, 01/17/2025 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Please register in advance.
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...
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- Tue, 01/14/2025 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Fri, 01/17/2025 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Tue, 01/21/2025 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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 for data visualization.
Register in Shoreline: ...
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- Thu, 01/16/2025 - 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.
This event is open to experts and beginners alike. We will not have formal instruction during this...
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- Thu, 01/16/2025 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Paseo
The Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor, and Interim University Librarian will hand out free copies of the UCSB Reads 2025 book to UCSB students while supplies last. The 2025 selection is The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay.
This event may be photographed or recorded.
- Thu, 01/16/2025 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Makerspace
This event is for Transfer Students to meet and craft together. Envision the new year by collaging together a vision board in the form of a zine (DIY booklet). The Makerspace will provide all materials. Join us for free crafting and coffee!
- Tue, 01/14/2025 - 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, 01/14/2025 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Fri, 01/17/2025 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Tue, 01/21/2025 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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 for data visualization.
Register in Shoreline: ...
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- Fri, 01/10/2025 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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, tips will be shared that will also help experienced users make better use of Zotero.
By the end of this workshop you will be able to:
- Describe...
- Fri, 12/06/2024 - 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.
- Wed, 12/04/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
The UCSB Library is offering a workshop for graduate students on publishing. This workshop is designed to teach students about the different venues available for publishing articles, manuscripts, and data. Additionally, the workshop will highlight critical resources available for your success.
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
Identify where to go to find key publications in...
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- Fri, 11/22/2024 - 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. No experience needed!
Register now to save your spot!
- Thu, 11/21/2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
Learn how to bind a book during a hands-on workshop where we'll make a gratitude journal. Learn the basics of book structures and hand stitching. Everyone will get to take home a bound sketchbook they made themselves. No experience needed and all materials are provided!
- Thu, 11/21/2024 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Open to all graduate students and other UCSB affiliates.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Please register for the presentation in advance.
This presentation you will learn the basics of copyright under US Law, including:
· What is copyright? What does it cover?
· How does a creator get their work copyrighted? What is "work for hire"?
· How long...
- Wed, 11/20/2024 - 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.
Register now to save your spot!
- Tue, 11/19/2024 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Makerspace
As a CAPS-Makerspace partnership, Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) will be presenting a communication and collaboration skills workshop. During a two hour event, students will collaborate to rapidly create and design an art exhibition. Themes explored include problem solving, iterative design, and self-reflection.
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- Sat, 11/16/2024 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Other, off-campus
Carpinteria Valley Museum of History (956 Maple Ave., Carpinteria)
The UCSB Library’s Santa Barbara Community Archives Project is partnering with the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History to digitize and preserve the histories of Carpinteria Valley families. Participants’ family photographs and family films will be digitized for free by UCSB Library and preserved for future...
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- Fri, 11/15/2024 - 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, 11/15/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:15pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Lunch & Learn is a quarterly series that features two graduate students, one from a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and one from a SHEF discipline (Social Sciences, Humanities, Education and Fine Arts). Each presenter is able to share a 15 minute talk on any topic they want in a moderated, low stakes environment to their peers in the graduate student body.
Lunch & Learns are on Fridays during the year, and best of all, FREE LUNCH IS...
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- Thu, 11/14/2024 - 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.
Register now to save your spot!...
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- Tue, 11/12/2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
- Thu, 11/14/2024 - 10:00am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
Qualitative data allow researchers to delve deeply into human behavior, perceptions, and attitudes, offering a comprehensive perspective beyond what quantitative data can provide. This two-day workshop will guide attendees on how to ethically and effectively manage qualitative data from studies involving human subjects throughout its entire life cycle, from planning to sharing for future reuse. Participants will engage with de-identification and coding techniques using the...
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- Wed, 11/13/2024 - 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 provide template designs available for you to customize so that you get to experience the process from start to finish. No experience needed!
Register now to save your spot!
