Past Events
- Wed, 11/13/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
UCSB Library invites graduate students to learn how to use ORCID in your research. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a unique, persistent digital identifier that you own and control, and that distinguishes you from every other researcher.
In this workshop we will cover:
• Creating a free ORCID ID and managing your ORCID account
• Placing your publications in ORCID
• Funding, publisher, and research institution requirements
• Tips and...
- Tue, 11/12/2024 - 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, 11/12/2024 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
"Garrett Hardin and the Untold History of Abortion and Population Control"
Join us for a virtual lecture by the 2023 Kenneth Karmiole Research Fellow, Lina-Maria Murillo, who used primary sources materials from the Library's Special Research Collections to create her most recent body of scholarship on Garrett...
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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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- Fri, 11/08/2024 - 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.
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- Tue, 11/05/2024 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 11/07/2024 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Learn how to extract data from websites in this two-day workshop on web scraping with Python. We’ll begin by reviewing the structure of websites in HTML and how to retrieve information using your browser, the Requests library, and Beautiful Soup. You’ll also learn about the differences between static and dynamic web pages, and how to scrape the latter with the Selenium library. This workshop is designed for participants who already have a basic understanding of Python...
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- Fri, 10/04/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Wed, 11/06/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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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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- Tue, 11/05/2024 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Thu, 11/07/2024 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Learn how to extract data from websites in this two-day workshop on web scraping with Python. We’ll begin by reviewing the structure of websites in HTML and how to retrieve information using your browser, the Requests library, and Beautiful Soup. You’ll also learn about the differences between static and dynamic web pages, and how to scrape the latter with the Selenium library. This workshop is designed for participants who already have a basic understanding of Python...
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- Tue, 11/05/2024 - 9:00am to 7:00pm
Location: Makerspace
On Election Day, Tuesday November 5th, make your voice heard and go vote! After you've submitted your ballot, visit the Makerspace to make an "I Voted" pin button. We will have button making and drawing supplies set up all day ready for your use. All are welcome to join. Whether you voted early, by mail, or in-person on Election Day, stop by and make a pin button to encourage those around you to go vote!
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- Fri, 11/01/2024 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Makerspace
Visit the Makerspace at our open house where students and their families can experience the creative technologies available on campus. Drop by during this two hour window to participate in a screen printing or button making activity and make new memories.
- Wed, 10/30/2024 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
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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- Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Sun, 10/27/2024 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, off-campus
In celebration of Family History Month and international Home Movie Day, the UCSB Library’s Santa Barbara Community Archives Project is partnering with the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society (SBCGS) to promote the importance of home movie collections and to provide free digitization services for Santa Barbara community members. Digitized materials will be preserved for future generations in the Library’s Local History...
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- Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Makerspace
Drop by the Makerspace for the spookiest event yet: our first ever Halloween Costume Competition! Visit anytime between 12pm - 4pm to enter your costume. Library staff will pick the top three costumes to be posted on the Library Instagram. The costume with the most Instagram likes will win a $25 gift card!
We'll have candy, music, and crafts for those who'd like to make a Halloween decoration.
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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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- Thu, 10/24/2024 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Sun, 10/27/2024 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, off-campus
In celebration of Family History Month and international Home Movie Day, the UCSB Library’s Santa Barbara Community Archives Project is partnering with the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society (SBCGS) to promote the importance of home movie collections and to provide free digitization services for Santa Barbara community members. Digitized materials will be preserved for future generations in the Library’s Local History...
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- 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!
Register now to save your spot!
- 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.
Register in...
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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.
Register now to save your spot!
- 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.
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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- 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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