Past Events

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  • Wed, 01/25/2023 - 4:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

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The first 25 arrivals will receive a free UCSB Reads 2023 tee shirt.

UCSB Library invites you to a panel...

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  • Mon, 01/23/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 01/30/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
  • Mon, 02/06/2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

Data Carpentry: Introduction to R for Social Scientists

January 23, 30 and Feb 6  2023 from 10:00am - 11:50am, UCSB Library (Room 1312)

This is a three-day workshop on data analysis and visualization with R. We will introduce the R programming language and RStudio, a desktop application...

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  • Fri, 01/20/2023 - 12:00pm
Location: Paseo

The University Librarian, Chancellor, and Executive Vice Chancellor will hand out free copies of the UCSB Reads 2023 book to UCSB students while supplies last. The 2023 selection is Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery.

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  • Wed, 01/18/2023 - 11:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus

The CSC will be offering a class, Introduction to Linux and High Performance Computing on Wednesday, January 18th from 11:30am - 12:30pm in CNSI/Elings Hall 1605.  We will have lunch afterwards, and you can have a chance to ask additional questions and talk to other researchers and IT staff. This 1-hour workshop will go over how to start using HPC, basic slurm and linux commands, and national HPC and commercial cloud computing resources

Register for this workshop here...

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Trisalyn Nelson
  • Tue, 01/17/2023 - 4:00pm
Location: Pacific View Room
 
UCSB Library invites you to the first Pacific Views lecture of 2023 with Professor Trisalyn Nelson (UCSB Geography). This event is in conjunction with the UCSB Reads 2023 book ...
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  • Mon, 12/05/2022 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

The UCSB Library will be offering three Zotero Basics workshops for graduate students 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.  While the workshops are designed for graduate students, UCSB faculty and other affiliated researchers are welcome to attend.  

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  • Fri, 12/02/2022 - 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

  • Tue, 11/15/2022 - 11:00am to 3:30pm
  • Wed, 11/16/2022 - 9:30am to 5:00pm
  • Thu, 11/17/2022 - 9:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Online
  • Tue, 11/15/2022 - 11:00am to 3:30pm
  • Wed, 11/16/2022 - 9:30am to 5:00pm
  • Thu, 11/17/2022 - 9:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Online
  • Tue, 11/15/2022 - 11:00am to 3:30pm
  • Wed, 11/16/2022 - 9:30am to 5:00pm
  • Thu, 11/17/2022 - 9:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Online
  • Tue, 11/08/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 11/09/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 11/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on November 8, 9, and 10, 2022 on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio.

Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create R...

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  • Wed, 11/09/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Online

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Join the Library for a presentation on the influence of historical indigenous imagery on contemporary Chicana/o artists with Terezita Romo, recipient of the 2022 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Research Fellowship. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with California Ethnic & Multicultural Archives (CEMA) Curator, Angel Diaz.

Romo’s proposed project,...

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  • Tue, 11/08/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 11/09/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 11/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on November 8, 9, and 10, 2022 on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio.

Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create R...

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  • Tue, 11/08/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Wed, 11/09/2022 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
  • Thu, 11/10/2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on November 8, 9, and 10, 2022 on project organization and scientific authoring with RStudio.

Participants will build on using their R data analysis skills in RStudio by learning how to create R...

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  • Sat, 11/05/2022 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Other, off-campus
Santa Barbara Public Library, Eastside Branch
​1102 East Montecito Street, Santa Barbara CA 93103
 
A collaboration between UCSB Library and Santa Barbara Public Library, the Santa Barbara Community Archives Project invites residents of the Eastside neighborhood and surrounding communities to bring their family photographs and home movies to Santa Barbara Public Library Eastside Branch for FREE digitization by UCSB Library.


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  • Tue, 10/25/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a two-day, example-driven workshop on October 25 and 27, 2022 for an introduction to data processing and visualization with R. Learners will start with basic information about R syntax and the Rstudio interface. By the end, learners will be able to manipulate data and produce simple...

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  • Tue, 10/25/2022 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Hybrid in-person and virtual event. Please RSVP here to receive the Zoom invitation
 
Please join UCSB Library and punctum books in celebrating International Open Access Week by attending a panel discussion with scholars in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, and Arts. Three UCSB researchers and two guest scholars...
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  • Tue, 10/25/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 10/27/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a two-day, example-driven workshop on October 25 and 27, 2022 for an introduction to data processing and visualization with R. Learners will start with basic information about R syntax and the Rstudio interface. By the end, learners will be able to manipulate data and produce simple...

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  • Mon, 10/24/2022 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

The UCSB Library will be offering three Zotero Basics workshops for graduate students 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.  While the workshops are designed for graduate students, UCSB faculty and other affiliated researchers are welcome to attend.  

The “Zotero Basics”...

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  • Mon, 10/24/2022 - 8:00am to Sun, 10/30/2022 - 5:00pm
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The University of California is dedicated to making its scholarship freely available to the people of California and beyond. Click here to learn more about open access at the UC and how to participate in initiatives such as the Open Access Publishing Fund, eScholarship, the UC Publication Management System, and more.

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Writers and Wordsmiths Part 2
  • Thu, 10/20/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections

Join the Library for an open mic afternoon celebrating the rich poetic community of Santa Barbara. Faculty Emerita and acclaimed poet Dr. Shirley Geok-lin Lim will begin the event with a reading of her published poems, including select ones from her new book, In Praise of Limes, and will be followed by poets Stephanie Batiste and Swati Rana of the UCSB Department of English, as well as George Yatchisin and Chryss Yost of the Gevirtz School of Education. Afterwards,...

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  • Thu, 10/20/2022 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

The UCSB Library will be offering three Zotero Basics workshops for graduate students 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.  While the workshops are designed for graduate students, UCSB faculty and other affiliated researchers are welcome to attend.  

The “Zotero Basics”...

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  • Tue, 10/18/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 10/19/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 10/20/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on October 18, 19, and 20, 2022 for an introduction on using the bash terminal, and utilizing the terminal to practice version control with Git. We get you started on how to use the command shell. The use of a shell allows you to perform complex and...

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  • Tue, 10/18/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Wed, 10/19/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
  • Thu, 10/20/2022 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312

This event is a three-day, example-driven workshop on October 18, 19, and 20, 2022 for an introduction on using the bash terminal, and utilizing the terminal to practice version control with Git. We get you started on how to use the command shell. The use of a shell allows you to perform complex and...

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