Services

DECEMBER 2025 UPDATE: For the remainder of the 2025-2026 Academic Year, UCSB Library will open to the public at 7:00 AM Monday-Sunday and remain open to UCSB students, faculty, and staff from 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM on Sunday-Thursday nights for Study Commons. View building hours.

On July 1, 2025, the UC Libraries will migrate to a new Interlibrary Loan (ILL) management system.

Culminates multiyear effort to unite Library collections and services in central, state-of-the-art space

This article was originally published in UCSB’s The Current. 

The new Sara Miller McCune Arts Library will open to the public on Monday, December 2. 

The creation of this thoughtfully designed and vibrant new space with state-of-the-art technology on the main Library’s 1st floor Mountain Side was made possible by the generosity of philanthropist, arts lover, and longtime UCSB donor Sara Miller McCune. The gift was made in collaboration with McCune’s social science publishing company, Sage Publishing. 

The interface of the database list on the Library homepage will change on Tuesday, September 17. Library website users who click on the “Articles & Databases” button or the “Articles & Databases” link in the main navigation menu will be redirected to the new interface, https://guides.library.ucsb.edu/az/databases. 

The new interface will make it easier for Library users to discover available databases and electronic resources by offering several improvements:

The UCSB Library and the Office of Research would like to announce the launch of a new web resource: 

Research Computing and Data 
https://rcd.ucsb.edu

On Monday, September 18 we upgraded the proxy server that is used to access Library subscription electronic resources from off campus.  Review the changes below to see what changed.

What Changed?

The UCSB Library is pleased to announce that starting March 1, 2023, UCSB employees no longer need to come to the Library Services Desk in person to activate their Library cards/accounts before being able to use Library services. The Library now receives a regularly-updated data feed to our Integrated Library System that provides the necessary employee information. Library cards will automatically be activated for all new UCSB employees, including new emeriti. Your UCSB Access ID card functions as your Library card.

A new Collaborate Student Support Center Helpdesk location is now open at UCSB Library, in time for the start of the Spring quarter.  It is located in the Library Paseo next to the Services Desk and its staff can provide walk-up support for technology questions.

With campus resuming in-class instruction, the Library is returning to regular hours and open to all patrons, including visitors.