Thu, Jul 23, 10:46 am | Digital Scholarship, Faculty, Geospatial Collection, Library Employees, Scholarly Communication & Open Access, Sciences & Engineering, Special Research Collections, Technology
Professor Ian Walker relies on a century of coastal history to predict the future of California’s environment. To study vegetation loss on the Oceano Dunes in San Luis Obispo County and model subsequent dust pollution, the UC Santa Barbara geographer depends on an extraordinary historical record: a...
Thu, Jul 23, 8:21 am | Data Curation & Management, Digital Scholarship, Humanities, Research Services, Services, Social Sciences, Student Success, Undergraduate Students
When Samuel Liu noticed workplace friction among fellow Resident Assistants (RAs) at UC Santa Barbara’s San Nicolas Residence Hall, he decided to investigate. As a senior majoring in Communication and Sociology, Liu turned his personal and professional observations into an award-winning independent...
Thu, Jul 23, 8:12 am | Area Studies, Collections, Digital Scholarship, Ethnic & Gender Studies, Graduate Students, Humanities, Research Services, Social Sciences, Student Success, Undergraduate Students
Generations of researchers who rely on primary sources faced a frustrating hurdle. Conducting original historical research typically required traveling to distant archives, navigating cost-prohibitive interlibrary loans, or adjusting a project’s scope based on access to sources. For students...
A new $484,455 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will support the next phase of the University of California Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Network as they work to make OSPOs a permanent part of the UC system. With this new funding, the UC Santa Barbara Library’s Open Source Program (OSP...
Wed, Jul 8, 6:37 am | Library Employees, UCSB Reads
UC Santa Barbara Library has been named a recipient of the 2026 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award by the American Library Association (ALA). Widely regarded as one of the most prestigious honors bestowed in the library profession, the award recognizes outstanding public relations...
Mon, Jun 22, 8:47 am | Library Employees
For the second year in a row, UCSB Library received major library association awards in recognition of its outstanding communications:
ARL 2026 ARLIES Award
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) awarded a 2026 ARLIES Award, People's Choice category, to UCSB Library for its "Research...
Thu, May 28, 9:29 am | Gifts & Donors, UCSB Reads
UCSB Reads 2026, the 20th anniversary of UC Santa Barbara's award-winning common book program, culminated on May 7 with a campus appearance by Michelle Zauner. The bestselling author and Grammy-nominated musician (of indie pop band Japanese Breakfast) took the stage at a sold-out Campbell Hall to...
UCSB Library has named Samuel Liu and Shirley Qiu as the recipients of the 2026 Library Award for Undergraduate Research (LAUR). This year’s winners were selected for their deep engagement with Library collections, services and resources, and their ability to produce high-quality, scholarly work....
He is popularly known as the patron saint of the environmental movement, the father of nonviolent resistance and the famously secluded hermit of Walden Pond. But the myth of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) – often conveyed by inspirational quotes on coffee mugs, T-shirts and refrigerator magnets –...
New Exhibition Explores Many Lives of Shakespeare’s Texts
An edited version of this article was published in UC Santa Barbara's The Current.
William Shakespeare’s plays transcended their origins almost immediately. Even during his lifetime, his unforgettable characters and indelible lines were...
