Tue, Jan 24, 10:43 pm | Collections, Gifts & Donors, Government Information, Special Research Collections
Newly retired U.S. Congresswoman Lois Capps, who first came to the region in 1964 when her husband, Walter Capps, was recruited to join the faculty at UC Santa Barbara, has donated her official papers to the campus. They will be housed in the UCSB Library Department of Special Research Collections...
Wed, Jan 4, 10:24 pm | Collections, Ethnic & Gender Studies, Gifts & Donors, Special Research Collections
Special Research Collections has acquired a collection of letters from famed author James Baldwin, as well as ephemera related to the Civil Rights Movement. Both collections—which are now open for research—highlight social justice organizing activities during the height of civil unrest in America....
Allen Cohen is one for the books … and the paintings; and the poems; and the films; and the plays; and the opera, jazz and classical songs. And the steps.
A peek into the bag he was carrying for an interview at the UCSB Library revealed his multitude of interests. It contained copies of The New...
Thu, Sep 8, 4:30 pm | Collections, Data Curation & Management, Digital Scholarship, Grants, Library Employees, Technology
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded UCSB Library a $100,000 National Leadership Grant for "Always Already Computational: Library Collections as Data." The funds will be used for a series of meetings to develop strategies around library collections that support...
