The UC Santa Barbara Library and La Casa de la Raza have reached a new accord that signals another milestone in the preservation of local community history.
At a public reception July 11 at La Casa de la Raza, representatives from the library and from La Casa signed an agreement that will ensure...
Thu, Apr 25, 4:58 pm | Events, UCSB Reads
What Thi Bui first set out to do was to turn a graduate school oral history project into something more accessible outside academia. Safe to say: she succeeded wildly.
That oral history became the basis for “The Best We Could Do,” Bui’s illustrated memoir documenting her family’s escape from...
This summer, read along with the UCSB Reads Committee as they work to select the UCSB Reads 2019 book.
The UCSB Reads Committee has announced the six titles that make-up the short list for 2019 consideration. The selections are:
1. "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui
2. "Hunger" by Roxanne Gay
3...
The UCSB Library Scholarly Communication Program is pleased to present Nubian studies scholar, punctum books co-director, and philologist Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei.
Vincent will discuss how community-focused, scholar-led open access publishing can help launch fields of inquiry and study that...
Wed, Jul 12, 3:05 pm | Events, UCSB Reads
This summer, for the first time, read along with the UCSB Reads Committee as they work to select the UCSB Reads 2018 book.
The UCSB Reads Committee has announced the five titles that make-up the short list for 2018 consideration. The selections are:
1. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
2. The...
UCSB Library is participating in Fair Use Week, a national event coordinated annually by the Association of Research Libraries that celebrates and explores fair use rights under the copyright statute. We invite you to learn more about fair use in academia by visiting our information table in the...
The UC Santa Barbara Library has chosen “Into the Beautiful North” as its 2017 UCSB Reads selection. An annual event now in its 11th year, UCSB Reads engages the campus and the Santa Barbara community in conversations about key topics while reading the same book. UCSB Reads is presented by the UCSB...
