Two patrons walking in Arts Library
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 newly opened Sara Miller McCune Arts Library at UC Santa Barbara culminates a multiyear effort to unite library collections and...
People sitting at tables and walking in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library
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,...
Mon, Sep 16, 12:32 pm | Art & Architecture, Gifts & Donors, Music
The new Arts Library is opening in late fall quarter.  Art & Architecture and Music print collections are inaccessible for public browsing until the opening of the Arts Library but can be requested via UC Library Search.  Music CDs (XCD) and LPs (XL2) now circulate outside of the Library with a...
Mon, Jun 10, 8:51 am | Art & Architecture, Gifts & Donors, Music
UCSB Library is creating a new Arts Library by bringing together the Music and Art & Architecture Collections into a modernized space on the main Library’s 1st floor Mountain Side.  The Music Library will permanently close to the public starting Monday, August 5.  Music collection materials...
Wed, Mar 13, 8:16 am | Art & Architecture, Gifts & Donors, Music
UCSB Library is creating a new Arts Library by bringing together the Music and Art & Architecture Collections into a modernized space on the Library’s 1st floor Mountain Side where the Art & Architecture Collection is currently housed. As part of the project, the Music Library collection...
Architectural Rendering of New Arts Library
Wed, Apr 26, 2:15 pm | Art & Architecture, Gifts & Donors, Music
Project Will Combine Music and Art & Architecture Collections in Modernized Space in Main Library UC Santa Barbara Library is planning a new Arts Library by bringing together the Music and Art & Architecture Collections into a modernized space in the main Library building. The project will...
In Fall 2022, the archives of the music and comedy duo Smothers Brothers were donated to the UC Santa Barbara Library’s Performing Arts Collection on behalf of the two brothers, Thomas and Richard Smothers. The Smothers Brothers are widely recognized as a pioneering and highly influential comedy...
UCSB Cylinder Archive
On January 1, 2022, an estimated 400,000 pre-1923 sound recordings formerly restricted through copyright entered the public domain, thanks to the passing of the Music Modernization Act (MMA).  The UC Santa Barbara Library had already digitally preserved over 60,000 of these recordings from its...
Recording Academy Grammy Museum Logo on blue gradient
The Grammy Museum Foundation issued a $10,000 grant to the UC Santa Barbara Library to preserve, digitize, and make accessible a portion of the groundbreaking radio broadcasts of the CBS Symphony conducted by Bernard Herrmann in the 1930s and 1940s.  While Herrmann is known today as one of the...
Outside of Music building
Mon, Apr 12, 4:15 pm | Services, Music, Faculty, Graduate Students
The Music Library now offers limited on-site research appointments for UCSB faculty and graduate students.  We will provide browsing access to on-site Music print collections (books, scores, and journals). Individual private audio and video facilities are available for access to recordings if...

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