Thu, Sep 17, 1:49 pm | Ethnic & Gender Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences, Special Research Collections
The Luis J. Rodriguez Papers are now open for research in UCSB Library's Department of Special Research Collections. First acquired in 2019 and expanded through two recent additions, the collection documents the life, literary works, and social advocacy of the renowned American author, poet, mentor...
Wed, Aug 26, 7:51 am | Data Curation & Management, Digital Scholarship, Research Services, Scholarly Communication & Open Access, Sciences & Engineering, Services, Social Sciences, Technology
Advancing "open science" — the worldwide movement to increase the transparency and accessibility of publicly funded research — is one of UC Santa Barbara Library’s four strategic priorities. Yet, fostering reproducibility, data reuse and interdisciplinary collaboration can be challenging across 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 engaged...
The UCSB Library has acquired the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive, a collection of research and teaching papers, ephemera and digital materials related to the careers of the Robinsons, renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa...
Tue, Jun 7, 8:17 am | Social Sciences, Sciences & Engineering, Scholarly Communication & Open Access, Digital Scholarship, Collections, Faculty, Humanities, Graduate Students
The University of California has entered into a two-year transformative open access agreement with SAGE Publishing. The agreement runs from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2024, and covers open access publishing and reading access to SAGE’s hybrid and fully open access journals. The agreement...
