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...
Fri, Apr 21, 4:59 pm | Collections, Instruction & Workshops, Library Employees, Student Success, Undergraduate Students
Use Google to search for “D.A.R.E.” (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), and the top 10 results include the organization’s official website, but also the video for the Gorrilaz song “DARE.”
Use Web of Science, an online subscription database available to UCSB students via the UCSB Library’s website,...
Thu, Mar 23, 9:30 pm | Exhibitions, Humanities, Special Research Collections, Student Success, Undergraduate Students
When Sydney Martin sees a World War I soldier wearing a helmet pop up on her computer screen, she thinks about the UCSB Library.
The photograph, in rotation on her computer, is part of an exhibition, “Helmets of the First World War: Battle, Technology, and Culture,” on display in UCSB Library’s...
Mon, Feb 6, 1:42 pm | Undergraduate Students, Student Success
In honor of UCSB’s Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Month, UCSB Library has pledged to spread RAKs throughout the Library. From February 13-24, we will post clues on the Library’s Facebook and Instagram accounts about the locations of 100 “midterm relief” goody bags. If you find one, share a picture...
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...
Wed, Nov 30, 10:32 pm | Undergraduate Students, Student Success
Two new egg chairs were unveiled on the 1st Floor, Ocean Side of the Library on December 5, thanks to a gift from UCSB Health & Wellness. UCSB students are encouraged to use the egg chairs to take study breaks.
