Tools: Happenings Boxes

Welcome to UCSB! We've created a fun exercise to introduce you to what the library has to offer. 

Complete our virtual escape room solo or with a group of up to four people.

Click on the link below to begin.

Interlibrary Loan can provide articles and book chapters from other libraries delivered electronically.

Our Digital Exhibitions cover a wide range of topics.

Our annual UCSB Reads book giveaway event is scheduled for January 18-19, while supplies last. This year's selection is Your Brain On Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross.

Students across campus are reading this year's UCSB Reads book: Your Brain On Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross.  Learn more about UCSB Reads events leading up to the authors' talk on May 8, 2024.

Vote for your top pick for 2023's UCSB Reads by August 7! Read more about the UCSB Reads program and see the selected shortlist on our News page.

Join us in celebrating Open Access Week (OA Week).

Several UC Campuses are hosting virtual events this week, see a list of activities here.

A selection of OA Resources, services, and events at UCSB include:

• Tranformative OA Agreements
• Article Processing Charge (APC) support
• ORCID iDs
• UC and Elsevier
• Request a presentation or consultation

To celebrate this year's Open Education Week, the 2020 Open Education Conference has released recordings from the conference’s more than 250 sessions.

Read about how Prof. Gabriel Ménard uses an OpenStax Chemistry textbook in his Chem 25 class, and how this benefited his students on our UCSB Library News page.

Our library's Open Educational Resource (OER) expert recommends these three previously-recorded sessions to learn more about OER and Open Ed. 

• Automatic Textbook Billing: An Offer Students Can’t Refuse?
• The Power of Student Voice in the Open Education Movement
• The Year in U.S. OER Policy: Where We Are and What's Next

Enter your research for a chance to win $750!  Learn more.

Join us for this year's UCSB Reads program.

This year's theme for Open Access (OA) Week is “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity.” This research guide highlights the wide variety of OA initiatives being developed across the world by region.

ORCID Workshop for Graduate Students.

Wed, 06/07/2023 - 12pm to 1pm

UCSB Library invites graduate students to learn how to use ORCID in their research. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a unique, persistent digital identifier that you own and control and that distinguishes you from every other researcher. 

Learn more about the library's physical spaces and basic services by using the UCSB Library Self-Guided Tour. It's optimized for use on your phone and takes about 20 minutes if you walk through the building.

The Pacific Views: Library Speaker Series is an opportunity for UCSB faculty and graduate students from diverse disciplines to speak about their current research, publications, or creative work.

Attend a Zotero workshop to learn how to manage your bibliography and citations:  Wednesday, May 10: 10am-12pm. Attendance is limited, please let us know if you plan to attend.

You are invited to our next Deep Dish with the University Librarian.

New and existing Google Scholar users will need to add Get it at UC as a Library Link to their Google Scholar settings for full-text access to materials and to easily request items through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) using their UCSB NetID and Password.

First time connecting Google Scholar to UC Library Search? Use this brief video to see how to connect to UCSB Library full-text resources.

Come to room 1575 in the UCSB Library for a virtual reality and pop-up makerspace experience: 

• Monday 9/19, 11am-1pm
• Thursday 9/22, 2pm-4pm
• Friday 9/23, 1pm-3pm

Join in the fun with food, giveaways, and a chance to win some Amazon gift cards.