UCSB Reads 2025 Events

UCSB Reads 2025 continues in February with three workshops inspired by this year's book selection, The Book of Delights by Ross Gay:

• Vision board making
• Journal bookbinding
• Bookmark weaving

New Exhibition: 

Through the Looking Glass

"Through the Looking Glass: A Microscopic Look at our Native Bees" showcases bee biodiversity through high-resolution images and pinned specimens of rare, local bees, many of which can be found on the UCSB campus.

February 18–June 30

Ocean Gallery (1st Floor, Ocean Side)

Sara Miller McCune Arts Library

The opening of the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library culminated a multiyear effort to unite library collections and services in a central, state-of-the-art space. It also represents the vision of its namesake, a longstanding UCSB donor.

“Libraries are a place to learn, to explore, to read and they are often the doors to higher education,” Miller McCune said.

UC Love Data Week 2025

A series of presentations and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation. Events are open to all UC affiliates.

The Library's Research Data Services department will lead four sessions:

• Quarto Showcase
• Safeguarding Privacy in Qualitative Research
• Integrating SQL into R Analytical Workflows
• Unlocking Data: A Gentle Introduction to APIs

February 10–14

Online

Playing with Legos... 

at a University?!

Our Research Data Services department launched a new training that uses Lego building bricks to introduce UCSB graduate students to open science principles and research data management practices.

In the Media: 

Phil Pister Collection

The cover story in the fall/winter issue of UC Santa Barbara Magazine examines the legacy of pioneering fishery biologist Phil Pister.

Pister donated his research materials to UCSB and the Library is digitizing his photographic slides, which number more than 24,000.