February 2024
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Public Art and Campus Placemaking

UCSB Library is pleased to present Kim Yasuda, artist and professor of public practice in the Department of Art, in the Pacific Views: Library Speaker Series for Winter 2024.

Drawing on the UCSB Reads 2024 book, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, Yasuda will speak about "Public Art and Campus Placemaking: Recentering Artists in Communities of Practice."

4:00 PM Tuesday, February 27
Pacific View Room
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UCSB Reads 2024 Launches
UCSB Reads 2024 launched in January with a book giveaway for students.

Discover the transformative power of art by reading Your Brain on Art and attending upcoming UCSB Reads events.
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New Research Computing and Data Website
The Library and the Office of Research have launched a new web resource, Research Computing and Data (RCD).

RCD serves as UCSB's portal for faculty, students, and researchers to locate campus computing and data resources that are broadly available.
Feb 3 Gary Schocker
Celebrating Flutist and Composer Gary Schocker
In celebration of the Library’s acquisition of The Gary Schocker Archives, renowned flutist and composer Gary Schocker will perform a selection of original compositions accompanied by pianist Fumi Kuwajima and featuring special guest Gary Woodward.

3:00 PM Saturday, February 3
UCSB Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
Feb 6 A mandala with a colorful gradient
Arts and Well-Being: A UCSB Reads 2024 Workshop
This interactive workshop will help you discover your path to creativity and creative expression in fostering well-being.

5:00 PM Tuesday, February 6
Instruction & Training 1312
Feb 8 Detail from book cover of Miss Chase Santa Barbara’s Trailblazer
The Legacy of Pearl Chase
British historian Simon Kerry will discuss his new book Miss Chase: Santa Barbara’s Trailblazer in conversation with local Santa Barbara historian and author Erin Graffy.

5:00 PM Thursday, February 8
Special Research Collections
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UC Love Data Week 2024
A series of presentations and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation. Events are open to all UC affiliates.

Our Research Data Services team will lead two sessions:

February 12–16
Online
Feb 23 Self Help Graphics at Fifty Book cover
Aesthetic Mobility and Solidarities at Self Help Graphics and Art
Karen Mary Davalos (Univ. of Minnesota) and Tatiana Reinoza (Univ. of Notre Dame) will discuss their new co-edited book Self Help Graphics at Fifty: A Cornerstone of Latinx Art and Collaborative Artmaking.

The presentation is cosponsored by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center and in conjunction with the Library's exhibition "Cultura Cura: 50 Years of Self Help Graphics in East LA."

12:00 PM Friday, February 23
Online
Collection Spotlight The Sojourner Kincaid Rolle Papers
Honoring Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
In recognition of Black History Month, our librarian Angela Chikowero has curated a display honoring the late Sojourner Kincaid Rolle.

Rolle was an award-winning African-American poet, playwright, community activist, TV producer, and Santa Barbara Poet Laureate.

Now through March 1
Ethnic & Gender Studies Collection