New Exhibition: 

Polar Opposites

Polar Opposites features the works of two UCSB alumni, photographer Macduff Everton and painter Mary Heebner.

The exhibition showcases their exploration of the stark beauty and profound landscapes of the polar regions over the course of their three decades-long collaboration.

January 27–June 20

Mountain Gallery (1st Floor, Mountain Side)

Media Rooms in Arts Library Opening

The Multimedia Studio, Listening Rooms, and Media Lab in the new Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side) will open to UCSB affiliates on January 6.

The reservable rooms provide access to state-of-the-art technology for listening to, recording, and editing audio and video.

Save the Date: 

Pacific Views Talk by Haewon Jeong

The Library is pleased to present Haewon Jeong (Electrical and Computer Engineering) in the Pacific Views: Library Speaker Series for Winter 2025.

Jeong will speak about "Ethical AI: Serving Humanity or Falling Short?"

4:00 PM Tuesday, February 4

Pacific View Room (8th Floor)

Library Receives John Steinbeck First Editions and Audio Recordings

The Library has received a collection of John Steinbeck first editions, including The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, and audio recordings.

The collection was donated by UCSB alumni Mark Maxson ‘75 and Mary Burchill ‘76.

The Golden Age of Italian Recording

The Library has completed a grant-funded project to digitize portions of its collection of sound recordings made by Columbia Records in Italy between 1923 and 1950.

The recordings not only documented Italy's culture of the era but also shaped musical tastes internationally.

In the Media: Early Recordings Initiative

John Levin, the co-founder of the Library's Early Recordings Initiative, was featured in a revelatory Washington Post article and BBC video about the earliest known country music recording, sung by a Black singer in 1891.

UCSB affiliates enjoy free digital access to the Washington Post thanks to a Library subscription.

Karmiole Research Fellowship Application Deadline

The Library is accepting applications for the 2025 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Research Fellowship until January 31.

The fellowship enables a scholar to pursue research in our Special Research Collections.