Recent ucsb_library_posters items

When Budget Cuts Strike: Responding to Reduced Resources in Open Access Funding Support

Mon, 8 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The looming budget crisis in higher education has not spared our institution. When the California Governor proposed significant budget cuts for the University of California system, all ten campuses faced difficult financial decisions, including reductions in collection spending. As part of this process, our institution also had to make a challenging decision regarding our Open Access (OA) funding support for authors publishing in OA journals. This poster shares how, after assessing strategies across peer institutions, we decided to pause our OA fund. It also highlights alternative ways the institution continues to advance open access publishing through infrastructure, education, and partnership efforts. The goal of this poster is to offer practical insights for other institutions navigating similar budget constraints that impact open-access initiatives such as library support for article processing charges (APCs). It also aims to foster dialogue and knowledge sharing among conference...

Getting Started with Resource Recommender

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The presenters will describe how different University of California campuses setup and manage Primo VE Resource Recommender including analytics reports/ feedback/ suggestionsthat lead to creating their recommended resources list; time, maintenance, and workflows; and patronusability considerations. It will include feedback from other campuses who will be unable to present.The presenters will also share lessons learned and what is under consideration for the future.

Material Culture of a Community Trauma: Building a Memorial Collection Out of the Isla Vista Tragedy

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

When tragedy strikes your community, few people think about preserving the objects associated with the social mourning process. This paper discusses a project to document our community’s response to a mass murder. It describes how we collected and organized materials from spontaneous memorials to make them accessible to scholars in the future. Material culture is not just the realm of archaeologists; it is also the domain of librarians, archivists, curators and historians. Our project demonstrates how a campus community can work together to preserve materials that tell the story of such an event and those who were affected by it.

Index maps: a complex relationship

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A map set is a collection of map sheets that are considered part of the same intellectual work, but not necessarily published at the same time. An index map is an overview map of the geographic region covered by a map set, and shows the grid system with the corresponding grid cell codes to help users find which map sheet covers their area of interest.

When ingesting a scanned index map into a digital library along with scanned map sheets, the relationship between the index map and the map sheets is that of a related work, whereas the relationship between map sheets and the map set as a whole is that of a child and parent. This allows complex relationships such as when index maps cover more than one map set.

The Alexandria Digital Research Library (ADRL) digital library created by UC Santa Barbara Library uses this relationship in its data model to enable the display of index maps on web pages displaying the map set as well as each map sheet's web page.

Virtual Museums: When Do They Become “Real”?

Fri, 6 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

With the launch of massively multiplayer online roleplaying games (MMORPGs), players were given the opportunity to build their own communities within the confines of virtual worlds created by the game developers. When Star Wars Galaxies was launched in June 2003, players were also given the opportunity to manipulate their environment. SWG Developers not only allowed players to place structures within the landscape of the game, but also gave them the opportunity to decorate the interiors of their buildings. It wasn’t long before players began to open their own museums. At first, the museums were nothing more than decorated houses containing developer-made paintings and objects. Eventually, however, the museums evolved and now there are quite a number that include interpretive labels, thematic exhibits, and more. While some of these museums are quite well known within their communities, they are virtually unknown by those who do not play the game.

That is not the...

Exposing the Hidden: How New Tools are Opening Up the Special Collections

Tue, 4 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

At the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), librarians teach Interdisciplinary 1 (INT 1): Fundamentals of Library Research. This credit-bearing class addresses concepts such as: catalog and database searching techniques, understanding citations and information structures, as well as locating credible print and online news sources. Instruction librarians emphasize the importance of thinking critically about information, introducing them to diverse range of information and perspectives. A significant component of INT1 entails collaboration with Special Collections to promote the unique and diverse resources. Technology is changing the nature of libraries and modifying the ways librarians teach information literacy. As stated in communication by IFLA President Sinikka Sipilä , “…libraries and other intermediaries support good governance by providing the access to information and media and skills, needed to help make informed decisions.” How can academic librarians address...

Evaluating the Need for Library Diversity Residency Programs in the 21st Century

Tue, 4 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Angela Boyd and Yolanda Blue presented the poster on October 1-2, 2014 at West Virginia University Libraries in Morgantown, West Virginia. The poster presents research findings highlighted in a talk given by the authors.

Library Residency Programs: Investing in the Future of Libraries

Mon, 2 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

In the United States, the library residency (sometimes referred to as a fellowship or internship) is defined as a temporary, entry-level position in a library that targets post-library school graduates as part of a diversity recruitment and/or early career development program. There are fewer than 30 such programs in the USA.

We conducted a nationwide survey of library residency programs in the USA. Questions addressed program planning and decision-making, attitudes toward various aspects of libraries and residents, and the effectiveness of residency programs in context. This information will be used to develop a model for libraries that have existing residency programs or that want to start a similar program.

Our research will paint a picture of the landscape of library residency programs in the USA. A comprehensive survey of both residency coordinators and residents has not been conducted before.

The workshop...

A Roadmap for Relocation: Surveying Research Behavior for Offsite Storage Decisions

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The UC Santa Barbara Library faced significant challenges in 2012 when it was determined that the collection of 700,000 volumes in the Library’s central tower had to be permanently reduced by 20 percent because of seismic retrofitting for an expansion and renovation project. While many libraries have reported on methods of engaging with faculty to inform selection decisions for offsite storage, little has been reported about using survey methodology for this purpose. To develop strategies for relocation that would have the least impact on research and teaching, a team of UCSB librarians worked with a faculty committee and the campus Social Science Survey Center to develop a survey of user behaviors and preferences in accessing library information resources. Members of the faculty committee were nominated by academic deans and the Academic Senate. The survey was distributed in spring 2012 to all faculty and graduate students. The target population returned 772 surveys, yielding...