Recent ucsb_library_reports items

Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC: November 2025 Public Report

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The University of California (UC) Libraries Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC public report provides a comprehensive strategic framework for advancing open access (OA) monograph publishing across the University. It recognizes that UC, as a global research leader, is uniquely positioned to influence the future of open monograph publishing by fostering sustainable, equitable, and high-impact models that align with the University’s mission of research excellence, equity, and public service. This report, which was developed through a multi-track open monographs initiative launched by the UC Libraries in Spring 2025, builds on the foundation of the 2018 Pathways to Open Access toolkit. While that earlier work analyzed open models, frameworks and strategies broadly, this 2025 analysis addresses the distinct challenges and opportunities associated with OA monographs and supporting UC authors at scale.

INT 100: Critical Research and Information Studies Final Report

Thu, 8 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This report summarizes the design, implementation, and assessment of a credit-bearing information literacy course offered at UCSB for undergraduates in the Winter 2021 quarter. This course was developed by the 2019-2022 Evolving Workforce Residency Librarian at UCSB Library.

Executive Summary: Teaching undergraduates with quantitative data in the Social Sciences at UCSB

Wed, 1 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Executive Summary: Teaching undergraduates with quantitative data in the Social Sciences at UCSB

Teaching undergraduates with quantitative data in the social sciences at University of California Santa Barbara: a local report

Wed, 1 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This report details the investigation of practices of instructors who use quantitative data to teach undergraduate courses within the Social Sciences. The study was undertaken by employees of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library, who participated in this research project with 19 other colleges and universities across the U.S. under the direction of Ithaka S+R. Ithaka S+R is a New York-based research organization, which, among other goals, seeks to develop strategies, services, and products to meet evolving academic trends to support faculty and students.

A Campus Conversation: Report on the State of Funding for UCSB Library Collections

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The library addition and renovation project will provide much-needed space for new programs to support the rapidly changing research environment, but will have no impact on the library’s ability to provide access to the scholarly record. Because of the insufficient collections budget, UCSB access to global research necessary for our faculty to compete and excel is now severely at risk. Despite high inflation in the cost of scholarly information resources over the last decade, the collections base budget has remained flat. As a result, UCSB now stands at a significant competitive disadvantage, ranking last among AAU public institutions in collections expenditures. Although the faculty have identified collections as the library service most in need of improvement, acquisitions will decline sharply starting next year. Even with the cancellation of a thousand journals, book purchasing will decrease by 50 percent, with further steep declines in the following years. We invite a campus...

Forum Planning Committee’s Report to UC Council of University Librarians on Choosing Pathways to Open Access (CP2OA)

Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

On October 16-17, 2018, University of California (UC) libraries hosted a working forum in Berkeley, California entitled “Choosing Pathways to Open Access” (“CP2OA”) (see https://cp2oa18.com/). Sponsored by the University of California’s Council of University Librarians (“CoUL”), the forum was designed to enable North American library or consortium leaders and key academic stakeholders to engage in action-focused deliberations about redirecting subscription and other funds toward sustainable open access (“OA”) publishing.

This report was prepared by members of the forum’s Planning Committee1 as a way to update CoUL on forum outcomes, and to synthesize these outcomes into recommendations for further collective (UC multi-institutional) action to advance OA. The recommendations reflect the opinions of the report drafters; they are not an official statement by CoUL, nor should publication of this report signify CoUL’s endorsement of our recommendations. We (the Planning Committee)...

Faculty/Researcher Survey on Data Curation

Fri, 11 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

In 2012 the Data Curation @ UCSB Project surveyed UCSB campus faculty and researchers on the subject of data curation, with the goals of 1) better understanding the scope of the digital curation problem and the curation services that are needed, and 2) characterizing the role that the UCSB Library might play in supporting curation of campus research outputs. The findings argue for the establishment of a campus unit possessing data curation expertise and providing curation-related assistance to campus researchers, and possibly hosting curation services.