Take a Self-Guided Tour of Davidson Library

Wondering where to go to check out books? Want to know more about the Davidson Library?

Take a tour of the Library anytime you want by printing out a walking paper guide or downloading the audio tour onto your MP3 player from http://www.library.ucsb.edu/tour.

MS Word Available on More Computers!

Last school year we got a lot of requests to add MS Office (including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) to more of our computers. You asked, we listened!

This year you will find that all of our public computers (except those for Reserves lookup and those with scanners) have MS Office available. Hopefully this will make it easier for you to get those term papers done.

We highly recommend that you bring a thumb drive to save your work and save your changes frequently. This is the best way to make sure you don’t have any problems with your files.

Welcome back and good luck with your classes!

Get credit for learning to use the Library!

There are a few places open in Interdisciplinary Studies 1 (aka INT1) – the Library’s Introduction to Library Research course.

As of Monday morning, September 28th, there are seats in:

Monday 10—10:50 SECTION CANCELLED

Monday 2—2:50 Sally Weimer (2 seats open)
weimer@library.ucsb.edu, 893-3207

Tuesday 11—11:50 Janet Martorana (6 seats open)
martoran@library.ucsb.edu, 893-8724

Tuesday 2—2:50 Yolanda Blue (7 seats open)
blue@library.ucsb.edu, 893-3062

Wednesday 11—11:50 Gary Colmenar (3 seats open)
colmenar@library.ucsb.edu, 893-8067

Wednesday 1—1:50 Chuck Huber (1 seat open)
huber@library.ucsb.edu, 893-2762

Thursday 10—10:50 SECTION CANCELLED

Thursday 1—1:50 Andrea Duda (2 seats open)
duda@library.ucsb.edu, 893-2647

Improved Wireless in the Arts Library

In an effort to improve wireless access in the library, we have upgraded the the wireless network in the Arts Library. The new network is much faster and will make your research much easier.

We have also upgraded the wireless on the 1st, 4th, and 5th floors of the Davidson Library. If you are looking for a fast connection, try one of these floors.

Don’t forget that we also have a wireless printing service available for PC users.  People who are logged on through the wireless network can send print jobs to any of the public printers in the library.  For more information on wireless printing, see http://www.library.ucsb.edu/print.html.

All of these changes are part of our ongoing efforts to improve our services for our users.

Need help? We’ve got your back, 24/7.

We have expanded the hours of our chat reference service.  Now, you can get help from a librarian 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

All you have to do is Ask a Librarian!

UCSB Ethnic and Multicultural Archive Launches Teatro Campesino Online

August 13, 2009 (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– More than 100 vintage video recordings of the world- renowned Latino theater company El Teatro Campesino are now available online courtesy of the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) at UC Santa Barbara’s Davidson Library.  The digitized videos, 118 in all, make up the Teatro Campesino Online Collection, and can be accessed on CEMA’s ImaginArte Web site. Read more: http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=2075

Actors perform a scene from the play “El Corrido.” Photo credit: Melvyn Richardson. Courtesy of the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archive, UCSB Davidson Library.

UCSB Library Awarded Second NEH Grant

UCSB Library Awarded Second National Endowment for the Humanities Grant To Document Historical Sound Recordings by Victor Talking Machine Company

August 6, 2009

(Santa Barbara, Calif.)–– The University Library at UC Santa Barbara has been awarded a second National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to further develop an online encyclopedia of all the recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company (which later became RCA Victor) between 1900-1950.

Continue reading:  http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=2070

New Current Serials Area in Davidson Library

The current serials and newspapers which were located on the first floor in the Davidson Library are now located up on the second floor.

In this new area on the second floor you will now find both the main library serials and the Sciences & Engineering library serials, arranged A-Z. To find this new area from the main elevators, turn right and go into the 2-story section of the building. They will be on your right just as you enter that part of the building (see map).

The newspapers are at the end of the area, near the Quiet Study Room and the stairs that go down to the northeast entrance to the library.

Improved Study Areas in the Arts Library

Electrical outlets have now been installed around all study carrels and tables in the Arts Library on both the first and second floors. The study areas are also wireless zones. These areas are for quiet study and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Food, drink, and cell phones are prohibited.

UC Campuses to Evaluate Scopus

Through December, 2010 the UC community will have an opportunity to try out and evaluate the Scopus database: http://www.scopus.com.

Scopus is a large interdisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and selected websites developed by the scholarly publisher Elsevier. It currently indexes, selectively abstracts, and provides citation analysis since 1996 for nearly 18,000 peer-reviewed journals including open access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, web pages, and patent records. Although most comprehensive in the sciences, Scopus is currently expanding its coverage of the social sciences and humanities literature. Citations in Scopus are linked to full-text articles available via UC eLinks.

During the Scopus evaluation period, members of the UC community are invited to consider its coverage and functionality in comparison with similar databases. Given the current fiscal restraints throughout the UC system, it is unlikely that CDL or any of the UC Libraries will be able to provide access to multiple resources with duplicate or similar content after 2009. The Libraries working with the Scopus Task Force will be actively soliciting feedback on Scopus from end users during the course of the access period.

Various training opportunities for Scopus are being planned at each UC campus. Interested researchers at UCSB are encouraged to go to http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/scopus/index.asp for information on training opportunities and links to online tutorials.

More information about the Scopus trial is available at http://www.cdlib.org/inside/collect/scopus_public.html.

The librarian at UCSB who is coordinating the systemwide evaluation of Scopus is Andrea Duda, who may be contacted at duda@library.ucsb.edu or 893-2647 for additional information and feedback.