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Get to know "Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality" by Venki Ramakrishnan, 1 of the 5 books shortlisted for UCSB Reads 2025.

Vote for your top pick for UCSB Reads 2025 for a chance to win a free copy of the selected book:
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/ucsbreadsvote

What did we miss?

We're pleased to announce that Alan Grosenheider has been appointed Interim University Librarian. Alan has served as Deputy University Librarian at UCSB since 2012 and was Acting University Librarian in 2017-18.

Kristin Antelman retired as University Librarian at the end of July after serving in the role for six years. UCSB has begun a national search for our next University Librarian and formed a search advisory committee.

Congratulations Alan!

https://www.library.ucsb.edu/news/interim-ul-appointed

Get to know "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" by Gabrielle Zevin, 1 of the 5 books shortlisted for UCSB Reads 2025.

Vote for your top pick for UCSB Reads 2025 for a chance to win a free copy of the selected book!
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/ucsbreadsvote

The August issue of our newsletter is out now! Discover the latest UCSB Library news, events and exhibitions at https://conta.cc/3Yjwlqs.

Get to know "The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History" by Ned Blackhawk, 1 of the 5 books shortlisted for UCSB Reads 2025.

Vote for your top pick for UCSB Reads 2025 for a chance to win a free copy of the selected book:
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/ucsbreadsvote

Library acquires papers of Nobel Laureate Herbert Kroemer Kroemer’s collection, including his research and teaching papers, ephemera and digital materials, was donated by his daughters

Get to know some of our in-person, hybrid and online resources. 🏢 💻 📚 📰 🧰

Which one is your favorite?

You can learn more about these and other UCSB Library resources on our website. Link in bio.

Will you medal in the Liblympics? 📚 🏢 🥇 🥈 🥉

Get to know "The Book of Delights" by Ross Gay, 1 of the 5 books shortlisted for UCSB Reads 2025.

What delights you?

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UCSB librarian Annie Platoff was quoted extensively in an article about the flags NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Apollo astronauts left on the moon. 🌔 🇺🇸

Read the article: https://www.space.com/apollo-program-flags-moon

Happy Summer! 😎 ☀️ 🏖️ 🏄‍♀️ 📚 💻

What's missing from our Venn diagram?

Get to know "The Anthropocene Reviewed" by John Green, 1 of the 5 books shortlisted for UCSB Reads 2025.

Vote for your top pick for UCSB Reads 2025 for a chance to win a free copy of the selected book:
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UCSB Library has acquired the faculty papers of Nobel Laureate and notable professor emeritus Herbert Kroemer (1928–2024).

Kroemer is considered to be one of the greatest technological visionaries and innovators of the second half of the 20th century and early 21st century.

His award-winning concept of the double-heterostructure laser became the dominant design of semiconductor lasers and paved the way for the development of high-speed fiber-optic internet communications, satellite communications, mobile phones, and bar-code readers.

https://www.library.ucsb.edu/news/library-receives-herbert-kroemer-papers

Meet Shadoe Dewitt, the 2024 2nd prize winner in the Science & Engineering category. Shadoe’s research, "Eco-anxiety in College Students: Assessment and Intervention in Populations Vulnerable to Climate Change-Related Mental Health Disorders," investigates the mental health impacts of climate change on students.

Congratulations Shadoe!

Meet April Zhang the 2024 1st prize winner in the Science & Engineering category. April's award-winning research paper, "Flammability of Wildland Fuel Types and Its Relevance to Fire Spread and Ignition: A Comparative Study of Tree Dead Fuels and Surrounding Live Shrub Fuels in Southern California Forests," examines fire behavior in different fuel types.

Congratulations April!

The July issue of our newsletter is out now! Discover the UCSB Reads 2025 shortlist and more UCSB Library news at https://conta.cc/3VKM7YB.

🚨 The UCSB Reads 2025 shortlist is out now! 📚 Swipe to see the 4 nonfiction titles and one fiction title under consideration.

Vote for your top pick by August 19 for a chance to win a free copy of the selected book!
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/ucsbreadsvote

Meet Audrey Gaceta, the 2024 2nd prize winner in the Social Sciences category. Audrey’s research, "Navigating Higher Education: Stress and Control Among First-Generation Undergraduates," delves into the challenges faced by first-generation college students.

Congratulations Audrey!

Meet Sanjana Sujeet, the 2024 1st prize winner in the Social Sciences category. Sanjana's award-winning research paper is titled "Green Architecture: Comparing Ancient Civilizations’ Techniques to Today’s."

Congratulations Sanjana!

Meet this year's winners of the UCSB Library Undergraduate Research Award: April Luce, Sanjana Sujeet, Hanna Kawamoto, April Zhang, Shadoe Dewitt, and Audrey Gaceta. 📚🌟

Learn more about their work, spanning from historical gender identity to modern environmental challenges: https://ow.ly/nsvP50SmO7n

Meet April Luce, the 2024 2nd prize winner in the Humanities & Fine Arts category. April's research, titled "Modesty, the Double-Edged Sword: Exploring Veils as a Symbol of Female Liberation and Oppression in the Work of Lalla Essaydi," reevaluates the complex symbolism of veils in art and society.

Congratulations April!

Meet Hanna Kawamoto, the 2024 1st prize winner in the Humanities & Fine Arts category. Hanna's award-winning research paper, "Spiritually Unsexed: Believers, Critics, and Early Histories of the Publick Universal Friend, 1776-1835," explores historical perspectives on gender and spirituality.

Congratulations Hanna!

To celebrate LGBT+ Pride Month, we've curated a collection of books and ebooks related to LGBT and Q***r Studies materials that are available at UCSB Library.

Explore the collection:
https://search.library.ucsb.edu/discovery/collectionDiscovery?vid=01UCSB_INST:UCSB&collectionId=81441057380003776&lang=en

Thank you for learning and making unforgettable memories with us! 🎓 Congrats to the Class of 2024! 🥳

The Music Library 🏢 🎵 📚 will permanently close to the public starting Monday, August 5. Music collection materials will be inaccessible to patrons for the approximately 8 weeks it takes to move all collections into the Arts Library and construction is completed.

Details 🔎 https://www.library.ucsb.edu/news/permanent-closure-music-library

Cheers to Jasmin, Lada and Ever, the winners of our graduation photo shoot giveaway! 📸 🎓 Graduating with degrees in Psychological and Brain Sciences, Economics and Mechanical Engineering, respectively. Your futures are bright!

Congratulations to all our incredible library student employees who are graduating! 🎓 🎉 Your dedication and hard work make our library shine. Thank you for everything you do, and here's to a bright future ahead!

Last call for our library user survey!

By completing this short survey by Friday you can help improve the Library's website and communications and win a $50 Amazon gift card. It's a win-win situation! 📚

Participate now: https://ucsb.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2392dSyXG92OTJQ