Recent ucsb_library items

Global Infrastructures and Methodological Literacy in the Digital Humanities. The Case of TheProgramming Historianin Spanish

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Global Infrastructures and Methodological Literacy in the Digital Humanities. The Case of TheProgramming Historianin Spanish

The Equilibrium Theory of Inhomogeneous Polymers

Wed, 1 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This book provides an introduction to the field-theoretic methods and computer simulation techniques used in the design of structured polymeric fluids for a wide variety of applications. By such methods, the principles that dictate equilibrium self-assembly in systems ranging from block and graft copolymers, to polyelectrolytes, liquid crystalline polymers, and polymer nanocomposites can be established. Building on an introductory discussion of single-polymer statistical mechanics, the book provides a detailed treatment of analytical and numerical techniques for addressing the statistical properties of polymers subjected to spatially-varying potential fields. This problem is shown to be central to the field-theoretic description of interacting polymeric fluids, and models for a number of important polymer systems are elaborated. Self-consistent field theory is treated in detail, which is a collection of analytical and numerical techniques for obtaining solutions of polymer...

Speaking Rights to Power: Constructing Political Will

Wed, 1 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

How can “Speaking Rights to Power” construct political will to respond to human rights abuse worldwide? Examining dozens of cases of human rights campaigns, this book shows how communication politics build recognition, solidarity, and social change. The book presents an innovative analysis of the politics of persuasion, based in the strategic use of voice, framing, media, protest performance, and audience bridging. Building on twenty years of research on five continents, this comprehensive study ranges from Aung San Suu Kyi to Anna Hazare, from Congo to Colombia, from Arab Spring to Pussy Riot. It includes both well-chronicled campaigns like the struggle to end violence against women, as well as lesser-known efforts, such as interethnic human rights alliances in the United States. Cases of relative success are carefully compared with unavailing struggles. The author's analysis is grounded in the concrete practice of human rights campaigns and derives testable strategic guidance...

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.

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...

Queer Traffic: Sex, Panic, Free Trade

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In Queer Traffic, Jennifer Tyburczy traces how sexual dissidents across the Mexico-Canada-US borderlands transport the objects and experiences that nourish their sexual and social lives. She situates the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as a pivot point in the formation of panics aimed at stamping out these outlaw sex practices. Highlighting NAFTA’s erotic investments in hetero- and homonormativity, racial capitalism, markets of dispossession, and neocolonialism, Tyburczy directly engages with art, activism, and archives to revisit the struggles of people who invented circuits of sexual exchange through four decades of violence and criminalization. In conversing with actors from bureaucrats to pornographers and in studying choreographies, social movements, and street vocabularies, she examines an array of tactics that undermine the market logics of trade law and policy. Dreaming of other forms of living that go beyond mere survival, Queer Traffic guides...

Reflective by Design: A Metacognitive Template for Information Literacy Assessment

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy describes the dispositions of an information literate student, but how can we assess if students are developing these dispositions? This presentation explores how the University of North Carolina Wilmington Library developed a flexible, reflective assessment template to evaluate dispositions in information literacy. Drawing inspiration from the Information Literacy Reflection Tool – a metacognitive self-assessment aligned with the ACRL Framework's threshold concepts – the library’s Academic & Research Engagement department created a bank of reflective prompts mapped to the university's information literacy student learning outcomes and benchmarks for first-year, intermediate, and graduating students. The tool was first piloted in English Composition courses as pre- and post-research reflections and encouraged students to consider how their information behaviors maintained or evolved over time. Now implemented programmatically across...

"I Look in People's Windows": Exploring Women's Experiences in Victorian Consumer Culture

Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

"I Look in People's Windows": Exploring Women's Experiences in Victorian Consumer Culture

Charting The Winds of Fate: Exploring the Role of Wind Stress as a Driver of Coastal Sage Scrub Plant Community Assemblage

Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Charting The Winds of Fate: Exploring the Role of Wind Stress as a Driver of Coastal Sage Scrub Plant Community Assemblage

Evaluating Racial Match and Concordance in ASD Interventions: Preliminary Findings from a Multidisciplinary Scoping Review

Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Evaluating Racial Match and Concordance in ASD Interventions: Preliminary Findings from a Multidisciplinary Scoping Review

‘Powerful Knowledges of Resistance’: Listening to Women of Color Feminism in Environmental Justice Movements

Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The environmental justice movement emerged in response to the disproportionate burden of environmental harm experienced by marginalized communities, specifically emphasizing the role of race and class inequalities as a driving force. However, critical environmental justice expands on this to incorporate and center all overlooked communities. More specifically, critical environmental justice recognizes that environmental inequalities are deeply intertwined with multiple systems of oppression, demonstrating that this intersectionality is required to fully understand and address environmental injustices. One aspect that is often overlooked is the intersectional role of gender. Women of color have been at the forefront of environmental justice movements since the very beginning. They are situated at the crossroad of racial, class, gender, and environmental injustices. Mobilizations by women leaders in Warren County, North Carolina, by the Mothers of East Los Angeles, and at the Standing...

Beauty from Within: Mickalene Thomas' Self-Love of Black Femininity

Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Beauty from Within: Mickalene Thomas' Self-Love of Black Femininity

The Effects of Discussing Race on Racial Bias and Health Attitudes

Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Effects of Discussing Race on Racial Bias and Health Attitudes

The Fate of the Motherland's Children: Youth Action, Trauma, and Experiences within the Russian Revolution (1917-1923)

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Fate of the Motherland's Children: Youth Action, Trauma, and Experiences within the Russian Revolution (1917-1923)

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.

VISUALIZING RACE: HOW STEREOTYPES ACTIVATE RACIALIZED THINKINGWHEN RACIAL CUES ARE NOT PRESENT

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

VISUALIZING RACE: HOW STEREOTYPES ACTIVATE RACIALIZED THINKINGWHEN RACIAL CUES ARE NOT PRESENT

The “Dulcie Lives On” Podcast Series: Sparking Students’ Intellectual Curiosity Through Library Instruction

Tue, 4 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The “Dulcie Lives On” Podcast Series: Sparking Students’ Intellectual Curiosity Through Library Instruction

Modesty, The Double Edged Sword: Exploring Veils as a Symbol of Female Liberation andOppression in the Work of Lalla Essaydi

Thu, 8 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Modesty, The Double Edged Sword: Exploring Veils as a Symbol of Female Liberation andOppression in the Work of Lalla Essaydi

Navigating Higher Education: Stress and Control Among First-Generation Undergraduates

Thu, 8 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

First-generation undergraduates have a more challenging time succeeding in higher education than non-first-generation undergraduates due to a lack of cultural capital and their familial background. Previous research has found that financial and academic are significant stressors for undergraduates. First-generation undergraduates displayed higher levels of stress and an internal locus of control. To further inform how higher education institutions can develop support systems and resources for first-generation students, this study examines how an individual's trait anxiety and generational status may influence their locus of control when faced with academic or financial pressures. In this study, 131 undergraduates were randomly assigned to a vignette depicting a financial or academic scenario regardless of their generational status, followed by a trait anxiety inventory and locus of control questionnaire. Although previous research suggests that first-generation undergraduates...

Eco-anxiety in college students: Assessment and intervention in populations vulnerable to climate change related mental health disorders

Thu, 8 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Eco-anxiety in college students: Assessment and intervention in populations vulnerable to climate change related mental health disorders

“Spiritually Unsexed”: Believers, Critics, and Early Histories of the Publick Universal Friend, 1776-1835

Thu, 8 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

“Spiritually Unsexed”: Believers, Critics, and Early Histories of the Publick Universal Friend, 1776-1835

Green Architecture: Comparing Ancient Civilization’s Techniques to Today’s

Thu, 8 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Cultures and ancient civilizations have developed the art of construction by creating simple but effective cliff dwellings to grand structures like pagodas and Byzantine domes to work alongside the environment around them. The term for this is Vernacular Architecture, how cultures manifest traditions through buildings adapted to the environment with unique craftsmanship. However, modern architecture prioritizes minimizing cost per square foot as land prices rise, minimizing time spent to create new designs by using the same building plans, and modern trends and fads. Especially in developing countries where “globalization” often translates to “Westernization”, this causes trading out of local architectural practices and climate techniques for internationally used materials and high-tech designs. Think of the five-over-one type apartments that have popped up all over the place or the sprawling suburbs that have taken over since the 1930s. Although these new...

Understanding the value of curation: A survey of US data repository curation practices and perceptions

Mon, 1 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Data curators play an important role in assessing data quality and take actions that may ultimately lead to better, more valuable data products. This study explores the curation practices of data curators working within US-based data repositories. We performed a survey in January 2021 to benchmark the levels of curation performed by repositories and assess the perceived value and impact of curation on the data sharing process. Our analysis included 95 responses from 59 unique data repositories. Respondents primarily were professionals working within repositories and examined curation performed within a repository setting. A majority 72.6% of respondents reported that "data-level" curation was performed by their repository and around half reported their repository took steps to ensure interoperability and reproducibility of their repository's datasets. Curation actions most frequently reported include checking for duplicate files, reviewing documentation, reviewing metadata, minting...

Attitudes and norms affecting scientists data reuse.

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The value of sharing scientific research data is widely appreciated, but factors that hinder or prompt the reuse of data remain poorly understood. Using the Theory of Reasoned Action, we test the relationship between the beliefs and attitudes of scientists towards data reuse, and their self-reported data reuse behaviour. To do so, we used existing responses to selected questions from a worldwide survey of scientists developed and administered by the DataONE Usability and Assessment Working Group (thus practicing data reuse ourselves). Results show that the perceived efficacy and efficiency of data reuse are strong predictors of reuse behaviour, and that the perceived importance of data reuse corresponds to greater reuse. Expressed lack of trust in existing data and perceived norms against data reuse were not found to be major impediments for reuse contrary to our expectations. We found that reported use of models and remotely-sensed data was associated with greater reuse. The...

Methods of Assessing Air Pollution and Economic Development in Colombia

Wed, 5 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Methods of Assessing Air Pollution and Economic Development in Colombia

MoMA and American Art: A Re-Evaluation of the Museum of Modern Art and its Presumed Eurocentric Attitude

Wed, 5 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

MoMA and American Art: A Re-Evaluation of the Museum of Modern Art and its Presumed Eurocentric Attitude

The Politics of Pegasus Spyware: Examining the Impact of Surveillance on Journalism

Wed, 5 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The Politics of Pegasus Spyware: Examining the Impact of Surveillance on Journalism

Spatial Analysis of Rooftop PV Suitability and Solar Potential and the Estimation of PotentialAnnual Electricity Generation of UCSB Campus and Isla Vista

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Spatial Analysis of Rooftop PV Suitability and Solar Potential and the Estimation of PotentialAnnual Electricity Generation of UCSB Campus and Isla Vista

Political Ideology and Early Restaurant Avoidance during Covid-19

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Political Ideology and Early Restaurant Avoidance during Covid-19

Welfare Reform, It's What's For Lunch: How the Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast Program Changed School Lunch Across America

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Welfare Reform, It's What's For Lunch: How the Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast Program Changed School Lunch Across America

Sea Level Rise Risk Perceptions: Assessing Students at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Sea Level Rise Risk Perceptions: Assessing Students at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Avoid Relying on Hazardous Organic Solvents for your Organic Reactions: Water as the Reaction Medium

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Avoid Relying on Hazardous Organic Solvents for your Organic Reactions: Water as the Reaction Medium

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.

Puerto Rico’s Archival Traditions in a Colonial Context

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This chapter examines the historical antecedents of recordkeeping and archives in Puerto Rico, during both Spanish and U.S. colonial rules. It also explores the history and current issues of the Archivo General de Puerto Rico (General Archive of Puerto Rico). This historical analysis is made within the context of colonialism, examining the effects of Puerto Rico’s colonial status (during the Spanish colonial period and the current period under United States colonial management) on the mission and work of the AGPR. We argue that while the Archivo General was created to address the chaotic management of government records, its founding reflected the conflicting realities of Puerto Rico’s colonial status as a U.S. territory on the one hand, and on the other, the efforts by the new ELA government to shape a Puerto Rican identity connected to the island’s colonial past with Spain as a deterrent against U.S. assimilation.

La nación del porvenir: La visión de la nación puertorriqueña dentro del marco del romanticismo, el cosmopolitismo y la modernidad de Alejandro Tapia y Rivera

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

La nación del porvenir: La visión de la nación puertorriqueña dentro del marco del romanticismo, el cosmopolitismo y la modernidad de Alejandro Tapia y Rivera

New Japanese Photography (1974): An Introduction to Postwar Japanese Photography

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

New Japanese Photography (1974): An Introduction to Postwar Japanese Photography

Gold Catalyzed Ring Enlargement

Tue, 6 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Gold Catalyzed Ring Enlargement

Reinterpreting Gendered Spaces of Modernity in the Portraits of a Violinist

Tue, 6 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Reinterpreting Gendered Spaces of Modernity in the Portraits of a Violinist

The Community-Led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) project: A transformative open access monograph initiative

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

In an era of transformative agreements for journals, the article examines the Community-Led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) project through a transformative lens. How might we apply transformativeness to open access monograph publishing? Is transformativeness measured in strictly financial and transactional terms, or should more qualitative measures be considered; and, if so, what might those measures be? Centering academic values, scaling small, fostering communities of practice, production efficiencies, and collaboration are characteristics of the COPIM Project. Libraries and universities committed to academic values are called on to align both the direction of their scholarly communication programs and the principles underlying their collection development policies around a reimagined and transformative open access monograph publishing system that aims higher, beyond transaction-based cost transparencies.

Is negative capacitance FET a steep-slope logic switch?

Tue, 5 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The negative-capacitance field-effect transistor(NC-FET) has attracted tremendous research efforts. However, the lack of a clear physical picture and design rule for this device has led to numerous invalid fabrications. In this work, we address this issue based on an unexpectedly concise and insightful analytical formulation of the minimum hysteresis-free subthreshold swing (SS), together with several important conclusions. Firstly, well-designed MOSFETs that have low trap density, low doping in the channel, and excellent electrostatic integrity, receive very limited benefit from NC in terms of achieving subthermionic SS. Secondly, quantum-capacitance is the limiting factor for NC-FETs to achieve hysteresis-free subthermionic SS, and FETs that can operate in the quantum-capacitance limit are desired platforms for NC-FET construction. Finally, a practical role of NC in FETs is to save the subthreshold and overdrive voltage losses. Our analysis and findings are intended to steer...

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