Access Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Historical Note
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Related Material
Title: University of California, Santa Barbara, Office of Student Life collection
Identifier/Call Number: UArch 48
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Creator:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Office of Student Life
Creator:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Dean of Students Office
Physical Description:
5.84 linear feet
(5 cartons, 1 document box, and 2 half document boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1945-2003
Abstract: The Office of Student Life collection contains campus regulations on student organizations and their use of campus facilities,
guidebooks for student groups, honor lists, and general reports, flyers, memos, booklets and other materials relating to the
Dean of Students and Office of Student Life programs and services.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], University of California, Santa Barbara, Office of Student Life collection, UArch 48. Department
of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Transfer.
Historical Note
The staff of the Office of Student Life help students with a variety of issues and concerns that affect the quality of student
life. They provide general assistance to students in problem solving and emergencies, addressing grievance issues, and offer
referrals when necessary. When a personal or family crisis calls students away from campus, they process administrative withdrawals
and petitions for incomplete grades. They provide educational programs on hate incidents and crimes, academic conduct, and
the first-year experience. They are responsive to the needs and issues of students on campus and out in the Isla Vista community,
and actively work with students and other departments to provide solutions to these problems.
The Office of Student Life also provides services for campus organizations' members and leaders including: facilities room
scheduling, organization advising and consultation, leadership training and development, program planning and limited funding
sources, fund raising, trustee accounts, publicity and promotion, fraternities and sororities, special projects and events,
Nexus on Campus This Week Monday calendar, organizational development resource library, UCSB Campus Regulations Applying to
Campus Activities, Organizations, and Students.
Scope and Content
The collection contains mainly materials on the office of the Dean of Students, which later became part of the Office of Student
Life. The Office of Student Life is a department of the Division of Student Affairs. Included are student handbooks, honor
lists, reports, memorandums, programs and promotional materials, student organization files, and fraternity and sorority rush
statistics and brochures.
Arrangement
This collection has been organized into the following series: Student Organizations Handbooks and Policies, Honor Lists, Subject
Files, 2019 Addition.
Related Material
University of California, Santa Barbara, Office of Public Information subject files, UArch 12. Department of Special Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
University of California, Santa Barbara, Associated Students Records, UArch 19. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa
Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
University of California, Santa Barbara, Associated Students subject files, UArch 21. Department of Special Collections, UC
Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
University of California, Santa Barbara, Campus Planning Committee records, UArch 33. Department of Special Collections, UC
Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
University of California, Santa Barbara, Student Organizations Collection, UArch 101. Department of Special Collections, UC
Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Brochures
Handbooks
Lists (document genres)
Memorandums
Office files
Programs (documents)
Promotional materials
Reports
University of California, Santa Barbara. Office of Student Life
University of California, Santa Barbara. Dean of Students Office -- Archives