Author: Brian Quigley

The Library is pleased to announce the public launch of our universal return service. Thanks to this new service, library borrowers are now able to return most circulating materials to any library location, and are no longer required to walk each item back to the owning library.

Exceptions to universal return include the following:

• course reserves
• interlibrary loan materials must be returned to ILL in Doe 133
• special items such as maps, music scores, and media must be returned to the owning library
• Law Library items must be returned there

Production of our Recent Acquisitions lists has resumed. These lists contain titles cataloged or recataloged during the last 60 days, and they can be viewed online or via RSS feeds. If you have subscribed to any of these RSS feeds, you should be seeing updates once again.

Several science libraries are offering library tours this week to welcome new (and returning) students to campus.

Bioscience & Natural Resources Library (2101 VLSB)

• Tue., August 21, 2:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
• Wed., August 22, 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
• Thu., September 6, 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Earth Sciences & Map Library (50 McCone)

• Tue., August 21, 2:00 pm.-3:00 p.m.

Physics-Astronomy Library (351 LeConte)

• Tue., August 21, 3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Wed., August 22, 10:15 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
• Thu., August 23, 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

For other library events, please see the Engineering Library’s list of library workshops (open to all students) and the Welcome Week library events calendar.

You may have noticed a new library location in OskiCat – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL)!

On July 30, over 17,000 records from the LBNL Library were added to our library catalog. What does this change mean for you?

• Campus patrons can now request items from the LBNL Library to pick up at any campus library (just like they can do for NRLF items)
• LBNL staff can request and check out materials from campus libraries using their LBNL photo ID
• LBNL staff can request items from libraries at other universities using the Request option in Melvyl
• People with joint UCB/LBNL appointments are considered campus patrons and will continue to use their Cal1 cards as their library cards

If you have any questions about this exciting development, please be sure to ask your librarian.

Note: The Request button does not yet appear in OskiCat for LBNL Library items, so campus patrons cannot place requests themselves at this time. Very soon, this problem will be fixed. In the meantime, please ask circulation desk staff to place requests for LBNL Library materials for you.