Author: Brian Quigley
Later hours at the Engineering Library start March 2
Beginning March 2, the Engineering Library will be extending its hours to include later hours as a pilot project through Spring 2015. During the pilot, the hours for the Spring and Fall semesters will be:
- Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-midnight
- Friday: 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
- Saturday: 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
- Sunday: 1 p.m.-11 p.m.
Please note the new opening hour and consult the Library Hours page to check the hours for particular days. The library will evaluate usage during the pilot to determine whether the extended hours will be continued past Spring 2015. We thank the College of Engineering for providing funding for this pilot project, and the entire office of ASUC Senator Quinn Z Shen, Thiagu Sezhian, and Byran Yang for proposing the idea and gathering student support for it.
ProQuest and RefWorks downtime February 15
ProQuest will be unavailable from 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 15 until 3 a.m. on Sunday, February 16 due to scheduled maintenance. RefWorks will also be unavailable at times.
This outage will affect a number of our databases including the following:
- Agricola
- Dissertations and Theses (Dissertation Abstracts)
- Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
- Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
- GeoRef
- Historical Newspapers
- PAIS International
- PsycInfo
- Sociological Abstracts
Updated: ACS temporary access problems resolved
We are currently experiencing problems with our access to American Chemical Society online journals and publications. You may not be able to access articles to which we subscribe for the time being. The problem has been reported, and we will update this post when it is resolved.
Update: The access problems have been resolved. You may need to clear your cache and/or reload pages for your access to be recognized.
Intersession hours and winter closure
As part of the campus winter holiday closure, all of the UC Berkeley libraries will be closed starting Saturday, December 21, 2013. Several libraries reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2014, but most libraries will not be open until Monday, January 6. Here are the winter closure dates and intersession hours for the science libraries:
Bioscience and Natural Resources Library: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 21-Jan. 1
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 21-Jan. 5
Earth Sciences and Map Library: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 21-Jan. 5
Engineering Library: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 21-Jan. 1
Mathematics Statistics Library: 11am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 21-Jan. 5
Optometry and Health Sciences Library: 1pm-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 21-Jan. 5
Physics-Astronomy Library: 11am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 21-Jan. 5
Public Health Library: 10am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 21-Jan. 5
Please consult the Library Hours page to check the hours for all libraries.
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Library closing early Dec 16-19
Due to essential overnight maintenance work, the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Library will be closing an hour early at 6 p.m. on Monday-Thursday next week, December 16-19. We will close at 5 p.m. as usual on Friday, December 20. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Library closing early Dec 16-19
Due to essential overnight maintenance work, the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Library will be closing an hour early at 6 p.m. on Monday-Thursday next week, December 16-19. We will close at 5 p.m. as usual on Friday, December 20. We apologize for the inconvenience.
24 hour study space for RRR and Finals weeks
The Moffitt Library and Gardner (Main) Stacks will remain open continuously for a 24-hour study hall beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, December 9 and ending at 7 p.m. on Friday, December 20. The Moffitt Microcomputer Lab and the Free Speech Movement Café will also be open round the clock for that period.
The science and engineering libraries will maintain their normal hours during finals. For current schedules of all libraries on campus, see our Library Hours.
Earth’s Future: new AGU open access journal
A new open access journal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and Wiley, Earth’s Future, has published its first batch of articles. The journal “focuses on the state of the Earth and the prediction of the planet?s future,” and it is expected to “help assess the risks and opportunities associated with environmental changes and challenges.” Professor Richard Norgaard from the Energy & Resources Group is a member of the Editorial Board.
So You Want To Publish Open Access?
The Open Access Initiative at Berkeley is hosting a public workshop titled So You Want to Publish Open Access? for Open Access Week. Some of the questions that will be answered include:
- How to publish Open Access?
- How to receive funding to publish Open Access?
- How to publish research data?
- How will you be affected by the new UC Open Access policy?
- How do the rights to your publications work?
Speakers will include:
- Prof. Pamela Samuelson- Berkeley Law School and School of Information
- Prof. Randy Schekman- HHMI Investigator, Editor-in-Chief of eLife, Dept. of Mol. and Cell Biology
- and more!
When: Monday, October 21st 5:00-6:30 pm (followed by a reception)
Where: 210 South Hall (2nd floor), UC Berkeley School of Information
Doe, Bancroft, Gardner Stacks closed 10/1
Due to the power outage on campus, Doe and Bancroft Libraries, as well as the Gardner Stacks, are currently closed. Additionally, the networks are down in the Bioscience & Natural Resources Library and in the Moffitt Library, and the power is out in Moffitt (which remains open for studying only). All other campus libraries are open as usual. We apologize for the inconvenience and will reopen all buildings as soon as possible.