Author: Brian Quigley
MIT Press ebooks in computer science and engineering via IEEE Xplore
The MIT Press eBooks Library: The Computing & Engineering Collection is now available via IEEE Xplore. The collection includes more than 450 titles from 1943 to the present in the fields of computer science and engineering technologies, including artificial intelligence, information theory, computer programming, information technology, and electrical engineering.
Links to individual ebooks will eventually appear in OskiCat and Melvyl.
Library website downtime June 1
Due to needed maintenance, the Library website will be unavailable for up to 1-3 hours starting at 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 1. OskiCat, Melvyl, article databases, digital collections, and the proxy server will still be available.
San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
ScienceInsider has an interesting article about the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) posted online today. The declaration recommends that institutions and agencies “not use journal-based metrics, such as Journal Impact Factors, as a surrogate measure of the quality of individual research articles, to assess an individual scientist’s contributions, or in hiring, promotion, or funding decisions.” The declaration also has specific recommendations for funding agencies, institutions, publishers, organizations that supply metrics, and researchers.
Here is the ScienceInsider article: In ‘Insurrection,’ Scientists, Editors Call for Abandoning Journal Impact Factors.
SIAM ebooks
SIAM ebooks are a great resource available to the UC Berkeley community. We have access to over 400 titles published from 1971-2013. They cover many areas of applied mathematics and computational science. New ebooks will be cataloged in OskiCat as they are published.
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 8 a.m. on Monday, May 6 and ending at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 17. 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 campus libraries, see our Library Hours.
Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
The Library has decided to license Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA) for a one-year pilot. MGA is a database produced by the American Meteorological Society that includes citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference papers, books, and technical reports on meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, glaciology, and more. Coverage is from 1974 to the present and about 850 new records are added every month.
Use the proxy server or VPN to access MGA off-campus. Use UC-eLinks to get full text of articles.
We are interested in your feedback, so give it a try and let your subject librarian know what you think.
UC-eLinks downtime April 28
UC-eLinks will be unavailable from 6:00-10:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 28 for scheduled maintenance.
Library website downtime April 19
The Library website will be unavailable for up to 1-3 hours starting at 11 p.m. on Friday, April 19 for scheduled maintenance. This will affect the entire library website including subject library pages, course guides, and blogs. The following will still work if you have links to them:
Cochrane Library downtime April 13
The Cochrane Library, a resource for high-quality independent evidence for health care decision making, will be unavailable for up to 12 hours starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 13.
Public Health Library closed Saturday, April 13
Due to construction activities, the Public Health Library will be closed Saturday, April 13. The library will be open Sunday 1-5 p.m. as usual.