Library Research Prize deadline April 18

The Library Prize for Undergraduate Research rewards excellence in undergraduate research projects that use library resources and demonstrate sophisticated library research skills on the part of undergraduate researchers. The library offers up to six prizes annually: $750 for lower-division students and $1,000 for upper-division undergraduates.

Projects from Summer 2010, Fall 2010, and Spring 2011 are eligible. Submissions will be accepted through April 18, 2011.

Questions? Visit the Library Prize website.


Mobile library website released

Screenshot of mobile version

As part of the new mobile campus website, the Library recently launched its own mobile website. The mobile version provides easy access to hours, library locations, chat reference, contact information for subject librarians, events, and mobile versions of the OskiCat and NextGen Melvyl catalogs.

Library users on mobile devices should be automatically redirected to the mobile version (unless you have set your smartphone to load the full version). The mobile website can also be accessed at http://mobile.lib.berkeley.edu/.


Intersession hours and winter closure

As part of the campus winter holiday closure, most of the UC Berkeley science libraries will be closed December 20, 2014-January 4, 2015. The Mathematics Statistics Library will not reopen until January 12, 2015 due to some minor renovation work. Here are the winter closure dates and intersession hours for the science libraries:

Bioscience and Natural Resources Library: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 20-Jan. 4

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 20-Jan. 4

Earth Sciences and Map Library: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 20-Jan. 4

Engineering Library: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 20-Jan. 4

Mathematics Statistics Library: 11am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 20-Jan. 11

Optometry and Health Sciences Library: 1pm-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 20-Jan. 4

Physics-Astronomy Library: 11am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 20-Jan. 4

Public Health Library: 10am-5pm Monday-Friday; closed Dec. 20-Jan. 4

Please consult the Library Hours page to check the hours for all libraries.


24 hour study space for RRR and Finals weeks

For fall 2014, 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 8 and ending at 10 p.m. on Friday, December 19. The Moffitt Computer Facility 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.


Exhibit on Siméon-Denis Poisson opens

The Mathematics Statistics Library is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibit on Siméon-Denis Poisson.

Siméon-Denis Poisson: Mathematics in the Service of Science
Mathematics Statistics Library (100 Evans Hall)
November 7-December 17, 2014

More information and the exhibit catalog are available at http://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/poisson-exhibit

We welcome you to stop by to view the exhibit during library hours!