How to use UC Berkeley Library resources and services: A guide for Berkeley Lab personnel

How to use UCB Library resources and services
Welcome
to
UC Berkeley
Library
A guide for
Berkeley Lab personnel
Jeffery Loo – jloo@berkeley.edu – March 2, 2010

Outline
Berkeley Lab personnel may use some
UCB Library resources and services.

Part 1
Your Berkeley Lab status determines your level of access to UCB Library services and resources.

Berkeley Lab status and UCB Library privileges

General public may visit libraries
– but with restrictions
California residents may apply for a
Library card - $100 application fee

Part 2
There are different ways for acquiring UCB Library cards and IDs for access – but when in doubt contact the Privileges Desk at Doe Library.

There are different procedures for acquiring UCB Library cards and IDs

When in doubt contact
Privileges Desk, Doe Library, Floor 1
510-642-3403
privdesk@library.berkeley.edu
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/services/borrowing.html

Not all CalNet IDs and Cal 1 Cards are equal
Berkeley Lab personnel can apply for CalNet IDs and Cal 1 Cards
https://commons.lbl.gov/display/itfaq/CalNet+Id+(UCB)
Some provide UCB Library services – and some do not

Part 3
There is a variety of UCB Library resources and services.
Let’s go on a tour.
Please remember: access may be limited according to your Berkeley Lab status.

Profile of UCB Library

Doe Library, including Art History/Classics, South/Southeast Asia, and Morrison Moffitt Library (includes undergraduate services)Bancroft Library (special collections)East Asia Library, including Center for Chinese Studies Other subject specialty libraries (14) Affiliated libraries (11)

What does UCB Library have?
Books: 10.1 million book volumes Journals: 114,860 current serial subscriptions — 53,007 are electronic Digital Files: 16,465 Manuscripts and archives: 81,790 Graphic items: 4,629,882 Microforms: 6.9 million items Maps: 435,561 Government Documents: 508,081 Sounds recordings: 88,922 Video recordings: 44,286 Percentage of volumes shelved off campus: ~35% (data reported to ARL for 2005/06, including The Library and Affiliated Libraries)
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Collections/in_brief.html

Tours of the Doe/Moffitt Libraries
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/tours.html

California Digital Library

http://www.cdlib.org/about/numbers.html

Accessing e-resources
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/
If you have remote access privileges
to UCB Library e-resources
https://www-library.lbl.gov/
for all Berkeley Lab personnel

Only for patrons with remote access privileges to UCB Library e-resources
Accessing UCB e-resources remotely
Use VPN or proxy server
Instructions here:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Help/connecting_off_campus.html

Only for patrons with remote access privileges to UCB Library e-resources
Finding e-resources
Electronic resources finder
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/find/types/electronic_resources.html

Library News
http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/
http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php
http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/sel.php

http://www.cdlib.org/news/

Finding print books
A number of catalogs to search
Here is a guide:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Catalogs/guide.html

Requesting books from storage
NRLF ( Northern Regional Library Facility) – books will be delivered to library branch
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/NRLF/requesting.html
You can visit the facility – instructions here:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/NRLF/reading.html

For UCB faculty, staff, and students
Borrowing books from other libraries
Request book from another UC in MELVYL catalog
Search Stanford University and University of Texas catalogs and request interlibrary loan – details here: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ILS/rlcp.html
Interlibrary Loan from other librarieshttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/services/interlibrary_loan.html

Instruction
For UCB faculty, staff, and students
Science and engineering library instructional events: http://ucblibrary3.berkeley.edu:8086/sciences/upcomingevents
Also check subject specialty library homepage

Reference
Digital chat reference
http://ucblibrary3.berkeley.edu:8086/sciences/ask
Call or email a librarian or visit the library
Check the subject specialty library home page for hours and details

Future of UCB Library
http://ucblibrary3.berkeley.edu/wikis/NDwiki/

Haiku summary
Cal Library has
many services – but has
limits by status

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