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Best practices, not legal advice

The information presented by the Library about copyright is intended for information purposes, and should not be construed as legal advice. While we cannot provide legal advice, we can help explain these issues in greater detail.

Please contact us at schol-comm@berkeley.edu.

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Undergraduate Library Fellowship

This cohort driven program promotes peer-to-peer learning and mentorship opportunities with the shared goal of improving Berkeley Library services and spaces. Fellows are expected to foster connections between the Library’s ecosystem and undergraduate communities by delivering peer-to-peer services.

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Research Survival Guide

Search ≠ research

You already know how to search. You’ve grown up searching Google, your phone, and all over the place, and you generally find the stuff you need. Doing scholarly research, however, involves more than just knowing how to search.

Systemwide Library Facility-North statistics

SLF-North circulation and document delivery statistics

See statistics for circulation and document delivery for FY 2008-09 and earlier.

  • “Summary of All Circulations from NRLF”: Summarizes all circulation transactions on returnable items that occur in a given fiscal year. Subtotals of charges and renewals by user group and campus affiliation. (SLF-North was previously named NRLF.)
  • “Circulations to ILL Units”: Counts of charges and renewals of returnable items sent to interlibrary loan/borrowing units.
  • “Circulations to Depositing Libraries”: Counts of charges and renewals of returnable items sent to library units (except ILL/ILB) at institutions that have materials on deposit at SLF-North.
  • “Use of Collections”: For each library with materials on deposit at SLF-North, numbers of charges and renewals made on items they own.
  • “Document Delivery”: Counts of requests received and filled for photocopies, faxes, and electronic documents.

SLF-North deposit statistics

See statistics about deposits to SLF-North:

  • “Annual Deposits”: Materials deposited at SLF-North by the owning libraries during a given fiscal year.
  • “Annual Recalls and Deaccessions”: Materials withdrawn from SLF-North by the owning libraries during a given fiscal year.
  • “Cumulative Deposits”: All materials held at SLF-North at the end of a given fiscal year.

Year-to-date deposit allocation usage

Library proxy server

On-campus

  • You do not need the library proxy if you connect to the internet through the UC Berkeley network in a campus building, residence hall, or via eduroam.
  • If you connect to the internet through CalVisitor, you will be prompted to authenticate in order to access licensed library resources.

Off-campus

  • If you access a licensed resource through a link found via UC Library Search, or A-Z Databases, you should automatically be prompted to authenticate to gain access to the resource. You may authenticate via CalNet, or via your PIN / Cal 1 card number.
  • If you access a resource through a link found via a search engine or a non-UCB Library webpage, you must either
    • Use a browser bookmarklet to access the licensed resource.
      • You must install the bookmarklet in a browser.
      • When you land on a licensed resource you must click on the browser bookmarklet to pre-pend the resource’s URL with the library proxy URL.
      • See the EZproxy guide for more information.
      • See the EZproxy FAQ to find out who is eligible to access licensed resources via the library proxy.
    • Use the campus VPN client.

When accessing licensed library resources, please remember that you must abide by the Library’s conditions of use and licensing restrictions for electronic resources.

Library proxy help

Library privileges for unregistered students on filing fee status

UC Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students who are completing unfinished coursework, or who are on filing fee status, may have their library privileges extended. In order to have your library privileges extended, you may email Privileges Staff (privdesk-library@berkeley.edu) or visit us at the Privileges Desk with:

  • A letter from your adviser/department (on letterhead) affirming your ongoing “good standing” and intention to complete your program
  • Payment of $25 can be made online once invoiced in your library account or can be made in person at the desk.

Alternatively, you may mail us a copy of the letter and a check for $25 (payable to UC Regents) with your student ID number in the notes field to:

Privileges / Unregistered
198 Doe Library #6000
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

Once you have supplied these items, your privileges will be extended for six months. You will retain the same privileges you had as an enrolled student, including, but not limited to, database access via the proxy server. Please note that as an unregistered student, your checkouts will not automatically renew.

If you enroll again as a current UC Berkeley student, you will need to contact us so we can switch your account back to that of a current student.

Students interested in locating forms for initiating filing fee status should consult the Graduate Division Forms & Applications webpage.

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