From the UC Berkeley Library Website:
UC Berkeley Library has several options for Meridian's California-based students to access their resources:
- Visiting scholars and postdocs
- Reference card ($100, three months access)
- Stack pass (Free, one day access, in-house use only)
- Visitors
Visiting Scholars and Postdocs
The UC Berkeley Library is dedicated to helping visiting scholars and postdocs access and use materials for their research. Let the Library team support you as a scholar through the following resources and services.
Access
The Library provides borrowing privileges and other services to our community of visiting scholars and postdocs. Visiting scholars must receive official appointments with a UC Berkeley department or Organized Research Unit, and register with the Visiting Scholars and Postdoc Affairs (VSPA) Program.
- After registering with VSPA, your registration card should be taken to the Library Privileges Desk (Doe Library, Floor 1) to set up Library borrowing privileges.
- Borrowing — Your Cal 1 Card serves as your library card for borrowing materials and for access to the Main (Gardner) Stacks, Doe Library (after 8 p.m.), and the Media Resources Center.
- General loan terms:
- Visiting scholars can borrow monographs for one month, with a maximum of 20 items at a time.
- Postdocs can borrow monographs for three months, with a maximum of 200 items at a time.
- Off-campus access to licensed electronic resources — Access online resources from home via links found in UC Library Search, the Library website and guides, or install the campus VPN client.
- Interlibrary Borrowing can help visiting scholars and postdocs obtain materials that are not available at UC Berkeley.
- Pay for printing — Use your Cal 1 Card to pay for printing in the libraries.
- Renewals — Familiarize yourself with the options and rules for renewing materials.
Research support
- Contact your subject librarian — Specific librarians are designated to support each academic department and program, and serve as your first point of contact for all research-related inquiries.
- The Library welcomes suggestions for titles to consider purchasing. Use the Purchase request form to send us your suggestions.
- Graduate Services (Doe Library, Room 208) offers a core non-circulating research collection in the humanities and history and a quiet and congenial study space for graduate students, visiting scholars, and postdocs.
Data services
Library and Berkeley policies
- Database conditions of use — It is the responsibility of individual users to ensure their use of Library electronic resources does not breach the terms and conditions specified in the license agreements.
- Library code of conduct — Read about standards for Library use intended to create a safe and pleasant research environment for all patrons.
- Library privacy policy — The Library is responsible for safeguarding the confidentiality of a borrower’s transactions, as mandated by the California Information Practices Act of 1977.
- UC Copyright Education — Check out this wide range of materials related to the use of copyrighted and public domain materials at the University of California.
Library card for California residents
Visitors who are California residents may purchase a library borrowing card from the Privileges Desk (Doe Library, Floor 1).
- Currently priced at $100 for one year ($95 for seniors)
- You must show proof of California residence and a current government-issued ID.
- You may pay by VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, bank debit card, or personal check made payable to "UC Regents."
- You may also apply for a library card online by emailing privdesk@library.berkeley.edu.
Available to California residents with a library card
- A maximum of 20 books checked out at any one time
- Access to most campus libraries, including the Main (Gardner) Stacks through Doe Library
- Reference assistance
- Databases, library catalogs, and other educational resources via public computers in the libraries
- Many Library events and exhibits
- Printing/scanning in the libraries
Libraries and services not available to California residents with a library card
- Art History/Classics Library
- Graduate Services
- Interlibrary borrowing
- Media Resources Center
- Moffitt Library
- Items on reserve for UC Berkeley students
- Remote access to licensed databases
Members of the public who have research needs can obtain a Main (Gardner) Stacks access pass at no charge. Stacks passes are granted for browsing and using the library collections, not for general activities such as studying or meeting friends. A current government-issued photo ID is required to request a stack pass; people under the age of 18 utilizing the collection must be accompanied by an adult. Prepare to show your approved stack pass for entry.
Requests for same-day access, or for access up to 7 days in advance, can be made in-person during Library Privilege desk hours or by completing and submitting the form below. Regarding the online form:
- For same-day access, Monday-Friday, your request must be submitted by 10 AM. To visit the Stacks on the weekend, the request must be made by 2 PM on the previous Friday.
- If your request is approved, you will receive your pass as an email attachment. You may print out the pass before coming to the Library or you may save the pass to your phone.
Available to visitors to the libraries
Available to visitors remotely
- UC Library Search — All 10 UC libraries, UC’s two off-campus storage complexes, and collections worldwide
- Digital Collections — Online access to UC Berkeley Library’s rare and unique digitized special collections, books, manuscripts, images, photographs, newspapers, and more
- Calisphere — Free public access to digital collections from California libraries, archives, and museums
- Online Archive of California — Free public access to detailed descriptions of primary source collections (artwork, manuscripts, papers, historic photographs, and so on)
- Library guides — Librarian experts have created these pages to help you find resources and services by subject, course, and topic at UC Berkeley.
- Reference assistance — Ask a librarian questions via 24/7 chat, webform, email, and telephone.
- Duplication services — Fee-based access to a variety of materials within the UC Berkeley Library collections.
- Via your public library, you may be able to borrow materials from the UC Berkeley libraries.
Libraries and services not available to visitors
For a complete listing of electronic databases offered by SSU’s library, see here.
Moffitt Library Hours:
Mon-Thurs: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Fri: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sat-Sun: Closed
Doe Library Hours:
Mon-Thurs: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Fri: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sat-Sun: Closed
Contact Info:
Moffitt Library: 510-642-5072
Doe Library: 510-642-6657
Email: eref@library.berkeley.edu