
UC Berkeley Library Who really opened the Berlin Wall? You can now watch the lecture that opened Doe Library's newest exhibit, "Icons of a Border Installation," on YouTube.
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Presented by Dr. John Connelly, Department of History, UC Berkeley Celebrating the opening of the Icons of a Border Installation: An Exhibit on the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Doe Library at UC Berkeley, November 9-December 21, 2009. ...

UC Berkeley Library Professor Alison Gopnik, who was recently interviewed on the Colbert Report, will be talking about her new book The Philosophical Baby at the Ed Psych Library, Tues, Nov 10 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Hope to see you there!
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LIBRARY BOOK TALK Professor Gopnik discusses her new book The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life

UC Berkeley Library If you miss that card catalog experience, check out "It's All in the Cards," a collection of digitized catalog cards from the library at the University of South Carolina.
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This page updated October 29, 2009 by the University Libraries Webmaster, Copyright © 2004, the University of South Carolina. URL http://www.sc.edu/library/inthecards.html

UC Berkeley Library The Education/Psychology Library will be open once again this Saturday! Will you be there?
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With donations from parents of UC Berkeley students, campus administrators decided earlier this week to restore Saturday hours for all campus libraries to their spring 2009 schedule.

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Are eBooks the way of the future? If you're on campus or have a CalNet ID, check out the "ebrary" (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/find/types/b ooks.html#ebooks) for all your eBooks needs.
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Electronic book borrowing is a convenient way for libraries to remain relevant, but publishers are worried.

UC Berkeley Library Library hours back to normal thanks to Cal parents!
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BERKELEY — Thanks to gifts from Berkeley parents, library hours across campus will return to normal, and weekend reductions forced by state funding cuts will end over the next month.

UC Berkeley Library Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Author Trustee of the Library Advisory Board, on NPR's Fresh Air.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist opens up about his experiences as a father to four children and husband to writer Ayelet Waldman in his new book of personal essays, Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father and Son.

UC Berkeley Library What are you doing with your Friday night? A group of students, staff and faculty will be spending tonight at a "study-in" at the Anthropology Library to protest budget cuts that have resulted in reduced library hours.
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On Sept. 24, called to direct action by university faculty and workers, thousands walked out of the classrooms, offices and labs at UC Berkeley. We stood shoulder-to-shoulder on Upper Sproul Plaza, in numbers not seen for decades. Our message bears repeating: "Whose university? Our university!"

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Thanks to an anonymous donor, 24 hour finals is back on! http://www.dailycal.org/article/106998/t wo_libraries_to_remain_open_for_extended _finals_w
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The Doe and Moffitt Libraries received an anonymous donation of $30,000 on Oct. 2 that will keep them open 24-hours during finals for the fall and spring semesters.

UC Berkeley Library Plan to attend this week's Story Hour, the prose reading series the Daily Cal calls "historically way fun!" We're featuring Annie Barrows this Thursday, 5 p.m., Morrison Library.
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This Thursday will mark the second reading in this year’s Story Hour series in Doe Library. From the looks of the schedule, they are monthly. Last month, the Clog’s own Valerie Woolard met ...

UC Berkeley Library Berkeley authors coming to the big screen.
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UC Berkeley Library In an interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, English professor Robert Hass reflects on September 11. Hass is Co-Chair of the Campaign for the University Library.
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Former poet laureate Robert Hass discusses the power of poetry, particularly during times of great loss and confusion.

UC Berkeley Library Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, had the audience in stitches last night at Morrison Library. Check out the Daily Cal's recap, complete with a list of things you probably didn’t know about Daniel Handler.
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Daniel Handler, more often known as Lemony Snicket and author of “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” among other things, was present at our very own Morrison Library today for a reading from his book “Adverbs.”

UC Berkeley Library Noted author Daniel Handler this Thursday, September 10 at 5 p.m. in Morrison Library. Hope to see you there!

UC Berkeley Library Is this the library of the future?
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“When I look at books, I see an outdated technology, like scrolls before books,’’ said headmaster James Tracy. (Mark Wilson for The Boston Globe)

















