UC Berkeley

• Students, Faculty and Staff use their CalNet ID as a library card.
• LBNL staff can get a library card at the Services Desk in Doe Library (M-F 9-4:45), with a current employee badge. The card must be renewed in person on campus each year, and you must show your LBNL employee badge. Senior LBNL staff members may obtain an annual card through the LBNL Library. LBNL guests do not have UCB Library card privileges unless they pay a yearly fee of $100.00.
• Postdocs and visiting scholars should inquire with their department on how to obtain a library card.

Non-UC Berkeley

• Students, faculty, and staff from other UC campuses can bring their current registration or employee ID to the Privileges Desk (Doe Library) to obtain a library card.
• Non-UC patrons can purchase a library card from the Privileges Desk.  For more information, please see the library borrowing policies at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/services/library_privileges.html.

For further questions regarding UC Berkeley library cards, please contact:

Privileges Desk in Doe Library (at the entrance to the Gardner Stacks)  642-3403.

Information for Alumni and Visitors, UC Berkeley Library.
The Library provides borrowing privileges and other services to our community of Visiting Scholars including:

       Graduate student level borrowing privileges (varies with UCB libraries)
       Access to full-text online resources on campus and remotely via the proxy server
       Free interlibrary loan
       Access to fee-based Baker accounts (for document delivery)

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. The University Services Fee for registering as a Visiting Scholar is $200. After registering with VSPA, the valid registration card should be taken to the Library Privileges Desk (Doe Library, floor 1) to obtain a Library Card.

All library materials are subject to recall after 7 days for course reserves or for another borrower. Recalled materials not returned by the requested date may incur a fine or an auto-block.

If material wanted is not on the shelf, check with the circulation desk. If material is checked out, it can be recalled and held for library card holders. If material is not checked out, a search may be requested. When material is available, borrower will be notified and the item held for 7 days. Searches must be requested in person.

Hold pickup, recall and overdue notices can be received via e-mail. Bill warnings and search notices will continue to be sent via U.S. mail. Go to the online form to sign up for, or cancel e-mail notification, or to change your email address. More information about the e-mail notification service.

Unheeded overdue notices are followed by automatic blocking of library privileges, and then by a bill for replacement. A minimum standard replacement fee of $150 (more if the actual replacement cost is higher) is charged for each item, plus a non-refundable $10 processing charge for each item billed. Autoblocking prevents the borrower from borrowing materials from any library on campus. Library fines are added to replacement bills for recalled items. Overdue accounts are charged interest.

Patrons with overdue reserve or recalled materials will have borrowing privileges blocked until the items are returned. Overdue 2-hour loan items incur a fine of $10 per day up to a maximum of $50. Any overdue 2-hour, library use, 1-day, or recalled item which is billed for replacement incurs a fine of $50, plus a non-refundable $10 processing charge for each item billed.

Many older books and journals in the Physics-Astronomy Library collection are in storage off campus due to lack of space and infrequent use. Request material from storage/NRLF online via Pathfinder or Melvyl. Retrieval usually requires 1-2 days, excluding weekends. Holders of valid UC library borrower's cards may visit NRLF in person. A shuttle bus service is available.
NRLF is the Northern Regional Library Facility, an off-campus storage location in Richmond.  Books, journals, and articles can be requested from NRLF online via Pathfinder (for current UCB faculty, students, and staff), or in person at the Circulation Desk.  Requested items are available within two working days.  For more information, see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/NRLF/

What about current Teaching Evaluations?
Teaching Evaluations for Fall, Spring and Summer semester Physics courses are in Reserves, ask for them at the circulation desk. You can search in Pathfinder for Teaching Evaluations.