The UC Berkeley is changing its VPN (Virtual Private Network) service. Current VPN users should download and install the new VPN client software by August 12.

The new VPN client, called AnyConnect, includes a "Library VPN" option. As before, you need to run the VPN software before accessing licensed library resources, and turn it off when your session is over. For details and installation instructions, see the UCB library VPN page .

If you are using the VPN just to access SciFinder, you might want to try the web version of SciFinder that is accessible through the library proxy server. In order to use the web version, you must both register and configure your web browser to access the library proxy server.

The Institute of Transportation Studies Library will be closed on Friday, July 17.

Due to campus budget reductions, libraries at UC Berkeley that are part of The University Library will be closed on Saturdays beginning July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.

Libraries affected include:

• Doe
• Anthropology
• Art History/Classics
• Bancroft
• Biosciences and Natural Resources
• Business/Economics
• Chemistry
• Earth Sciences/Map
• East Asian
• Education/Psychology
• Engineering
• Environmental Design
• Math/Statistics
• Music
• Optometry
• Physics/Astronomy
• Public Health
• Social Welfare

Exceptions (open to UC ID holders on Saturdays):

• Moffitt Library
• Gardner (Main) Stacks

Check the Library web site for a listing of campus libraries and their hours. The "Calendar" links give the current month's hours for each library.

Last week, IEEE announced a partnership with the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the AVS to include five of their applied physics journals in IEEE Xplore. As you are searching IEEE Xplore, you may encounter articles from these five journals. Please note that UC Berkeley library users have access to the full-text of these journals on AIP Scitation, not IEEE Xplore. If you find one of these articles on IEEE Xplore, use the UC-eLinks button or DOI link to access the full-text on AIP Scitation.

The five highly-cited journals, with their links on AIP Scitation, are:

• Applied Physics Letters (AIP)
• Journal of Applied Physics (AIP)
• Review of Scientific Instruments (AIP)
• JVST A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films (AVS)
• JVST B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures (AVS)

ProQuest and CSA databases will be unavailable due to platform maintenance this weekend for approximately 12 hours starting at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27. The following products will be affected:

• Agricola
• Digital Sanborn Maps
• Dissertations & Theses
• Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
• Engineered Materials Abstracts
• Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
• GeoRef
• Metadex
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers
• PsycINFO
• ...and other ProQuest and CSA databases.