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Brian Quigley
Head, EPS Division; Interim Head, LHS Division
Mathematics, Bioengineering
Misha Coleman
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Statistics
Lisa Ngo
Engineering
Susan Powell
Maps, GIS, and Geography
Samantha Teplitzky
Open Science, Earth Science and Astronomy
steplitz@berkeley.edu
Due to the Engineering Student Center construction, the Engineering Library will be temporarily closed until Spring 2025. Some books have been transferred to the Mathematics Statistics Library Surge Area so that they will remain available for browsing and borrowing. Other books from the collection can be accessed as ebooks or obtained through interlibrary loan. More information is available in the library news story about the temporary closure.
While the Engineering Library is closed, nearby libraries will have extended hours during the academic year:
Other alternate study spaces nearby include the Moffitt Library and Doe Library. Note that the Moffitt Library is open latest, offers collaborative spaces, and allows food.
The Physics-Astronomy Library will continue as a study-only space for the Fall semester, monitored by the Physics Department and open 9am-5pm Mon-Fri. While the collections in the Physics-Astronomy Library have not been available for use this past year, we are happy to announce that has now changed. The collections were recently moved to an offsite staff space, and you can now request those items using UC Library Search and have them placed on hold for you at any circulating library on-campus including the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Library or Mathematics Statistics Library.
Please see Location + Hours for the latest information on fall semester hours.
Karen Pfeffer joined the Engineering & Physical Sciences Libraries as the Circulation Supervisor for the Earth Sciences & Map Library in July. In this role, she will be supervising the student employees and circulation desk at the library and processing materials added to its collection.
As of September 1, Brian Quigley will be serving in a new and expanded role as Head of the Sciences Division of the Library. This division will include the Bioscience, Natural Resources & Public Health Library, the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Library, the Earth Sciences & Map Library, the Engineering Library, the Mathematics Statistics Library, and the Physics-Astronomy Library.
Elsevier Major Reference Works - at the end of the spring semester, the Library purchased several encyclopedias and other reference works that provide foundational background to support your research and coursework:
Purchase Recommendation - we welcome your suggestions! Please contact your librarian or fill out the purchase recommendation form if you would like to suggest that we purchase a journal or book for the collection.
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August 22 |
1 - 2 PM |
Data Science Discovery Consultant Panel Three undergraduate Data Science Discovery Consultants will speak about their experience getting started in data science and how they support their peers with discovery projects: high impact data science projects with academic, government, non-profit, and industry partners. Come ready with questions. |
Moffitt Library 405 & Zoom; Register |
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August 24 |
4 - 5:30 PM | Introduction to LaTeX with Overleaf |
Chemistry Library, Hildebrand-100F; Register |
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August 28 |
7 - 8:15 PM |
Introduction to Data Analysis with Python (virtual) |
Zoom; Register |
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August 30 |
5 - 6:15 PM |
Introduction to Data Analysis with Python (in person) |
Moffitt Library 405; Register |
| August 31 | 12 - 1 PM | GIS & Mapping: Where to Start | Zoom; Register |
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September 5 |
7 - 8:15 PM |
Introducción al análisis de datos con Python (Intro to Python, in Spanish) |
Zoom; Register |
| September 6 | 3 - 4 PM | GIS & Mapping: Where to Start | Zoom; Register |
| September 6 | 4 - 5:30 PM | Introduction to LaTeX with Overleaf |
Zoom; Register |
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September 7 |
7 - 8:15 PM |
SQL for Data Science |
Zoom; Register |
| September 12 |
10:10 - 11AM 12:10 - 1 PM 4:10 - 5 PM |
Introduction to Zotero | Zoom; Register |
| September 14 | 12:10 - 1:30 PM | Advanced Zotero | 233 Doe Library; Register |
| September 15 | 12:10 - 1:30 PM | Advanced Zotero | Zoom; Register |
| September 26 | 9-10 AM | Bay Area Open Science Group - Dr. Flávio Azevedo from the University of Cambridge will be sharing findings from the recent paper, Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221255). Join us to discuss teaching open and transparent research practices with Dr. Azevedo. | Zoom; Register |
| October 24 | 2 - 3 PM |
Bay Area Open Science Group - Building your Open Science Career - Join the BAOSG and guests, Hao Ye (Curriculum Developer, Community for Rigor, U Pennsylvania) + Virginia Scarlett (Scientific Computing Associate, Open Data, HHMI Janelia), to discuss job searching and career pathways in open science. |
Zoom; Register |
| November 28 |
11 AM - 12 PM |
Bay Area Open Science Group - Kate Tasker on the UCSF Industry Documents Archive | Zoom; Register |
Please visit the Library Workshops Calendar to register and view additional workshops. For more information about the types of events and instruction sessions we offer, visit the Events & Instruction from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Libraries Guide.
Over the summer, the UC Office of the President issued an Open Access Fact Sheet for Researchers Applying for Grants. The fact sheet includes guidance on budgeting for open access publishing fees. For more information on this fact sheet and other programs that our Library and the UC system offer to help defray open access article processing charges, please visit Timothy Vollmer's post on UC Berkeley author tips: What to do when you have to pay an open access publishing fee. As a reminder, the UC Libraries have open access publishing agreements with several major publishers that help reduce or cover the costs of publishing open access for UC corresponding authors -- those publishers include ACM, ACS, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, IEEE, PLoS, Sage, Springer Nature, and Wiley.
The Inclusive Excellence Collection at the Engineering Library is a collaboration between the College of Engineering and the Kresge Engineering Library. The collection consists of physical books as well as electronic books and other electronic resources. Although some books are housed in the Engineering Library, this resource is for the entire campus. The collection is meant to be dynamic and will grow over time.
This collection is a collaborative effort between the Engineering Library and the College of Engineering.
Access the collection here: https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/EngineeringLibraryDEI
Note: While the Engineering Library is closed, the collection will be housed at the Earth Sciences & Map Library.
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Following the Engineering Library's lead, a similar effort was created in partnership with the Earth & Planetary Science Department and the Earth Sciences and Map Library. This guide stems from a Call to Action by Earth & Planetary Science graduate students and was co-created by Bonita Dyess and Sam Teplitzky from the library, and Tyler Cadena and Michelle Devoe from the EPS department.
The guide can be found here: https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/geo_dei
Are you interested in making your research more openly available? Want to learn about open science tools and platforms that can make your research more effective and reproducible? The Bay Area Open Science Group is intended to bring together students, faculty, and staff from the Stanford, Berkeley, and UCSF communities to learn about open science, discuss the application of open science practices in a research context, and meet other members of the community who are interested in (or already are) incorporating open science practices into their work.
We meet on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 2-3pm via Zoom. All are welcome to attend and join the conversation!
Read our recent Reflection on the themes that emerged from our 2022-23 meetings: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8110673
Check out our collaborative notes
Find presentations from past meetups on Zenodo
Want to talk about Open Science with your lab or team? We created a two-page template for teams to learn more about open science and select practices that work for them. Find it on Zenodo.
Bay Area Open Science Group
Are you interested in making your research more openly available? Want to learn about open science tools and platforms that can make your research more effective and reproducible? The Bay Area Open Science Group is intended to bring together students, faculty, and staff from the Stanford, Berkeley, and UCSF communities to learn about open science, discuss the application of open science practices in a research context, and meet other members of the community who are interested in (or already are) incorporating open science practices into their work.
Meetings:
We meet on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 2-3pm via Zoom. All are welcome to attend and join the conversation!
Tuesday, August 23, 2022, 2-3 PM - Open Science Team Agreements
Click here to register for August Zoom Meeting
This month, the Bay Area Open Science Group introduces the “Open Science Team Agreement,” a template that research groups can use to discuss, adopt and implement open science practices. Ariel, John, and Sam (the co-hosts of Bay Area Open Science Group) have designed a prototype team agreement (available via Overleaf or Google Docs) and are looking for feedback. Join us to discuss what else should be included, and how team agreements can be used to kickstart conversations on open science. Potential adopters are especially welcome.
Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 2-3 PM - Free Open Access Medical education
Register for September Zoom Meeting
Dana Larsen - UCSF
This month the Bay Area Open Science Group is learning about engaging with #FOAMed (Free Open Access Medical education): how medical trainees are utilizing online educational resources.
FOAMed, Free Open Access Medical education, describes online resources which are free and generally represent a crowdsourcing of content, such as blogs, microblogs (Twitter), podcasts, and online journal clubs. While FOAMed has been increasing within medical education, limited data exists on how to utilize this tool to supplement existing curriculum in order to fill gaps in trainees' knowledge and stimulate self-directed learning. In this session, Dr. Dana Larsen, principal investigator of a UCSF Innovations Funding in Education study, will discuss her design-based research project seeking to pragmatically build an adjunct curriculum for nephrology fellows using FOAMed resources.
Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 2-3 PM
Natasha Batalha (NASA Ames)
This month the Bay Area Open Science Group will hear from Natasha Batalha as she shares her experience as a Team Lead on NASA's TOPS (Transform to Open Science) Mission developing a curriculum on Open Results.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 2-3 PM
This month the Bay Area Open Science Group will discuss the slew of new federal open science policies coming our way including the 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing policy and the recent OSTP memo "Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research". What does this mean for you and your research? Let's discuss!
Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 2-3 PM - Ruth Schmidt, Project TARA (Tools to Advance Research Assessment), Building Blocks for Impact
Ruth Schmidt is an associate professor at the Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech, whose research sits at the intersection of behavioral science, humanity-centered design, and complex systems. She has been working with DORA for several years to tackle research assessment reform from a behavioral systems perspective, resulting in tools like "Building Blocks for Impact" to provide new structures and language that help expand traditional notions of defining and assessing quality researchers.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 2-3 PM - Joshua Buckholtz, Center for Open and Reproducible Science at Stanford
This month the Bay Area Open Science group will be joined by Joshua Buckholtz, Director of Operations and Research Scholar at the Stanford Data Science Center for Open and REproducible Science (SDS-CORES).
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 2-3 PM - Open Science in Bioengineering with the Fraser Lab, UCSF
This month, the Bay Area Open Science group will be joined by members of the Fraser lab at UCSF. James Fraser, Roberto Diaz, and Christian Macdonald will join us in a conversation about how they incorporate open science values into their bioengineering research, and how they think about getting credit for this work.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 2-3 PM - Open Data with Steve Diggs, Senior Product Manager for data publishing at the California Digital Library, UC
This month, the Bay Area Open Science group will be joined by Steve Diggs. Steve recently started at the California Digital Library (CDL) as the University of California Curation Center (UC3)’s new Senior Product Manager for our data publishing portfolio. Steve most recently worked at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at UCSD where he has served as the Technical Director of the Hydrographic Data Office (CCHDO). Steve will discuss best practices in data publishing, adapting data repositories in response to researcher needs and preserving data to meet compliance requirements.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 2-3 PM - ChatGPT and SciHub, an informal chat
Join the Bay Area Open Science Group this month for an informal conversation about “open” information focusing on ChatGPT and SciHub. What do these tools have in common? What do they say about the future of scientific information access and open science?
Here is what ChatGPt has to say on the topic:
Looking for reliable scientific information? Look no further than ChatGPT and SciHub! ChatGPT is an advanced language model that can answer your scientific questions quickly and accurately. Whether you're a researcher, student, or just curious about the world around you, ChatGPT has got you covered. On the other hand, SciHub is a platform that provides free access to scientific papers and articles that are otherwise hidden behind paywalls. With over 80 million papers available, SciHub is a treasure trove of information that can help you stay up-to-date on the latest scientific research. So whether you prefer asking questions or reading articles, ChatGPT and SciHub are the perfect combination for anyone seeking reliable scientific information. What do you think about ChatGPT’s enthusiastic boosterism? Do you consider ChatGPT and SciHub to be the “perfect combination for anyone seeking reliable scientific information?”
Join the conversation and let us know!
Recommended Pre-listen: https://radiolab.org/podcast/library-alexandra
Bay Area Open Science Group
Are you interested in making your research more openly available? Want to learn about open science tools and platforms that can make your research more effective and reproducible? The Bay Area Open Science Group is intended to bring together students, faculty, and staff from the Stanford, Berkeley, and UCSF communities to learn about open science, discuss the application of open science practices in a research context, and meet other members of the community who are interested in (or already are) incorporating open science practices into their work.
Meetings:
We meet on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 2-3pm via Zoom. All are welcome to attend and join the conversation!
Dates for 2021-2022:
Open peer review is the least practiced aspect of open science. Yet it may teach us a lot about how manuscripts can change from their submitted version to their (peer-revied) published version of record. Mario Malicki will give an overview of 21 studies that analysed manuscript changes and his own study in which I analysed changes between 121 epidemiology preprints and
their subsequent published versions. Finally, he will present a call for declaring changes to manuscripts with each published paper.
Milo Johnson (https://miloswebsite.com/, starting a post-doc in the Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley this June)
The linear format of scientific papers is an entrenched, constrained result of history that holds back efficient and effective transmission of information between scientists. Science requires depth, but the reality is that the majority of readers don’t care about the majority of things in a paper. And we know it! At conferences, scientists give 5-minute talks at poster sessions that effectively communicate their work to 95% of their audience, and the other 5% can ask follow-up questions about the details. Can we design a way to write scientific content in a similar way, such that the details are accessible behind a concise narrative? I'll present this idea along with some preliminary technical explorations, and I'll invite y'all to brainstorm with me about how we can make tools to improve communication between scientists!
April 26, 2022
Gather around virtually with colleagues at Stanford and Berkeley for a presentation on The COVID Tracking Project by Kevin Miller, a former team lead with the project who is archiving the project's data and collections for the UCSF Archives & Special Collections. The project was a volunteer-run, community-science program that became a critical source of national pandemic data accidentally and overnight. He will discuss how it was built, and the challenges of archiving such a massive, born-digital collection.
May 24, 2022
Join us in May as we get together virtually with colleagues at UCSF and Stanford to hear from the fledgling Open Source Science at Berkeley student organization. They will be introducing their group and seeking feedback for a planned 1-unit course on developing open-source scientific software. Rachel Clune, Orion Cohen, Tarini Hardikar, and Connie Robinson are chemistry graduate students at UC Berkeley. They share an interest in improving the scientific software ecosystem and teaching computational skills to the Berkeley community
Tuesday June 28, 2022
Examining the Openness of COVID-19-related Randomized Control Trials with John Borghi
Check out our website (https://bayareaopensciencegroup.github.io/) to get on our mailing list, or let us know if you want to present!
Campus GIS & Mapping Community of Practice meetups are announced in several forums:
Interested in presenting at a future meetup or have an idea for a speaker or location? Please let us know by filling out this interest form!
Along with the Bay Area Open Science Group conveners, Sam has received an IMLS grant through UCLA to transform the Open Science Team Agreement Template into a Carpentries Lesson for Librarians to learn about open science topics and adapt the team agreement as a tool for outreach to research groups.
Susan recently co-edited the crowd-sourced "Shelter: an atlas" with others at the non-profit Guerrilla Cartography. It is available for free download or purchase along with the group's other atlases at https://www.guerrillacartography.org/atlases.
As part of the ACRL Research Planning & Review Committee, Brian was one of several co-authors on the 2023 Environmental Scan of trends in higher education and academic libraries.