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"Who Really Opened the Wall?", a lecture delivered on November 9, 2009 by Professor John Connelly, Department of History, UC Berkeley, is now available as a webcast.

This lecture was part of the opening of Icons of a Border Installation: An Exhibit on the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, which will be on view through December 18 in Doe Library.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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Many of the Cal libraries will close early on Wednesday, November 25.

All will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27.

All except the Law Library will be closed on Saturday,  and some will also be closed on Sunday.

For current schedules, see Library Hours.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

As of 12:30pm on Friday November 20, many libraries on the UC Berkeley campus are closed because of fire alarm activation in their buildings.

The Doe Library, Moffitt Library, and Gardner (Main) Stacks will be closed for the remainder of Friday.  The Moffitt Library and the Stacks are planning to reopen as scheduled on Saturday, November 21.

We are not able to post up-to-the-minute information on which other libraries are open and which are not, so it may be a good idea to call in advance if you need to visit a library today.  See Libraries and Collections A-Z.

Meanwhile, our website, catalogs, and databases are all available.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.