Zombies to Attack Langsam Library on Friday

Zombie PostersFriday @ 4 in Langsam Library

February 7th, 2014, 4pm, 4th floor (next to the Triceracopter)

 Zombies Attack!

 Build your survival kit so you can (hopefully) stay alive during the zombie apocalypse!

 Prizes will be awarded to the team with the best kit/most surviving members!

Food will be provided to both zombies and non-zombies alike!

Looking East: Taft in China

taftPlease join us for a public lecture featuring author Margo Taft Stever and Professor Hong Shen of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Thursday, February 13, 2014 ~ 10am-noon
Baur Room (room 3880 Corbett Center for the Performing Arts, College-Conservatory of Music)

Together with James Taft Stever, Margo Taft Stever and Hong Shen published the book Looking East: William Howard Taft and the 1905 U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Asia, The Photographs of Harry Fowler Woods (Zhejiang University Press, 2012).

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Service Note: Key UC Web Services Down December 28 & 29

UC’s Data Center will be down for two days December 28 & 29 in order to receive a much-needed boost to its backup power supplies. Several major systems including “uc.edu” websites, Blackboard, and VPN access will be unavailable during this temporary outage. The UC Libraries Website, Library Catalog and access to off-campus resources via the proxy server will still be available.

For more on this outage, read the UCIT news release online.

Looking for a Place to Study Late for Exams?

owlLangsam Library will offer extended hours until 2am from Sunday, December 1 through Thursday, December 12.

After the regular Langsam Library hours, library space only will be open for students to study until 2am during exams. To enter the library after the regular closing time, students must do so via the 5th floor UCit@Langsam card-swipe entrance (a valid UC ID is required).

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