Research IT

provides research data and computing technologies, consulting, and community for the UC Berkeley campus. Our goal is to advance research through IT innovation.

Status and Service Updates

12/22 - 1/9: No office hours during Winter Break

Research IT office hours will be closed between 12/22 - 1/9 and resume the week of 1/12/2026. Please reach out to us via e-mail for assistance in the meantime at research-it-consulting@lists.berkeley.edu

Wed, 11/26 - Thurs, 11/27: No office hours during Thanksgiving Break

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, we will not be holding office hours on Wed, 11/26 or Thurs, 11/27. Thursday and Friday are university holidays so we will be limited in our responses until we resume service on Monday, 12/1. Please contact us by e-mail in the meantime.

Mon, 10/27: Scratch File System Back Online

We have restored the scratch file system, and it is online now. However, this issue might occur again, so we will continue to work with our vendor, DDN, and the datacenter team to find a permanent solution. We appreciate your patience.

View all status and service updates

News Articles

CollectionSpace 4.1 released

January 9, 2015

On November 13, 2014, version 4.1 of CollectionSpace was released. CollectionSpace is an open source, web-based museums collections management and information system, now a part of...Read more about CollectionSpace 4.1 released

Research IT Digital Humanities Coordinator elected to executive council of national organization

January 8, 2015

Quinn Dombrowski, the Digital Humanities Coordinator in Research IT, has been elected to the Executive Council of the Association for Computers in the Humanities (ACH), the US-based professional organization for digital...Read more about Research IT Digital Humanities Coordinator elected to executive council of national organization

CollectionSpace launched for the BAM/PFA Art Collection

January 8, 2015

Research IT is happy to announce that in November 2014, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive began using CollectionSpace as the collection management system for their art collection....Read more about CollectionSpace launched for the BAM/PFA Art Collection