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

No office hours for Winter Break 12/23-1/14

Research IT office hours will be closed for Winter Break between Monday, 12/23 - Tuesday, 1/14 and resume as normal on Wednesday, 1/15. Please contact us in the meantime via e-mail at research-it-consulting@berkeley.edu

No office hours Thanksgiving Break: Wed, 11/27 - Thurs, 11/28

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, we will not be holding office hours on Wed, 11/27 or Thurs, 11/28. Thursday and Friday are university holidays so we will be limited in our responses until we resume service on Monday, 12/2. Please contact us by e-mail in the meantime.

Savio Scratch file system is back! Sat. 11/16

Our admin team has worked tirelessly to restore the Savio cluster's scratch system. The cluster functionality is now back to normal, and we are thankful for your patience and support throughout the process. We also appreciate users' continuing efforts to clean up and move their (un-needed) files out of scratch. As a part of best practices, we urge users to keep backing up their files from scratch to permanent storage discs and avoid storing massive numbers of tiny files in scratch for long periods.

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News Articles

CollectionSpace 1.0: A positive addition to the campus application portfolio

January 27, 2011

UC Berkeley iNews, January 27, 2011

Chris Hoffman, Patrick Schmitz, and David Greenbaum From Art to Zoology, UC Berkeley is home to world-class research and teaching museums that are internationally known for the quality and importance of their collections. Collection management systems...Read more about CollectionSpace 1.0: A positive addition to the campus application portfolio

Mellon Foundation Awards Bamboo Technology Project

September 24, 2010

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation approved funding of $1.293M for the Bamboo Technology Project, following on an Planning Project funded by the Foundation that commenced in April 2008. The funded project grew out of planning contributions from scholars, librarians, and technologists at hundreds...Read more about Mellon Foundation Awards Bamboo Technology Project

CollectionSpace webinars announced

October 20, 2009

UC Berkeley iNews, October 20, 2009 Chris Hoffman The CollectionSpace project is hosting three webinars to introduce people to CollectionSpace, the open-source, web-based software application for the description, management, and dissemination of museum collections information. Webinar...Read more about CollectionSpace webinars announced