To provide a more comprehensive listing of all activities taking place at the Lab, an online events calendar was created. At this site, employees can view events, search for events, and add events.

The main calendar home page lists all events taking place on the current date, and convenient “touch” calendars allow users to click on future dates to see what is happening on those days.

On the “search” page, users can find events using a variety of criteria, such as specific date, date range, event sponsor, type of event, scientific discipline, or keyword.

The “add/modify events” page allows users to submit events that their group is sponsoring. A review page allows for changes before final submission of the event. For those who are adding more than one event at a time, a new form will pop up with all the same information as the previous event, so only the details that have changed need to be altered. This prevents the retyping of static information, such as time, location, sponsor, and contact details.

When events are successfully submitted, users will receive a confirmation e-mail. Events that have already been submitted can be changed or deleted using the “modify event” function.

Events submitted to the online calendar will automatically be used in the calendar section of Today at Berkeley Lab, as long as they meet TABL deadline requirements. The calendar will be updated every 24 hours. Events will be posted at the editor’s discretion.

Links to the events calendar will be available on the Lab’s home page, the BLIS home page, and in the calendar section of Today at Berkeley Lab.

Go here to access the events calendar.

The calendar was created jointly by Public Affairs' Communications Office, Creative Services Office, and the Information Technology Division’s Information Systems and Services group.