Year: 2008
Calisphere’s First Year in Review
CDL is pleased to report that in its first year, Calisphere has become a valuable resource for scholars, a popular destination for the general public, and an essential site for K-12 educators, who call it “a dream resource” and “a teacher’s dream come true.”
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot: More Decisions Make It Real
In January and February, behind the scenes work of a different nature has been occurring for the pilot. Earlier the ball was primarily in UC's court to define our requirements within the context of OCLC's WorldCat Local service. Now, OCLC is building the pilot catalogs based on these requirements.
Local History Resources – New Collections in Calisphere and the OAC
Over 1,500 new digitized primary resources are now available in the CDL's Calisphere and Online Archive of California (OAC) websites as of February 2008.
University of California eScholarship® Repository Exceeds 5 Million Full-Text Downloads; 20,000 Papers
The University of California announced this week that its widely-used eScholarship® Repository has surpassed the 5 million mark for full-text downloads of its open access scholarly content.
New Licensed Resources: Global Financial Data; Source OECD
UC campuses now have access to these electronic resources as part of CDL consortial licenses - Global Financial Data and Source OECD.
UC-eLinks Assessment Report Available
CDL recently conducted an assessment concerning existing and potential service options for the UC-eLinks service menu.
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot – Important Schedule Update for Request Service
While Request functionality will be accessible from the UC-eLinks service menu at the start of the Next Generation Melvyl pilot, easier and more intuitive access to the current Request system has been postponed from June to early fall.