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Year: 2009

University of California Libraries Evaluation of Scopus

The University of California Libraries will be evaluating Scopus , a large interdisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and selected web sites developed by the publisher Elsevier.

Want to know what’s happening at the CDL? Here’s your chance!

Attendees at this year's lively Users Council meeting in Oakland (April 10, 2009) learned about an array of CDL programs and services and how they interact with our campuses, partners, and other national and international initiatives.

INSPEC moving from Ovid to Web of Science Platform

INSPEC, the premier database for computer science, information technology, physics and electronics engineering, will move from Ovid to the ISI Web of Knowledge platform.

New UC Shared Images Metadata Guidelines

The UC Shared Images program recently revised and published its guidelines for shareable metadata. Version 2.0 of the "Metadata Submission Guidelines" (MSG) is now available on Inside CDL.

Columbia Earthscape to be Discontinued June 30, 2009

Columbia University Libraries and Columbia University Press have announced that Columbia Earthscape: An Online Resource on the global environment will cease on June 30, 2009.

New Licensed Resources: Asahi Kikuzo II; The Sixties

UC campuses now have access to Asahi Kikuzo II and The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives, 1960 to 1974 as part of Tier 2 licenses.

UC/Springer Open Access Journal Publishing Pilot – Resources for Campus Use

A task force appointed by the Scholarly Communications Officers (SCO) worked with the California Digital Library (CDL) to prepare information on the UC/Springer Open Access Journal Publishing Pilot, originally announced in January, for distribution to UC authors on each campus. The information can be found on the Reshaping Scholarly Communication site.

Calisphere — share your University of California-created web sites with us

Do you have a web site you'd like to share that has been created by a UC campus faculty member, librarian, or researcher? Let us know! We'd like to add it to Calisphere.

Next Generation Melvyl – Status Update; March Enhancements

The current Melvyl and Next Generation Melvyl will run in parallel until such time as OCLC has met UC's critical needs for the Melvyl Catalog. There were a number of enhancements brought into Next Generation Melvyl supported by WorldCat Local (WCL) on Sunday, March 15.

Digital Special Collections welcomes Sherri Berger

CDL is pleased to welcome Sherri Berger to the Digital Special Collections (DSC) group.