Year: 2013
Launch of the UC Libraries Digital Collection Project
By Ginny Steel, University Librarian, UCSC & Council of University Librarians (CoUL) Chair In late 2011, the Council of University Librarians (CoUL) and the Systemwide Operations and Planning Advisory Group (SOPAG) asked the Next Generation Technical Services Management Team to […]
Melvyl Central Index Update
CDL staff completed the biannual analysis for potential changes to the Melvyl Central Index configuration targeted for July 2013. While OCLC has added databases to the Central Index in the past six months, there are no CDL managed licenses with […]
DataUp Service Update: May 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Strasser presented on DataUp for the Helmholtz Open Access Webinar Series on May 6 and May 14. The presentation is available at http://oa.helmholtz.de/index.php?id=309 – c2231. Strasser presented on DataUp for the Council on Library […]
WAS Service Update: May 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities WAS 2.0 release of new curator tools. We have decided to release the new curator tools ahead of the other features that were originally included in WAS 2.0 (i.e., migration to Solr and implementation of […]
DMPTool Service Update: May 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Development status: The requirements document has been finalized. Our developers are working on the new administrative features. We’re working with a UI specialist at Purdue and a design firm in Virginia on the […]
SciFinder Moves to Unlimited Access
By Teri Vogel, UCSD, SciFinder Resource Liaison The University of California Libraries now have unlimited access for Chemical Abstracts Service’s (CAS) SciFinder. The libraries have had a concurrent use limit of 36 seats for some time, but CAS has been […]
UCLA Online Campaign Literature Web Archive is now available
In 2012, the UCLA Online Campaign Literature Archive team started using WAS to capture elections for local, state, and federal offices affecting the Los Angeles area, as well ballot measure websites from California state and local Los Angeles area […]
New UC Libraries Advisory Structure Membership Finalized
Appointees announced Following a selection process coordinated by SOPAG, the Council of University Librarians (CoUL) has finalized membership for the major groups in the new UC Libraries Advisory Structure. Thanks to all of those who were considered for these positions […]
DataUp Honored with NDSA Innovation Award
CDL is pleased to announce that the DataUp project has been chosen as a National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Innovation Award recipient in the “project” category. The Annual Innovation Awards were established by NDSA to recognize and encourage innovation in […]
EZID Service Update: May 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Mark your calendars! The DataCite summer meeting will take place at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in Washington DC on September 19 – 20th. The meeting will begin at 13:30 on Sept. 19th […]