Year: 2015
UC Libraries Digital Collection Project: Shared DAMS Upgrade
CDL continues to reach milestones for the UC Libraries Digital Collection (UCLDC) Implementation Project. This month, the major news is an upgrade to the shared DAMS platform. Shared DAMS upgrade This week, CDL upgraded the shared digital asset management system […]
New Elsevier Ebook Collections for 2013 and 2015
All UC campuses will have access to 2013 and 2015 ebook collections from Elsevier. The two CDL purchases made in December complement a purchase of the 2014 frontlist by CDL last year. Imprints include Academic Press, Mosby Saunders Churchill Livingston, […]
EZID Service Update: January 2015
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities EZID added new functionality to the User Interface (UI). Starting immediately, you can edit an existing identifier that uses any metadata profile (ERC, Dublin Core or simple DataCite) and convert it to the advanced […]
Melvyl Central Index Update
It’s February 2015, and time for the biannual addition of new databases released by OCLC to Melvyl’s Central Index. Currently, CDL adds databases to the all instances of the Melvyl Central Index for resources managed by CDL and licensed by […]
Wiley Journals integrate “ReadCube” into platform
It seems that ReadCube is everywhere lately. It’s a desktop, web browser and mobile app-based program for managing, annotating, and accessing academic research articles. It provides access to research materials through partnerships with several publishing companies including the Nature Publishing […]
Scholarly Publishing Data Analyst – California Digital Library, University of California
Are you a data-driven information professional passionate about transforming scholarly communication? Do you want to understand how academic research institutions can support the shift to open access? So do we! The California Digital Library (CDL) has an exciting and unique […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: January 2015
Our major monograph distributions for last month included titles for Springer (1,644 titles), Knovel (374 titles), IEEE (158 titles), YBP/Ebrary DDA (144 titles), Wiley (141 titles), and Airiti (61 titles). For serials, our only major distributions were for Open Access […]
Morgan & Claypool Synthesis Digital Library Collection Six is Available
Morgan & Claypool (M&C) Publishers has two fulltext series of short books acquired as a Tier 2 purchase. The Synthesis Series (http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/browseLbS.jsp) currently has completed its sixth collection and includes a total of 46 series in Collections 1-6 that span […]
Challenges to Licensing – MD Consult Update
The vast majority of publishers and vendors who enter into negotiations with CDL demonstrate an open-minded, flexible approach and are more than willing to reach common ground in pricing and licensing terms. It is rare that after a long period […]
DMPTool Service Update: December 2014
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Personnel changes here at CDL that affect the DMPTool: Trisha Cruse, UC3 Director, has retired from CDL after 20 years of service in UC including her previous position at UCSD. Trisha was one […]