Author: Ellen Meltzer
Visit the Data Pub at CDL
By Patricia Cruse, Director, UC Curation Center Data management plans, data publication, and calls for open data are raising the visibility of digital data as a medium to be addressed by a wide community of researchers, libraries, museums and data centers. […]
Ergonomics Abstracts New Platform
Ergonomics Abstracts (Systemwide access) has transitioned from Taylor & Francis to the EBSCOhost platform. (http://uclibs.org/PID/126493)
HathiTrust Update for February – Full-text search, Bib Data Management and more
You can learn about the twelve candidates running for HathiTrust’s Board of Governors, find out about local digitization projects, and discover what the CDL is doing with Bibliographic Data Management and dictionary-building work in the HathiTrust update on February 2012 […]
CDL Position: Manager, Infrastructure and Applications Support
Are you excited about supporting the building and creative use of the world’s scholarship and knowledge? Are you a strong IT technical manager who can meet the challenges of managing complex relationships, keeping technologies up-to-date and working with developers to […]
Melvyl Central Index: Change in Language for Authentication Screen; Removal of SCIPIO
Based on user input, CDL has made the following changes to the Melvyl Central Index Pilot with the endorsement of the Melvyl Central Index task group: 1. The language on the Authentication screen has been modified. 2. The SCIPIO: Art […]
Melvyl Enhancements – February 2012
On February 28, 2012 (12:38 PM PST), OCLC announced the roll back of the software changes installed on Feb. 26 due to some performance issues. OCLC has since announced that the re-installation of the quarterly software changes is scheduled to […]
Melvyl Enhancements – November 2011
Several enhancements improve the user experience in Melvyl as a result of OCLC’s Sunday, November 20 install. The improvements are shown in detail in the attached PDF. (There are some items that do not apply to the UC libraries’ versions […]
Meet Rob Valentine
In its 2011 review, CDL was explicitly encouraged to “aggressively pursue external funding as a mechanism to fund the innovation and the delivery of more robust services to faculty and students” and to “expand fee-for-service offerings to external/ Non –UC […]
Major Melvyl Enhancements Coming in January
Two exciting new features enhancing Melvyl will be turned on in Melvyl beginning this January: View Now and Central Index. Two task groups appointed by and reporting to the UC Heads of Public Services (HOPS) recommended that these features be […]
Licensed Database Transitions 2012: bepress/De Gruyter, Project Muse, Wilson/EBSCO, ProQuest
Several CDL and campus licensed databases will be transitioning to new platforms in the new year. Below are several of the upcoming changes: The academic publisher De Gruyter is acquiring the Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) portfolio of 67 journals in […]