Author: Ellen Meltzer
UC Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Now Have Preservation and Access
By Patricia Cruse, Director, University of California Curation Center (UC3) and Catherine Mitchell, Director, Publishing Group Several UC campuses are actively using CDL’s preservation and access services for the Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) of their graduate students, exercising a […]
bX Recommender Purchase Postponed Indefinitely
The UC Heads of Public Services (HOPS) gave serious consideration to the purchase of bX Recommender following a three month trial and assessment last spring. HOPS determined the service to be of some usefulness in increasing discovery of UC’s full […]
Data Management Tool Launched by University of California Libraries and Partner Institutions
The press release (http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/26584) below was distributed by the UC Newsroom (and at partner institutions) this morning: Important questions are challenging researchers today: Where should their research data reside? How can they make the data discoverable by other investigators and […]
New Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Courier Service to Launch November 7
By Eric Scott, Chair, RSC As of November 7, the University of California Libraries will begin using a new courier service for our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) intercampus deliveries, Accurate Courier Services (http://www.accurate-courier.com/). Based on a charge from CDL and SOPAG, the […]
HathiTrust Update, September 2011 – Constitutional Convention and much more
Read the latest about the recent HathiTrust Constitutional Convention (with wide UC library participation), HathiTrust Mobile, Authors Guild Lawsuit, and a whole host of other initiatives in the latest HathiTrust update. Constitutional Convention On October 8-10, 2011, 130 representatives from […]
CDL Position: Communications/Marketing Coordinator
University of California – California Digital Library (CDL) Communications/Marketing Coordinator (Sr. Communications Analyst) If you’re a mission-driven professional with enthusiasm for innovation in higher education, explore this position at the University of California’s California Digital Library (CDL). As Communications/Marketing Coordinator, […]
New Melvyl Governance in Place
By Ginny Steel, Chair, CoUL The Council of University Librarians (CoUL) is launching a new systemwide structure to manage the Melvyl WorldCat Local service. The new structure is incorporated in the CoUL Advisory Structure and consists of the following: Strategic […]
Important Milestone: Serial Local Holdings Records (LHRs) to display in Melvyl
Since nearly the inception of the UC-OCLC Melvyl project, adding serial Local Holdings Records (LHRs) to UC’s Melvyl catalog records has been a high priority. The aim in doing so has been to improve response time, particularly for serial records […]
Stay in the Know: Melvyl Webinars Are Coming
Want to learn more about the status of features and future plans for Melvyl? A series of Melvyl Webinars is planned for September and October. Although the first two webinars will focus on public or technical services issues, everyone is […]
Facilitating Data Management: DCXL
CDL has launched a new project dubbed Digital Curation for Excel (DCXL), led by UC3’s project manager Carly Strasser. Carly comes to the CDL with a PhD in Biological Oceanography from Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; her most […]