Author: Ellen Meltzer
bX Recommender Trial Ending 6/13/11
The UC Libraries hosted a 2-month trial of Ex Libris’ bX Recommender service, an academic library recommender service that displays in UC-eLinks. The trial will end on Monday, June 13. The UC Heads of Public Services (HOPS) appointed a small […]
UC Access to New Electronic Resources 6/2/11
All UC campuses now have access to these electronic resources as part of CDL and campus one-time purchases (some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions): Blackwell Companion to Phonology (All campuses; on the Wiley-Blackwell platform) http://uclibs.org/PID/175687 The […]
New Melvyl WCL Web Pages – Logos, FAQ and More
The CDL has launched new Web pages for Melvyl, supported by WorldCat Local, available at http://cdlib.org/services/d2d/melvyl/ Versions of the new campus logos are linked from this page in Web-friendly, print-friendly, and re-sizable formats (GIF, PNG, and EPS). Also available are […]
Websites: Make Them Accessible to Everyone
Is your website as accessible and inclusive as it should be for all your potential audiences? The University of California is committed to providing an electronic environment that is accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities. To make it easier […]
CRL and California Digital Library to Develop Print Archives Preservation Registry
CRL is working with the California Digital Library to develop a Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR). PAPR will support research library and consortial efforts to archive and manage critical print serial collections in an informed and cost-effective manner. PAPR will feature […]
Important Next Generation Melvyl Pilot Enhancements – May, 2011
Please read the following notes very carefully—there are several important pieces of information that will impact our Melvyl WCL service now and in the future. Those items which impact the UC Libraries immediately are marked with an asterisk (*). Please […]
University of Michigan to Identify Orphan Works in HathiTrust
The University of Michigan Library’s Copyright Office is launching the first serious effort to identify orphan works among the in-copyright holdings of the HathiTrust Digital Library, which is funding the project. The vast majority of HathiTrust’s holdings are in-copyright (73%). […]
HathiTrust Makes Progress in April 2011
An update on HathiTrust Activities has been posted at http://www.hathitrust.org/updates_april2011 In addition to new functionality for its PageTurner application in April, improving the way volumes in the repository can be viewed and used (announced earlier in CDLINFO, other highlights this […]
Viewing HathiTrust Books Just Got Better
Would you like to scan the contents of a book at a glance? This is now possible with HathiTrust’s upgrade to its pageturner functionality. The recent enhancements were developed collaboratively by CDL’s Stephanie Collett and staff at the University of […]
HathiTrust Webinar Available Online
Is your 52 volume set of Voltaire checked out but someone else needs to use it? HathiTrust to the rescue! Want to learn more about HathiTrust, how it’s governed, what it contains and how people use it? HathiTrust partners participated […]