Author: Ellen Meltzer
Letter to UC Faculty on Nature Publishing Group Subscription Increases
A letter dated June 4, 2010 describing exorbitant subscription increases on the part of the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) for the 67 journals UC licenses (including Nature) was distributed to UC faculty by campus librarians with the support of faculty […]
Immediate Change: Time, Inc. Titles Removed from LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis has informed us that Time Inc. has decided to withdraw its publications from all LexisNexis services, effective immediately. Previously, LexisNexis Academic was restricted to rolling coverage of the most recent 2 years for the titles shown below. As of […]
Ivy Anderson in Print
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published a special issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) on strategies now being deployed to increase the amount of content that is open and available to the research library community, and by extension, […]
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot Enhancements – May 2010
By Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager Two enhancements appear in the Next Generation Melvyl (NGM) Pilot as a result of OCLC’s Sunday, May 23 install. The improvements include: A change to the global header: the Library custom web links at […]
Patricia Cruse: Digital Preservation Pioneer
CDL Director of the University of California Curation Center (UC3), Patricia Cruse, was profiled in the May 2010 issue of the Library of Congress Preservation Newsletter, where she was dubbed a “digital preservation pioneer”. The article also links to a […]
CDL Users Council: You can view this year’s sessions
By Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager From your desktop, you can attend sessions on CDL program activities tailored for Users Council. UC campuses and selected California institutions have a Users Council member who monitors communications to and from the CDL, […]
NGM Pilot Usability Results: What do our users say (and do)?
By Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager Interested in how finding out how our users stumble or succeed in navigating the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot? Take a look at the just-released WorldCat Local at the University of California: Usability Testing: Round […]
HathiTrust Books Available via UC-eLinks
CDL is pleased to announce access to selected HathiTrust books via UC-eLinks. HathiTrust books free of copyright restrictions, contributed by both UC and other HathiTrust partners, are now available via a link in the UC-eLinks menu window. The links appear […]
Meet Jason Colman
By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, Information Services Jason Colman’s reputation preceded him when he came to CDL’s Mass Digitization Program as a Project Specialist. Although he brings a rich background in digital libraries, he was probably more widely known as the […]
Scientific American Archive (EBSCO) to be Discontinued by Publisher on May 31, 2010
Scientific American was acquired by the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) in 2009. NPG is discontinuing access to the Scientific American Archive on EBSCO on May 31, 2010. UC Libraries have decided not to license Scientific American on the Nature.com platform. […]