Author: Ellen Meltzer
Want to know what’s happening at the CDL? Here’s your chance!
Attendees at this year's lively Users Council meeting in Oakland (April 10, 2009) learned about an array of CDL programs and services and how they interact with our campuses, partners, and other national and international initiatives.
New Licensed Resources: Asahi Kikuzo II; The Sixties
UC campuses now have access to Asahi Kikuzo II and The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives, 1960 to 1974 as part of Tier 2 licenses.
Next Generation Melvyl – Status Update; March Enhancements
The current Melvyl and Next Generation Melvyl will run in parallel until such time as OCLC has met UC's critical needs for the Melvyl Catalog. There were a number of enhancements brought into Next Generation Melvyl supported by WorldCat Local (WCL) on Sunday, March 15.
NISC Databases Transitioning to EBSCOhost Research Platform
NISC USA resources have been purchased by EBSCO and will be transitioning to the EBSCOhost Research platform on April 17, 2009.
CDL’s Director of eScholarship Publishing, Catherine Mitchell, in the News
CDL's Director of eScholarship Publishing, Catherine Mitchell, has been re-envisioning scholarly publishing, a topic that's of broad interest right now.
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot – February Enhancements
A description of the February install updates applied to WorldCat, including the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot supported by WorldCat Local (WCL).
CDL 2008 Profile Now Available
A PDF Version of CDL's 2008 Profile which highlights "recent accomplishments, comments from our users, and beautiful images from UC's collections" is now available from the CDL homepage.
New Licensed Resources: Blackwell Compass; AGU’s Digital Library
UC campuses now have access to Blackwell Compass and AGU's Digital Library as part of CDL consortial licenses.
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot News: Steps to Pre-Production
The University Librarians have made the decision to move forward with the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot supported by WorldCat Local as a replacement for the current Melvyl Catalog. Pre-production will now begin with an aim of moving toward replacing Melvyl some time in 2009.