Author: Ellen Meltzer
Common Knowledge Group Guidelines Now Available
Marlo Young, UCSD, UCLAS Communications Manager The new UC Libraries Advisory Structure, its Coordinating Committee and Strategic Action Groups are beginning to operate as a cohesive structure pursuing systemwide plans and priorities established by the Council of University Librarians. As […]
Licensed Resource Platform Change: AIP Scitation
AIP Scitation (All campuses; on the Scitation Platform) A new platform is in place for AIP Scitation, enhancing the online research experience for AIP Publishing and AIP Member Society journals. Developed in conjunction with a leading technology partner, the new […]
HathiTrust September 2013 Update
An Executive Director search is under way for HathiTrust, as reported in the HT September update. Other highlights in September include a meeting of the Program Committee, where it was reported that new subgroups will be appointed to advance the […]
New UC IT Accessibility Policy in Place
By Ellen Meltzer, Representing the UC Libraries on the UC Electronic Accessibility Leadership Team (EALT) You may have learned at your campuses that, as one of his last official acts, UC President Mark Yudof adopted a University of California Policy […]
Licensed Resources: RAND California Platform Change
RAND California (All campuses; on the RAND platform) http://uclibs.org/PID/8262 RAND California has had a platform change, including a new URL. RAND California is a collection of social science data in fourteen broad areas: Population & Demographics Health & Health Care […]
New Licensed Resources: Harvard University Press eBooks; Karger Journal Archive and eBooks
By Wendy Parfrey, CDL Shared Content Coordinator Harvard University Press eBooks, 2013 Custom Collection Along with other recently acquired digital ebook collections, all UC campuses will now have access to a recently published collection of Harvard University Press titles on […]
New Licensed Resource: Foundations & Trends – nowPublishers
By Julia Gelfand (UCI), Resource Liaison for nowPublishers The Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced and San Diego campuses are now participating in a Tier 2 package from nowPublishers that releases 31 titles in the Foundations & Trends (FnT) product line […]
UC Libraries Advisory Structure (UCLAS) Coordinating Committee Chair Appointed
By Marlo Young (UCSD), UCLAS Communications Manager Monthly updates from the new University of California Advisory Structure will commence in October 2013. Rosalie Lack (CDL) has been appointed Chair of the Coordinating Committee. More detail on the UCLAS Charge to […]
CDL Welcomes CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellow John Kratz
CDL is pleased to welcome John Kratz as a CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Curation for the Sciences and Social Sciences. John earned his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Columbia University. During his two-year fellowship, he will focus on data […]
Melvyl Enhancements — August 2013
OCLC brought in several enhancements to WorldCat Local that impact Melvyl on August 22, 2013. These contain enhancements for both July and August and include the following: Display changes for handling records from databases displaying ‘fake’ OCLC number in record […]