Author: Jayne Dickson
WorldCat Discovery beta: Personal Lists; Importing Lists from WorldCat.org
This month’s WorldCat Discovery installation on September 25, 2015 included the following new features, enhancements and bug fixes. The running list of release notes can be found at http://www.cdlib.org/services/d2d/melvyl/public/. (Note that many of these do not have an impact […]
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – Gunsho Ruiju Online
Nine campuses (all except UCSF) began participation in a Tier 2 opportunity for access to Gunsho Ruiju Online. http://uclibs.org/PID/168427 (B, D, I, LA, M, R, SD, SB and SC; on the JapanKnowledge platform) The Gunsho Ruiju series is […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Availability/Location Information on Brief Results
This month’s WorldCat Discovery installation on August 21, 2015 included the following new features, enhancements and bug fixes. The running list of release notes can be found at http://www.cdlib.org/services/d2d/melvyl/public/. (Note that many of these do not have an impact […]
Melvyl & FirstSearch transition to WorldCat Discovery rescheduled to June 2016
OCLC’s latest roadmap for WorldCat Discovery (WCD) development indicates that parity with the existing FirstSearch and WorldCat Local interfaces will not happen until spring 2016. Additionally, CDL continues to work with OCLC to resolve a few remaining issues where WCD […]
New Licensed Resource — Business Expert Press Digital Library (2010-2015)
All UC campuses now have access to Business Expert Press Digital Library (2010-2015). Note: Some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions. http://uclibs.org/PID/276063; all campuses, on the IG Library Portal platform. SCP cataloged and distributed the individual ebook […]
The SNAC pack is back (in print)
Now that the first and second phases of the award-winning Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) research and demonstration project have been completed, Daniel Pitti (University of Virginia, Charlottesville), Ray Larson (UC Berkeley) and three CDL staff members (Rachael Hu, […]
New Licensed Resource: Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO) — Literature
All UC campuses now have access to Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO) — Literature. Note: Some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions. http://uclibs.org/PID/276064; All campuses, on the Oxford Handbooks platform. Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO), the home of scholarly research […]
Mirroring FirstSearch searching in WorldCat Discovery (WCD)
As you know, OCLC is rolling out a new discovery interface (WorldCat Discovery) which will merge together the existing OCLC FirstSearch and WorldCat Local (WCL) interfaces onto this new platform. Currently, the UC campuses are scheduled to move to the […]
Changing of the guard
In July, Erika Wilson, CDL Executive Assistant to Laine Farley, became the Communications and Operations Manager at the Authors Alliance (http://www.authorsalliance.org/). “As we continue to grow, it’s important we have staff committed to our mission,” said Authors Alliance Executive Director […]
Wiley Online Library adds CAPTCHA to prevent systematic article downloads
Wiley has implemented CAPTCHA (http://www.captcha.net/) for users downloading more than 25 articles in an active session on the Wiley Online Library. This is in order to prevent systematic downloads of content above a threshold that Wiley deems to be an […]