Author: Jayne Dickson
Melvyl Enhancements – August 2012
Enhancements to the user experience in Melvyl were recently implemented by OCLC and officially rolled out during OCLC’s Sunday, August 5 install. All improvements are listed in detail in the attached PDF. (There are some items that do not apply […]
CDLers (and UCBer) in Print
UC librarians Sherri Berger (CDL), Lynn Jones (UCB) and Ellen Meltzer (CDL) have contributed a chapter to Past or Portal? Enhancing Undergraduate Learning through Special Collections and Archives, edited by Eleanor Mitchell, Peggy Seiden, and Suzy Taraba. Their chapter, also […]
Melvyl Mobile Stats Debut
Have you wondered which campus Melvyl gets the most mobile searches or if iPad users do more catalog searches than iPhone users? Are you a mobile-stats watcher? Beginning with the January 2012 usage statistics, monthly search statistics include the number […]
CDL office closure Dec. 23, 2011 PM – Jan. 2, 2012
This year, UC’s Office of the President, including the California Digital Library (CDL), will be officially closed during the Winter and New Year holiday periods from Friday, December 23, 2011 at noon through Monday, January 2, 2012. During this closure, […]
New Custom URL for PubMed
Recently, it came to our attention that PubMed had changed its URL, which subsequently changed the custom URL used by the UC campuses. PubMed’s custom URL includes specific components (tool & otool) that allow the interface to incorporate linking and […]
New Look/New URL for the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS)
(All campuses except UCR, UCSF; on the Univ. of Michigan platform) http://uclibs.org/PID/271 A new version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies was recently launched, along with an upgrade having close to 800,000 entries. This new version offers a state-of-the-art discovery system with […]
Mark Twain Project Online Receives Award for Best Reference Web Site 2011
The Mark Twain Project Online (MTPO), a joint project of the Mark Twain Papers and Project of The Bancroft Library, the California Digital Library, and the University of California Press, was selected as one of the MARS Best Free Reference […]
SciFinder is now Web-only
As of June 30, 2011, SciFinder Scholar – the research discovery tool provided by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) – is available only as a web resource. Previously, SciFinder Scholar was available via client-downloadable software. For the past two years, […]
New versions of LibX are here
Updated versions of the LibX Browser Toolbar for Firefox and Internet Explorer (IE) are now available from the CDL website. The new versions of the UC Melvyl and Campus Libraries Edition (The UC Melvyl LibX Edition has been discontinued. Please […]
Position for Metadata Analyst at CDL
Job Opportunity at the California Digital Library (CDL): Be part of a metadata team shaping the future of discovery & delivery. Position: Metadata Analyst (2 positions: 1 filled, 1 open) About you You are a metadata analyst with the ability […]