Author: Lena Zentall
UC-eLinks moved successfully to the Ex Libris Cloud
Early in the morning on Thursday June 20, UC-eLinks went live on the Ex Libris Cloud. This means CDL is no longer hosting the SFX software that runs UC-eLinks. UC Davis also successfully moved its separate SFX instance onto the […]
DOI and PMID added to UC-eLinks Citation Linker
Your patience has been rewarded! By popular demand, the UC-eLinks team has added two new search fields to the end user Citation Linker forms: DOI – Digital Object Identifier PMID – PubMed Identifier Why is this good? When you enter […]
Accessibility Improvements to UC-eLinks
In 2012, University of California hired an accessibility consultant Jim Thatcher to review ten websites at each campus including the UC libraries’ websites, and to write a report for each campus. UC Berkeley shared their “Thatcher” report with CDL in fall 2012. […]
UC-eLinks is moving to the Ex Libris Cloud
After more than a decade of hosting the Ex Libris SFX software that runs UC-eLinks, the CDL is joining a growing number of SFX customers by moving UC-eLinks hosting from CDL to the Ex Libris Cloud. The migration process will […]
WorldCat Local Knowledgebase for Melvyl? Not quite yet.
In fall 2012, members of the CDL WorldCat Local Operations Team completed a preliminary investigation of the WorldCat Local Knowledgebase (WCL KB). The result of the analysis was a decision not to implement the WCL KB at this time. The […]
UC-eLinks now offers direct linking for articles in Melvyl
UC-eLinks now offers direct linking for articles in Melvyl when UC has licensed the electronic edition of the journal. In some cases you will see the UC-eLinks menu header in a frame at the top of the article (see image […]
CDL job opening for programmer
Shape the future of library systems. Position: Programmer Analyst III (3-year full-time position) About you You are a versatile and innovative programmer who thrives on building new systems to meet emerging needs. You enjoy learning new skills quickly and independently […]
Followup on Peer Review Indication in UC-eLinks
The UC-eLinks team received this question from a librarian about the recently-published article on Peer Review Indication in UC-eLinks. Question: Because journals aren’t peer reviewed (articles are), how do you decide which journal titles get the peer-review indicator icon? Answer: […]
New Peer Review Indication in UC-eLinks
Within the next two weeks, UC-eLinks users will see a new icon in your campus’ UC-eLinks A-Z ejournal list to indicate peer reviewed journals. The icon looks like a document with a magnifying glass (see below.) This enhancement to SFX, the […]
Hot Articles: a new service using UC-eLinks
Hot Articles is a new free service that shows you immediately, based on real usage data, what publications are hot in your broad subject area. How does Hot Articles work? Hot Articles is a mini window (a “tile”) that goes […]