Author: Lena Zentall
UC-eLinks wording changes: simpler is better
Thanks to suggestions from UC librarians Katie Fortney (Santa Cruz), Ruth Gustafson (Davis), and Stacy Nelson (San Diego), the CDL has simplified key messages in the UC-eLinks window. But these changes go beyond wordsmithing — they reflect changes in the […]
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory joins UC-eLinks
Berkeley Lab joins the ten UC campuses in having access to UC-eLinks for easy linking to articles and other UC-eLinks features. The Lab officially introduced UC-eLinks in September 2011. They created a video to explain how UC-eLinks works. UC Berkeley […]
CDL job openings for two programmer analysts
Shape the future of library systems. Position: Programmer Analyst III (2 open positions) About you You are a programmer who seeks out innovative ways to continually improve interactive library systems. You thrive on building new systems to meet emerging needs, […]
One Small Step for Metadata Management in HathiTrust
In November 2010, a small team at the California Digital Library set to work on this ambitious goal: “By 2012, the California Digital Library will build a major component of HathiTrust: a system to manage HathiTrust partners’ bibliographic metadata.” What […]
CDL Opens HathiTrust SFX Target to the broader SFX community
CDL’s Discovery & Delivery group is sharing a way to link to HathiTrust digital resources with other institutions using SFX (the software we use for UC-eLinks). These institutions will have access to the HathiTrust Digital Library “target” on EL Commons […]
Change in the way UC-eLinks displays articles with an embargo or moving wall
More full text links are now displaying in UC-eLinks due to a change in the way SFX (the software underlying UC-eLinks) handles embargoes and moving walls. This change means UC-eLinks will display more full text links from platforms that include […]
Second position for Principal 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: Principal Metadata Analyst (2 positions: 1 filled, 1 open) About you You are an experienced metadata analyst. You […]
UC-eLinks upgrades to SFX version 4
UC-eLinks was upgraded to Ex Libris’ SFX version 4 software on March 31, 2011. This upgrade focused on the back-end admin module, so end-users will not see any visible change. The UC-eLinks liaisons that update UC-eLinks locally at their campus […]
UC-eLinks “Logon to your campus proxy or VPN” alert is helping users
A new feature implemented by the UC-eLinks team in July 2010 is making a huge difference — it’s a special UC-eLinks’ alert that tells users to logon to their campus proxy or VPN when we detect they are trying to […]
Principal Metadata Analyst Position Closes 1/14/11
Shape the future of discovery & delivery. Discovery & Delivery: Job Opportunity Position: Principal Metadata Analyst About you You are an experienced metadata analyst. You have the ability to understand how metadata is mapped and transformed as it travels between […]