Category: Collection Development
SCP Update – April 2021
For the detailed list of net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections, see the distribution statistics report for March 2021. SCP Overview Monthly Updates The following chart and table show the overall…
New Resource: Archives of Sexuality and Gender: International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture
All UC campuses now have access to the latest module in Gale’s Archives of Sexuality and Gender, International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture. This module examines populations and areas of the world previously underrepresented in prevailing scholarship on sexuality…
Partnership for Shared Book Collections Quarterly Report (April 2021) now available
The Partnership for Shared Book Collections has released their quarterly report for 2021Q1. The report includes a roundup of accomplishments the Partnership has achieved in the last three months, updates Partnership governance committee and working group areas of focus, and…
New Resource: Women’s Studies Archive (2 collections)
All campuses have access to the Women’s Studies Archive collections below. Women’s Studies Archive: Women’s Issues and Identities – focus on the social, political, and professional achievements of women throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century. More than one million never-before-digitized…
Registration Open for Partnership for Shared Book Collections Best Practices Webinar
Since 2020, the Partnership for Shared Book Collections’ Best Practices Working Group has collaborated on the development of several new best practices for shared print programs. Join the Best Practices Working Group for this webinar to learn more about…
SCP Weekly File Distribution ends in March 2021
In order for SCP staff to have enough time to prepare SCP and MARCIVE records for the SILS Cutover migration, the date for the last weekly file distributions will be Monday, March 29, 2021. It marks the end of an…
Shared Print Functionalities Across OCLC Services
In their continued support of shared print, OCLC has released a guide to accessing shared print information in various OCLC products based on commitments registered by institutions and programs. All commitments must be registered using WorldShare Collection Manager, but there…
UC secures landmark open access deal with world’s largest scientific publisher
The University of California today (March 16) announced a pioneering open access agreement with the world’s largest scientific publisher, Elsevier, making significantly more of the University’s research available to people worldwide — immediately and at no cost. The deal will…
New UC transformative open access agreements with three not-for-profit publishers announced
University of California (UC) is delighted to announced three new transformative open access agreements, with not-for-profit publishers Canadian Science Publishing, The Company of Biologists, and the Royal Society. All of these agreements will be managed by the California Digital Library…
SCP Update — March 2021
For the detailed list of net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections, see the distribution statistics report for February 2021. SCP Overview Monthly Updates The following chart and table show the overall…