Category: Collection Development
WEST will migrate away from using the OCLC shared print second symbol
At the close of 2019, WEST completed its most recent program assessment and strategic planning process. Assessment outcomes pointed to the timeliness of reviewing and updating key WEST operational policies and practices. Around the same time, OCLC moved into…
The Sixties moves to ASP’s LAZR Platform
The Sixties: Primary Sources and Personal Narratives 1960-1974 has migrated to the LAZR platform, joining other Alexander Street Historical Collections. See Alexander Street Historical Collections migrate to the LAZR Platform for more information. The Sixties http://uclibs.org/PID/136017; UCB, UCI, UCLA,…
Welcome Lisa Mackinder, CDL’s new Licensing Analyst
The Shared Collections group is pleased to welcome Lisa Mackinder as our new Licensing Analyst. In this role, Lisa will handle all aspects of license management with publishers and other content providers. This includes drafting, editing, and negotiating license agreements…
Save the dates! Upcoming Shared Print Meetings and Webinars
A number of shared print events are scheduled for the coming months, including regular mid-winter meetings such as the Print Archive Network (PAN) Forum and the WEST Members Meeting, scheduled for the last two weeks in January. In February the…
SCP Update – January 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 December 2020. SCP Overview Monthly Updates The following chart and table show the overall…
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Tier 2 expanding
Currently, several UC campuses (D, I, LA, R, SD, and SF) participate in a Tier 2 license for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) Red Book Online. These same campuses are expanding the AAP Tier 2 license to include a…
AP Images Collection becomes AP Newsroom
On Nov. 9, 2019, the AP Images Collection on the EBSCOhost platform became the new AP Newsroom platform. UC campuses should use the campus-specific URLs to the new AP Newsroom platform. What is AP Newsroom? According to the EBSCO Connect …
SCP Update – December 2020
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 November 2020. SCP Overview Monthly Updates The following chart and table show the overall…
WEST Cycles 10/11 Archiving Commitments Are Complete!
The WEST project team is pleased to announce that all archiving commitments for Cycles 10/11 have been submitted! For this Cycle, WEST proposed 3,649 journal families to 31 institutions; after reviewing their proposals, 25 institutions committed to 2,770 journal families…
Global Financial Data updates website/URL
On November 8, 2020, Global Financial Data upgraded to a new website and URL. The base URL has changed so be sure to use the PID (https://uclibs.org/PID/106641) when referencing the resource in campus A-Z lists, subject guides, etc.…
