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Category: Licensed Resources

Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: May 2015

The major monograph distributions were for Naxos (902 titles), YBP/Ebrary DDA (284 titles), Wiley (249 titles), IEEE (178 titles), Harvard University Press (134 titles), Open Access (67 titles), and CRC Press (45 titles). For serials our major distributions were for […]

UC Systemwide Licensed Content Video Series

Are you curious about how electronic information resources are licensed systemwide for access by users at campuses throughout  the University of California?  How are resources selected, paid for, activated, monitored and assessed?  How are decisions made, and who performs ongoing […]

CDL Mobile Support Policy for Systemwide Licensed Resources – Update 2015

An updated version of the CDL Mobile Support Policy for Systemwide Licensed Resources has been posted to http://www.cdlib.org/services/collections/mobile.html. CDL has updated the Mobile Support Policy for Systemwide Licensed Resources.  The updated policy includes the current recommendations regarding promoting and supporting […]

CDL Technical Requirements for Licensed Resources – 2015 Update

An updated version of the Technical Requirements for Licensed Resources document has been posted to http://www.cdlib.org/gateways/vendors/guidelines_technical.html. The Technical Requirements document is primarily intended for new and continuing vendors of the University of California’s systemwide licensed electronic resources, but it’s worth […]

Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: April 2015

The major monograph distributions were for Naxos (7485 titles), Naxos Jazz (1327 titles), Knovel (1182 titles), Materials Research Society (288 titles), MIT Press (219 titles), IEEE (197 titles), SPIE (135 titles), EBSCO (118 titles), and CRC Press (94 titles). For […]

New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – Loeb Classical Library

Five campuses (Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Santa Barbara) are now participating in a Tier 2 license for the digital Loeb Classical Library, which was recently made available online by Harvard University Press. http://uclibs.org/PID/270639 (B, I, LA, R, SB; […]

New Licensed Resource – Nature Plants

All UC campuses now have access to Nature Plants on the Nature.com (NPG) platform. Nature Plants is a new systemwide license in 2015. After numerous faculty requests across a number of campuses, the UC Bio/Ag and Health & Life Sciences […]

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online transition to new platform

Three campuses (Berkeley, Irvine, and San Diego) participatie in a Tier 2 license for access to six (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish; plus Arabic for UCB only) of the Oxford Language Dictionaries Online. The 3 participating campuses have […]

Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: March 2015

I’m very pleased to share the news that Becky Culbertson has been named a recipient of the annual Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award. The ALA press release highlights many of her contributions to the field, the benefits of which are well […]

UC Monthly E-Resource Usage Reports Are Now Available Via MPSInsight for Libraries

Monthly COUNTER usage reports for UC Libraries Systemwide licensed e-resources from 2010 to the present are now available via a link to MPSInsight for Libraries (formerly ScholarlyStats). ScholarlyStats was the brand name and platform under which MPS’s library statistics reporting […]