Category: Licensed Resources
New Tier 2 subscription: National Technical Reports Library
The National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) is now available to UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA and UCM as part of a new Tier 2 subscription.
Campus Discount Program
As a way to facilitate individual campus licenses as well as potential Tier 2 efforts, CDL has begun to negotiate predetermined campus discounts and has set up the Campus Discount Program.
Array of New Digital Resources from CDL, June 2009
CDL was able to purchase perpetual rights to eight new resources with end-of-year funds in June 2009.
ECONLIT, FIAF moving to OvidSP platform
: EconLit and FIAF will move from the SilverPlatter to the OvidSP platform on Monday, June 29, 2009.
New Licensed Resources: JSTOR Arts & Sciences VI and VII
RSS Description: UC campuses except UCSF now have access to JSTOR Arts & Sciences VI and JSTOR Arts & Sciences VII as part of CDL consortial licenses.
Resource Cancellations: Applied Science & Technology; Essay & General Literature Index; Book Review Digest
: UC subscriptions to Applied Science & Technology, Essay & General Literature Index, and Book Review Digest will be cancelled as of July 1 as a result of a systemwide review of Tier 1 & Tier 2 resources.
Open Letter to Vendors – Serious Economic Challenges Face UC Libraries
CDL and the UC Collection Development Committee, with UL endorsement, have jointly drafted an Open Letter to Licensed Content Vendors to advise content vendors with whom we conduct business of the serious economic challenges facing the University of California Libraries.
INSPEC moving from Ovid to Web of Science Platform
INSPEC, the premier database for computer science, information technology, physics and electronics engineering, will move from Ovid to the ISI Web of Knowledge platform.
Columbia Earthscape to be Discontinued June 30, 2009
Columbia University Libraries and Columbia University Press have announced that Columbia Earthscape: An Online Resource on the global environment will cease on June 30, 2009.
New Licensed Resources: Asahi Kikuzo II; The Sixties
UC campuses now have access to Asahi Kikuzo II and The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives, 1960 to 1974 as part of Tier 2 licenses.