Category: Shared Collections
Letter to UC Faculty on Nature Publishing Group Subscription Increases
A letter dated June 4, 2010 describing exorbitant subscription increases on the part of the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) for the 67 journals UC licenses (including Nature) was distributed to UC faculty by campus librarians with the support of faculty […]
Immediate Change: Time, Inc. Titles Removed from LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis has informed us that Time Inc. has decided to withdraw its publications from all LexisNexis services, effective immediately. Previously, LexisNexis Academic was restricted to rolling coverage of the most recent 2 years for the titles shown below. As of […]
Ivy Anderson in Print
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published a special issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) on strategies now being deployed to increase the amount of content that is open and available to the research library community, and by extension, […]
SCP monthly cataloging update (May 2010)
The Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) monthly cataloging update for May 2010 is now available at: http://www.cdlib.org/services/collections/scp/updates/update2010.html#may2010
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library Finishes Digitization
Working together with CDL and Google, UCSD has finished digitizing nearly 100,000 volumes from the collections of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library (http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sio/) – the world’s largest oceanographic library. Included are works on marine biology, climate science, ecology, geology, and many other subjects. The collection […]
CDL Users Council: You can view this year’s sessions
By Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager From your desktop, you can attend sessions on CDL program activities tailored for Users Council. UC campuses and selected California institutions have a Users Council member who monitors communications to and from the CDL, […]
HathiTrust Update & Significant Milestone
By Heather Christenson, Mass Digitization Project Manager and CDL HathiTrust Project Manager HathiTrust Reaches 1.1 Million Public Domain Volumes The HathiTrust has collectively reached one of our long-anticipated goals; over 1 million volumes are now available in full view for […]
SCP Distribution Statistics for May 3, 2010
The Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) has released record distribution statistics for the week of May 3, 2010. See: http://www.cdlib.org/services/collections/scp/updates/scpstats2010.html#may2010
CDL to Investigate Mobile Device Use
By Rachael Hu, User Experience Design Manager CDL is beginning a formal exploration and investigation into mobile device use on the UC campuses and how that impacts our services. We will be: Studying mobile device user patterns to inform CDL […]
New E-Journal Troubleshooting guide highlights the CDL ERMS Portal
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst Have you ever wondered if you should be able to access the online content of a specific journal but found different resources (your OPAC’s holdings or E-Journal A-Z list, etc.) provide conflicting information? […]