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Category: Shared Collections

More details about the Scientific American Archive Online discontinuation

By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst As reported earlier this month, the Scientific American Archive Online (SAAO) will no longer be available after May 31, 2010.  See Scientific American Archive (EBSCO) to be Discontinued by Publisher on May 31, […]

SCP Distribution Statistics for April 26, 2010

The Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) has released record distribution statistics for the week of April 26, 2010.  See:  http://www.cdlib.org/services/collections/scp/updates/scpstats2010.html#apr2010

SCP Distribution Statistics for April 19, 2010

The Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) has released record distribution statistics for the week of April 19, 2010.  See:  http://www.cdlib.org/services/collections/scp/updates/scpstats2010.html#apr2010

UC’s Internet Archive-digitized Books Now Loading into the HathiTrust

By Heather Christenson, CDL HathiTrust Project Manager Through a collaborative effort between the California Digital Library and the University of Michigan, the University of California volumes digitized by Internet Archive are now flowing into the HathiTrust Digital Library.  This accomplishment […]

Scientific American Archive (EBSCO) to be Discontinued by Publisher on May 31, 2010

Scientific American was acquired by the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) in 2009.  NPG is discontinuing access to the Scientific American Archive on EBSCO on May 31, 2010.  UC Libraries have decided not to license Scientific American on the Nature.com platform.  […]

SCP distribution stats for April 5, 2010

To view the number and type of records that SCP distributed to the campuses this week, go to: http://www.cdlib.org/services/collections/scp/updates/scpstats2010.html#apr2010

BHA Database is now available via the Getty’s web site

By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst UC’s access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) database via the CSA Illumina platform was discontinued yesterday (March 31, 2010) since it had been reported that the Getty Research Institute […]

Journal Value Metrics Webinars Scheduled for May 2010

By Jacqueline Wilson, CDL Senior Associate for Shared Content CDL will host four sessions of Value-based Journal Metrics/Journal Review Process, 2011  on: Wednesday, May 12, 2:00 – 3:30 PM Thursday, May 13, 3:00 – 4:30 PM Monday, May 17, 11:00 […]

Journal Value Metrics Assessment

By Jacqueline Wilson, CDL Senior Associate for Shared Content In 2008, the UC libraries adopted a new value-based strategy developed by CDL which is now used in negotiations with major publishers.  The strategy involves using objective metrics to compare the […]

IOP Journals Platform Change

By Sue Koskinen (UCB), IOP Resource Liaison Beginning Tuesday, March 2, 2010, the IOP Publishing journals, which UC licenses, are now accessed via the IOPscience <http://iopscience.iop.org/> platform. This new system provides users with advanced functionality, new features and a clean, […]