Category: Shared Collections
Resource Liaison Assignment Update: July 2009
CDL is pleased to announce the following resource liaison assignments within the CDL Resource Liaisons (RL) 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.
HathiTrust Update
Through the diligent efforts of a CDL and University of Michigan team, UC's Google-digitized books are now flowing into the HathiTrust repository, and ingest is progressing well. At the time of this writing, the number of volumes available via the HathiTrust beta catalog is 136,125, and this number grows weekly.
ECONLIT, FIAF moving to OvidSP platform
: EconLit and FIAF will move from the SilverPlatter to the OvidSP platform on Monday, June 29, 2009.
Resource Liaison Assignment Update: June 2009
CDL is pleased to announce the following new resource liaison assignments within the CDL Resource Liaisons (RL) program.
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.
2008 Usage Statistics: Journal, Database and E-book Update
2008 annual UC systemwide aggregated and campus-by-campus usage statistics for selected major Tier 1 and Tier 2 journals, databases and ebooks are now available on the Inside CDL website.
CDL welcomes new Resource Liaisons
CDL is pleased to welcome the following group of librarians to the Resource Liaisons (RL) program. Resource Liaisons provide a crucial link between the UC system and our licensed resource vendors, as well as providing a link between CDL and the campuses.