Category: Shared Collections
CDL ERMS Portal gives UC library staff access to license terms for CDL resources
By Holly Eggleston, Electronic Resource Analyst, Collections CDL is pleased to announce the launch of the CDL ERMS Portal, an interface for campus library staff to find licensing-related information about CDL managed electronic resources. The CDL ERMS Portal is part […]
Searching for UC Systemwide Electronic Resources in the Catalogs
By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, CDL Information Services; Linda Barnhart, Head of Metadata Services (UCSD); and Adolfo Tarango, Head of CJK, Serials & Shared Cataloging Division (CDL/UCSD) There is a disparity between what users see in current Melvyl, the Next Generation […]
Mass Digitization Projects Update: 2009 in Review
By Heather Christenson, CDL Mass Digitization Project Manager The UC Libraries’ made great progress in mass digitization of books in 2009, despite significant fiscal challenges. In April 2009 we reached a major milestone: over 2 million books digitized! In August […]
Web of Science and BIOSIS Database News
By Beth Weil (UCB), WoS and BIOSIS Resource Liaison As part of the CDL negotiated 3-year Web of Science renewal, UC campuses now have access to Social Science Citation Index back to 1900 through the Web of Science database. This […]
New Licensed Resource: JSTOR Arts and Sciences VIII
By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, CDL Information Services UC campuses except UCSF now have access to this electronic resource as part of CDL consortial licenses: JSTOR Arts & Sciences VIII (All campuses except UCSF; on the JSTOR platform) The Arts & […]
CDL ERMS implementation finishes
The CDL ERMS Implementation Team (iTeam) has fulfilled its charge and completed the implementation of the CDL ERMS for CDL staff use. The CDL ERMS brings together critical CDL acquisitions and licensing data in one place using Serials Solutions’ 360 Resource Manager, a hosted web product.
Resource Cancellation – Global Books in Print
Global Books in Print is being cancelled as of December 31, 2009. This cancellation was made as a result of a systemwide review of Tier 1 & Tier 2 resources.
Mellon Planning Grant Awarded to UC Libraries for a Western Regional Storage Trust
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the University of California Libraries a nine month planning grant to organize the “Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST)” — a shared print repository service, focused initially on retrospective journal archives.
Emily Stambaugh in Print
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is initiating a new series of invited reports addressing emerging roles for research libraries and Emily Stambaugh, CDL’s Manager of Shared Print, is writing the report on New roles in providing print collections: remote storage and collection consolidation.
Completion of UC-Internet Archive on-site mass digitization projects
In 2005, the UC Libraries entered into a ground-breaking partnership with the Internet Archive to digitize public domain book collections from the University of California Libraries. Today, five years and over 64 million pages later, we announce the conclusion of this phase of our Internet Archive collaboration and celebrate the work we have accomplished together.