Category: Shared Collections
University of California Libraries Evaluation of Scopus
The University of California Libraries will be evaluating Scopus
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.
UC/Springer Open Access Journal Publishing Pilot – Resources for Campus Use
A task force appointed by the Scholarly Communications Officers (SCO) worked with the California Digital Library (CDL) to prepare information on the UC/Springer Open Access Journal Publishing Pilot, originally announced in January, for distribution to UC authors on each campus. The information can be found on the Reshaping Scholarly Communication site.
NISC Databases Transitioning to EBSCOhost Research Platform
NISC USA resources have been purchased by EBSCO and will be transitioning to the EBSCOhost Research platform on April 17, 2009.
Springer Electronic Book Package
The UC campuses have recently obtained perpetual access to nearly every Springer ebook published in English and German from 2005 to 2009, including Landolt-Bornstein, the largest compilation of data in physics and chemistry.
CDL ERMS project website on InsideCDL
Interested in the progress of the CDL Electronic Resource Management System (CDL ERMS) project team? We've created a project web page on InsideCDL.
Mass Digitization Projects Update
2008 was a busy year for our UC Libraries' book digitization activities. This article reviews those efforts.
UC Davis and Internet Archive Make Important Geologic and Water Resources Available
As part of UC's mass digitization scanning efforts, the library of the University of California, Davis, in consultation with the Government Information Librarians (GILS) bibliographers group, and the Internet Archive is currently engaged in two important digitization projects.