Category: Shared Collections
UC Libraries and Springer Sign Pilot Agreement for Open Access Journal Publishing
CDL Collections and eScholarship in partnership with the UC Scholarly Communication Officers (SCOs) are piloting a ground-breaking open access publishing arrangement with Springer on behalf of UC faculty.
New Licensed Resources: Blackwell Compass; AGU’s Digital Library
UC campuses now have access to Blackwell Compass and AGU's Digital Library as part of CDL consortial licenses.
Shared Print issues a call for prospective monograph proposals in Area Studies
CDL Shared Print has issued a call for proposals for prospective Shared Print monograph collections in Area Studies. CDC and CDL Shared Print collaborated to design a new, distributed framework for cooperative monograph collecting which will support the continued development of the UC Libraries' collective collections of international materials.
Springer E-Book Trial: Clarification
This article clarifies the years included (2005-2008) in the Springer ebook trial.
Serials Solution Chosen as Electronic Resources Management System (ERMS)
After a careful evaluation, CDL has selected Serials Solutions 360 Resource Manager to manage the CDL's shared licensing activities for tier 1 and CDL-supported tier 2 resources.
Springer E-Book Trial Available
Beginning immediately through December 31st 2008, a public trial of all English-language Springer electronic books is available to UC library users via the Springer Link website.
Reporting problems with Google Books
Occasionally, book links in the catalog records link incorrectly to another book via the Google Books Search API. The best way to report these mis-links and other problems with the Google Books content is to use the Melvyl Catalog and WCL implementation feedback links to report the problem to CDL.
CDL's Recently Acquired Scholarly Content in 2008
Every year CDL purchases perpetual rights to scholarly digital content using end-of-year funds. This growing collection of content provides permanent digital rights on behalf of future generations of UC faculty and students in varied disciplines across the sciences and humanities.
New Resources – C19: The Nineteenth Century Index and Karger Online Journals
UC campuses now have access to C19: The Nineteenth Century Index and Karger Online Journals as part of CDL consortial licenses.