Category: Shared Collections
SCP’s Becky Culbertson headlines OCLC Member story on shared cataloging
Recently, Becky Culbertson, stalwart member of the Shared Cataloging Program (SCP), was interviewed by OCLC staff about shared cataloging. The interview is now online as one of OCLC’s Member stories, highlighting how catalogers at the California Digital Library share work […]
Updates and Discussion at the ALA Midwinter 2019 WEST Member Meeting
WEST members met during ALA Midwinter on Sunday, January 27th. About 20 representatives (ranging from deans, to collection managers, to technical services experts) gathered to hear WEST updates and engage with a panel of WEST’s Archive Builders. Meeting slides are […]
2019 WEST Executive Committee Election Results and Operations and Collections Council Appointments
The Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) is governed by an Executive Committee that oversees the operation and development of WEST and works to integrate WEST with related archiving programs nationally and internationally. WEST members cast their votes in elections for […]
CDL Job Opening: Shared Print Operations and Collections Analyst
Are you passionate about print collection management in academic libraries? Do you thrive in cooperative environments, excel at facilitating collaborative efforts, and enjoy conceiving and executing innovative analyses? The California Digital Library (CDL) seeks a creative, enthusiastic individual for the […]
Ergonomic Abstracts Database is cancelled effective January 11, 2019
The subscription to EBSCOhost’s Ergonomic Abstracts database for the participating locations (all campuses except UC Davis) has been cancelled effective January 11, 2019. The systemwide cancellation was approved by the Shared Content Leadership Group (SCLG), representing all UC campuses. If […]
At Long Last… The Public Domain Expands!
With the start of 2019, the public domain in the United States expanded for the first time in 20 years. Since the Sonny Bono Copyright Act of 1998 went into effect, 1923 had been the cut-off year before which books […]
SCP Monthly Update — January 2019
Happy New Year! SCP posted the distribution statistics report for the month of December 2018. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. For serials distributions, SCP continues to focus […]
UCLA works with SCP on cataloging Russia Newspapers
In response to SCP’s call for Cyrillic language expertise, Peter Fletcher of UCLA, Team Leader, International Team, Cyrillic Languages Catalog Librarian, volunteered to help SCP catalog newspapers of the State Public Historical Library (Russia), an open access collection of Russian […]
INSPEC moving from Web of Science to Engineering Village platform
[Article updated on 1/4/19 to emphasize that the platform change affects University of California access only.] Beginning January 1, 2019, INSPEC will be available for the University of California (UC) libraries on the Engineering Village (EV) platform, with Compendex, a broad […]
New Access World News interface rolled out
NewsBank has introduced a new interface with cross-database searching of historical (if licensed) and current content. Presently, all UC campuses have access to the ‘current’ Access World News online content [1985 (varies by title) – present]. http://uclibs.org/PID/98452 Access World News […]