Category: Shared Collections
CDL Staff in Print – SCP Article in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
Congratulations to CDL’s current Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) staff and former SCP staff member, Renee Chin, on the recent publication of their article, “One for Nine Ten: Cataloging for Consortia Collections, a UC model”, in the journal Cataloging & Classification […]
HathiTrust Reaches 16 Million Volumes + Most Popular UC Books of 2017
On December 5th, 2017, the 16 millionth volume was deposited into HathiTrust. That’s an elephant-sized accomplishment for an organization that has only existed for nine years! The University of California Libraries have played a significant role in building HathiTrust to […]
SCP Monthly Update, December 2017
SCP has posted the distribution statistics report for the month of November. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. Here are the highlights of our major record distributions. For […]
Duke University Press Journals move to Silverchair platform
On Monday, November 20, 2017, Duke University Press Journals transitioned from Highwire to the Silverchair platform. According to Duke University Press, the transition to Silverchair will provide an integrated user experience for all humanities and social sciences content from Duke […]
Oxford updates Biography & Music/Art databases
Oxford Biography Resources On Monday, November 27, 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP) updated their Biography resources: American National Biography Online: UCB, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSB, UCSC, and UCSD Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, […]
Introducing the WEST Technical Support and Expertise Forum
The past six months or so—marked by disclosures of archived titles and collecting files of unarchived holdings—have demonstrated that many of our members are managing ILS transitions and other technical shifts that can delay or complicate WEST activities. At the […]
SCP Monthly Update — November 2017
SCP has posted the distribution statistics report for the month of October. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. Here are the highlights of our major record distributions. For […]
Global Financial Data (GFD) moves to a new platform
Currently, eight of the UC campuses (except UCSF and UCSB) license the Global Financial Data (GFD) database. On Wednesday, November 1st, GFD will transition to a new platform, powered by Finaeon Analytics. http://uclibs.org/PID/106641 (B, D, I, LA, M, R, SD, […]
Farewell to Emily Stambaugh
Transitions are often bittersweet, and the one we announce today is no exception. With some sadness at the loss of a valued colleague but also with anticipation of exciting new directions ahead, both the California Digital Library and the Western […]
Open Access Publishing Discounts
In order to encourage open access publishing at the University of California, the California Digital Library administers publishing discounts with a number of full OA and hybrid-OA journals. These publishers and journals offer a discount to UC authors who are paying Article […]