Category: Shared Collections
CDL Acquires New One-time Systemwide Resources in 2015
One of the goals for the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) in 2015 was to evaluate and ‘refresh’ the annual survey to bibliographer groups. The survey has been in practice since 1997 as the major source of campus priorities for systemwide […]
New Licensed Resource — Business Expert Press Digital Library (2010-2015)
All UC campuses now have access to Business Expert Press Digital Library (2010-2015). Note: Some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions. http://uclibs.org/PID/276063; all campuses, on the IG Library Portal platform. SCP cataloged and distributed the individual ebook […]
DNSA is transitioning to the ProQuest search platform September 16th
The Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) will transition from the Chadwyck-Healey platform to the main ProQuest platform on September 16. Both versions of the databases are available in parallel until that date at http://uclibs.org/PID/96899. Please note that users with a […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: August 2015
Our major serial record distributions for July were for Open Access (508 titles) and EBSCO (40 titles). For monographs they were for SuperStar (577 titles), Springer (564 titles), IEEE (185 titles), Elsevier (139 titles), World Bank (110 titles), Alexander Street […]
ProQuest Updates Platform Interface, August 20th
ProQuest will be rolling out changes to the interface of the main ProQuest platform on August 20, 2015. The ProQuest Congressional interface implemented a similar look and feel on August 5th. The changes are predominantly CSS and display-based (font, color, […]
New Licensed Resource: Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO) — Literature
All UC campuses now have access to Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO) — Literature. Note: Some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions. http://uclibs.org/PID/276064; All campuses, on the Oxford Handbooks platform. Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO), the home of scholarly research […]
Alexander Street Press Debuts New Interface for Selected Resources
The Alexander Street platform will be debuting a new interface on Friday August 14. From the vendor’s announcement, the new interface includes: More intuitive search, browse, video, and audio pages to help patrons find content faster Easily accessible instructional videos […]
Mirroring FirstSearch searching in WorldCat Discovery (WCD)
As you know, OCLC is rolling out a new discovery interface (WorldCat Discovery) which will merge together the existing OCLC FirstSearch and WorldCat Local (WCL) interfaces onto this new platform. Currently, the UC campuses are scheduled to move to the […]
CDL Job Opening for Assistant Director for Systemwide Licensing
The California Digital Library has an outstanding opportunity for an experienced and motivated professional to lead its content licensing unit. The Assistant Director for Systemwide Licensing will lead and manage collaborative licensing activities and negotiate license agreements for digital scholarly […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: July 2015
Our major serial record distributions for June were for ProQuest (78 titles), IEEE (70 titles), Open Access (42 titles), Black Studies Center (37 titles), International Index to Black Periodicals (32 titles), ScienceDirect (30 titles), and Literature Online (29 titles). Our […]