Category: Shared Collections
New Licensed Resource – RILM Retrospective Abstracts of Music Literature
Eight UC campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz) now have access to RILM Retrospective Abstracts of Music Literature RILM; some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions: http://uclibs.org/PID/272440 (B, D, I, […]
The Elephant Weighs In: Updates from HathiTrust and UC Libraries
It’s been a busy year for HathiTrust Digital Library. In April, the five millionth volume was opened for public reading and partner downloading. That’s a weighty accomplishment and it couldn’t have happened without the vast contributions made by UC libraries, librarians, and staff. […]
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911~1949)
Four campuses (Irvine, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Diego) began participation in a Tier 2 opportunity for access to the Chinese Periodical Full-text Database (1911~1949) Series 1-9. I, LA, SB, SD; on the National Index to Chinese Newspapers & […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: May 2015
The major monograph distributions were for Naxos (902 titles), YBP/Ebrary DDA (284 titles), Wiley (249 titles), IEEE (178 titles), Harvard University Press (134 titles), Open Access (67 titles), and CRC Press (45 titles). For serials our major distributions were for […]
UC Systemwide Licensed Content Video Series
Are you curious about how electronic information resources are licensed systemwide for access by users at campuses throughout the University of California? How are resources selected, paid for, activated, monitored and assessed? How are decisions made, and who performs ongoing […]
WEST member meeting at ALA Annual in San Francisco: Please RSVP if you plan to attend
The ALA Annual WEST Member Meeting is happening on Sunday, June 28, 2015 from 1:00-2:00 pm in the Hotel Nikko San Francisco (in the Golden Gate room). Please RSVP to our poll (found here) (http://doodle.com/rcb8r8cyeb6if3a5) if you plan to attend. Please list […]
CDL Mobile Support Policy for Systemwide Licensed Resources – Update 2015
An updated version of the CDL Mobile Support Policy for Systemwide Licensed Resources has been posted to http://www.cdlib.org/services/collections/mobile.html. CDL has updated the Mobile Support Policy for Systemwide Licensed Resources. The updated policy includes the current recommendations regarding promoting and supporting […]
CDL Technical Requirements for Licensed Resources – 2015 Update
An updated version of the Technical Requirements for Licensed Resources document has been posted to http://www.cdlib.org/gateways/vendors/guidelines_technical.html. The Technical Requirements document is primarily intended for new and continuing vendors of the University of California’s systemwide licensed electronic resources, but it’s worth […]
Digitization is Golden: UC Berkeley Book Scanning Projects
This post contributed by Erik Mitchell, Associate University Librarian and Director of Digital Initiatives and Collaborative Services at UC Berkeley In July 2014, the UC Berkeley Libraries sent their first shipment of books to Google to be digitized as part […]
Call for Cycle 4 Archive Disclosures – Due May 29th
The WEST project team recently sent out a call for WEST Archive Holders to submit metadata records describing the journal backfiles archived during WEST Cycle 4. The archiving agreements formalized each cycle between WEST and the Archive Holders includes a commitment for […]