Category: Shared Collections
WEST accomplishments and member benefits
The Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) has launched into its next three-year phase (Phase 2, 2014-2016.) During this next phase, WEST will strive to reach sustainability and will build upon the significant accomplishments of its first three years to provide […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: March 2014
All the DDA pilots seem to be going strong. SCP is currently distributing records for four DDA pilots with records distributed for 1243 titles from YBP/Ebrary, 46 titles from CRC Press ENGnetBASE, 713 titles from Airiti, and 1540 titles from […]
UC Shared Print Teams launched and first quarterly report is available
The UC Shared Print Teams have launched and are currently prioritizing activities and developing a roadmap for UC shared print for 2014-2018. To read more about the activities your colleagues on the Shared Print Strategy and Shared Print Operations Teams […]
WEST Program Assessment Survey, responses due March 19th
WEST is currently conducting an assessment of Phase 1 (2011-2013). The assessment includes a survey of all WEST members. We want your feedback on WEST! Your responses to the survey will guide the WEST Executive Committee on strategic planning for […]
HathiTrust A Gold Mine for Researchers
Heist from the San Francisco Mint? An inside job? Whatever the solution to this mystery, a crafty researcher used the HathiTrust Digital Library to try to track down the answer. A couple in California’s Mother Lode country in the Sierra […]
WEST collects statistics from members and Archive Holders
WEST recently collected statistics about deselection, archiving and lending and borrowing from our members and Archive Holders. These statistics are important parts of our reporting to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and for assessment of the WEST program. WEST is […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: February 2014
We had only three major e-book package distributions in January, for Springer (1,121 titles), SuperStar (211 titles), and IEEE (53 titles). There was an overall decrease (117 titles) in the number of CRC Press titles available since we removed 224 […]
CRL Webinar: PAPR’s New Public Features
The Center for Research Libraries will present new features added to the Print Archives Preservation Registry in an online webinar. A significant amount of holdings data has been added to the registry. Come see the extent of shared print commitments […]
Licensed Resources: New Content Added to Web of Knowledge Subscription
The following new content has been added to UC’s World of Knowledge subscription for all campuses, on the Thomson Reuters platform (http://uclibs.org/PID/119925): Book Citation Index (2005-present) Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1990-present) Current Contents Connect (1998-present) Current Chemical Reactions (1985-present) Data […]
New Licensed Resource: PsychiatryOnline Premium
Seven campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego and San Francisco) began participation in a Tier 2 agreement for PsychiatryOnline Premium (http://uclibs.org/PID/163456); on the American Psychiatric Publishing platform. This collection features the DSM Library (http://uclibs.org/PID/261169) which includes the […]