Category: Shared Collections
Licensed Resources: Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) and Periodicals Index Online (PIO) Transitions
The transition of Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) and Periodicals Index Online (PIO) from the Chadwyck-Healey to the ProQuest Platform will be complete when access to Chadwyck-Healey’s version of the databases ends on June 30, 2013. Both versions of the databases […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update — April 2013
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services Some interesting developments and cancellations have kept us on our toes the last few months. Changes involving the CRC Press NETBASES are without a doubt the most complicated of these. As it stands […]
Licensed Resource: National Palace Museum Transition
National Palace Museum http://uclibs.org/PID/126960 AIRITI, a Chinese e-content provider of Chinese academic e-journals, is no longer distributing the Tier 2 resource NPM (National Palace Museum), an image archive of treasures at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. The collection includes […]
Two Enhancements from HathiTrust: Interface Redesign and Research Center Tools
Redesigned Website By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization HathiTrust has released an updated, fresh design and new features for its website. The latest design incorporates feedback submitted by HathiTrust users and input from HathiTrust’s User Experience and Communications working groups. We encourage […]
HathiTrust March 2013 Update
By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization Spring is here and the March HathiTrust update is hot off the press. The news includes: A reminder about submitting nominations for the Program Steering Committee A report on the HathiTrust Research Center’s […]
BrowZine iPad Application Trial and Survey – ends April 30, 2013
Have an iPad? Help the Library evaluate a new research tool that is being considered for possible subscription. The libraries of the University of California are running a trial of a new technology called BrowZine, a tablet application that allows […]
HathiTrust February 2013 Update
By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization The HathiTrust update on February activities is now available. Top News: the HathiTrust Research Center plans a release of software infrastructure at the end of March, loaded with the latest and greatest service components and […]
Migration of FirstSearch Databases to EBSCO Complete as of 2/28/13
The migration of several databases migrating from the FirstSearch platform to EBSCOhost will be complete by February 28, 2013. These databases include the following: Anthropological Index Anthropological Literature Anthropology Plus Chicano Database FRANCIS History of Science, Technology and Medicine Index […]
New Licensed Resource: LandScan 2011 Global Population Database
By Brian Quigley, UC Berkeley Six campuses (Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and Santa Barbara) have purchased the LandScan 2011 Global Population Database. Produced by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), LandScan provides ambient population (24-hour average) data […]
AGU Migration to Wiley-Blackwell
By Amy Butros, UCSD, AGU Resource Liaison The American Geophysical Union (AGU) entered into a publishing partnership agreement with Wiley-Blackwell in January 2013. As detailed in the press release, Wiley-Blackwell is now responsible for the journal subscriptions, production and distribution, while […]