Category: Shared Collections
HathiTrust Constitutional Convention; 3-year Review
A HathiTrust Constitutional Convention will be held in Washington, D.C. from October 8-10, 2011. The Constitutional Convention will consist of a series of sessions over 3 days, attended by delegates from each partner institution and consortium. The sessions will be […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update – July 2011
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services The Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) provides catalog records for the University of California campus libraries. Established in January 2000, the program is based at UC San Diego. To learn more about SCP, see […]
HathiTrust – It Just Gets Better
HathiTrust full-text search now leverages the richness of bibliographic data, and building and searching collections just got easier! Read on for more details of what this means for researchers. Full-text Search The HathiTrust full-text search index now includes bibliographic data, […]
SciFinder is now Web-only
As of June 30, 2011, SciFinder Scholar – the research discovery tool provided by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) – is available only as a web resource. Previously, SciFinder Scholar was available via client-downloadable software. For the past two years, […]
New Licensed Resources: Newspapers, Gale Resources, JSTOR, TTL
UC campuses now have access to these electronic resources as part of CDL and campus one-time purchases (some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions): 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers (All campuses. On the Gale platform.) […]
HathiTrust Mid-Year Review of Achievements & Activities
The HathiTrust Communications Working Group has prepared a summary of HathiTrust achievements and activities for the first part of 2011. Learn details about this year’s activities, including orphan works, new partners, new content, images, datasets, Shibboleth and much, much more.
Perspectives from HathiTrust: John Wilkin on discovery
HathiTrust has launched a new blog, Perspectives from HathiTrust. The first post comes from John Wilkin, Associate University Librarian, University of Michigan, and Executive Director, HathiTrust, on the topic of discovery. The HathiTrust Communications Working Group welcomes your ideas […]
Taylor & Francis Journals move to the Atypon platform
The Taylor and Francis Journals (T&F) will migrate platforms beginning Saturday, June 25, 2011 with expectations that the process will be completed Monday, June 27. The journals will then be on the Atypon platform. Current URLs for all journals will […]
UC Libraries Academic e-Book Usage Survey Report
In a period of economic challenges, the University of California Libraries must have high quality information and analysis to guide their collection decisions. A new report, UC Libraries Academic e-Book Usage Survey, presents the results of a 2010 survey of 2,569 […]
HathiTrust May 2011 Update: Orphan Works, New UC Members on Advisory Board and More
The May 2011 HathiTrust update has been posted on the HathiTrust website. This month’s top news items include research on orphan works and new UC members on the Strategic Advisory Board. Orphan Works Research With funding from HathiTrust, the University […]