Category: Shared Collections
New Licensed Resource – Colloquium digital library of life sciences: Collection 1
All UC campuses now have access to this electronic resource as part of a Tier 2 license. Some campuses may already have access to these titles through previous local campus subscriptions. Colloquium digital library of life sciences: Collection 1. (Tier 2 […]
Cancellation of Informa Healthcare Journals as of January 1, 2011
The Collection Development Officers at the ten UC campuses, the UC health and life science selectors (UCHLS) and CDL have decided to cancel the Informa Healthcare (IHC) systemwide license as of January 1, 2011. There were three important systemwide principles […]
Mellon Grant Awarded to University of California Libraries to Implement the Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST)
Researchers can now be assured that the scholarly record will be preserved for future generations through a coordinated system of trusted print archives held at libraries throughout the western United States. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the University […]
Emily Stambaugh in Print
Emily Stambaugh, CDL’s Manager of Shared Print, recently had an article published in a recent issue of Against the Grain. The article is entitled Heading West: Circling the Wagons to Ensure Preservation and Access, and discusses the Western Regional Storage […]
HathiTrust: 2010 Year in Review
By Heather Christenson, CDL HathiTrust Project Manager A special edition HathiTrust newsletter highlighting 2010 achievements and activities is now available. 2010 was quite a momentous year for our partnership; the membership of HathiTrust doubled to 52 institutions, and we’re approaching […]
UCSC Librarians in Print
UCSC’s Christy Hightower, Science and Engineering Collections Coordinator, and Christy Caldwell, Science and Engineering Librarian, recently published an article in the Fall 2010 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL). Their article, Shifting Sands: Science Researchers on Google […]
New Licensed Resource: International Bibliography of Art (IBA)
UC campuses now have access to this electronic resource as part of CDL consortial licenses. International Bibliography of Art (IBA) (All UC campuses; on the CSA Illumina platform.) (http://uclibs.org/PID/105531) The definitive resource for scholarly literature on western art, the International […]
CrossFire Beilstein transitions to Reaxys for 2011
Access to the Beilstein database (via the CrossFire search interface) will end on December 31, 2010. The Beilstein database will be replaced by Reaxys, Elsevier’s workflow solution for research chemists. Reaxys search, analysis and workflow tools are designed around the […]
ProQuest Transition Delayed for UC
ProQuest databases are beginning a transition to a new platform beginning in January 2011; however, CDL will not activate the new platform until a later date. In CDL and Resource Liaison testing, we have discovered problems with Web VPN compatibility […]
New Licensed Resources – Asahi Kikuzo II Visual; People’s Daily
UC campuses now have access to these electronic resources as part of CDL consortial or Tier 2 licenses. (Some campuses may already have had access to these titles through previous local campus subscriptions.): Asahi Kikuzo II Visual, Premium Value Pack […]