Category: Shared Collections
EconLit, FIAF Transitioning to CSA Illumina and Chadwyck-Healey Platforms
By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, CDL Information Services Two databases, EconLit and FIAF (Film/TV Periodicals Index [International Federation of Film Archives]), will be transitioning from their current platform on OvidSP. EconLit will be moving to CSA Illumina and FIAF will transition […]
Hurtling Toward the Finish Line: Should the Google Books Settlement Be Approved?
Ivy Anderson, Director of Collections California Digital Library Late last week, Google and the plaintiffs filed their final briefs in defense of the Google Books Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) that is before the New York Southern Federal District Court. As […]
IEEE’s Xplore interface changing on February 13th
By Jean McKenzie (UCB), IEEE Resource Liaison After much development and testing, IEEE is switching to its new version of the Xplore Digital Library on Saturday, February 13th. This database gives the UC Campuses access to: IEEE journals, transactions, letters, […]
Resource Liaison Assignment Update: February 2010
By Holly Eggleston, Resource Liaison Coordinator and Electronic Resource Analyst CDL is pleased to announce the following resource liaison assignments within the Resource Liaisons (RL) program. Resource Liaisons provide a crucial link between the UC system and our licensed resource […]
CDL ERMS Portal gives UC library staff access to license terms for CDL resources
By Holly Eggleston, Electronic Resource Analyst, Collections CDL is pleased to announce the launch of the CDL ERMS Portal, an interface for campus library staff to find licensing-related information about CDL managed electronic resources. The CDL ERMS Portal is part […]
Searching for UC Systemwide Electronic Resources in the Catalogs
By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, CDL Information Services; Linda Barnhart, Head of Metadata Services (UCSD); and Adolfo Tarango, Head of CJK, Serials & Shared Cataloging Division (CDL/UCSD) There is a disparity between what users see in current Melvyl, the Next Generation […]
Mass Digitization Projects Update: 2009 in Review
By Heather Christenson, CDL Mass Digitization Project Manager The UC Libraries’ made great progress in mass digitization of books in 2009, despite significant fiscal challenges. In April 2009 we reached a major milestone: over 2 million books digitized! In August […]
Web of Science and BIOSIS Database News
By Beth Weil (UCB), WoS and BIOSIS Resource Liaison As part of the CDL negotiated 3-year Web of Science renewal, UC campuses now have access to Social Science Citation Index back to 1900 through the Web of Science database. This […]
New Licensed Resource: JSTOR Arts and Sciences VIII
By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, CDL Information Services UC campuses except UCSF now have access to this electronic resource as part of CDL consortial licenses: JSTOR Arts & Sciences VIII (All campuses except UCSF; on the JSTOR platform) The Arts & […]
CDL ERMS implementation finishes
The CDL ERMS Implementation Team (iTeam) has fulfilled its charge and completed the implementation of the CDL ERMS for CDL staff use. The CDL ERMS brings together critical CDL acquisitions and licensing data in one place using Serials Solutions’ 360 Resource Manager, a hosted web product.