Category: Melvyl
Melvyl Enhancements – May 2013
OCLC has made two enhancements to WorldCat Local that impact Melvyl. These include the following: Support for IE10 WorldCat Local functionality, such as item availability and view now links, is now supported in IE10. (This had been reported as a […]
10,000,000 HathiTrust Records Now Have Clear Labels in Melvyl
In response to user feedback from the UC community, OCLC has relabeled more than 10,000,000 Melvyl (WorldCat Local) records making it easy to distinguish if a digitized work in HathiTrust is available in full text or for limited viewing only. […]
UC Berkeley Law Library Records Now in Melvyl as Part of UCB Collections
The UC Berkeley Law Library records now appear In Melvyl as part of the UC Berkeley Libraries collection (Level 1) for UC Berkeley. Berkeley Law is an affiliated library on the Berkeley campus. Records appear as part of the University […]
Got a question about Melvyl?
Technical questions Where do you inquire about Melvyl technical questions, configuration or customization requests? Send a message to MelvylOps@cdlib.org. Your question will be directed to CDL’s WorldCat Local operating team ticketing system and be viewed by the whole technical team. […]
WorldCat Local Knowledgebase for Melvyl? Not quite yet.
In fall 2012, members of the CDL WorldCat Local Operations Team completed a preliminary investigation of the WorldCat Local Knowledgebase (WCL KB). The result of the analysis was a decision not to implement the WCL KB at this time. The […]
More Content in Melvyl
Melvyl Users will have access to yet more resources as of January 2013 with the addition of several new databases to the Central Index. As was reported earlier, CDL will include databases that OCLC has added to its Central Index […]
Why do CRL records display in Melvyl under UC Libraries?
You may have wondered why records for items held at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), located in Chicago, show up under Level 2 with the University of California Libraries holdings in Melvyl; see below. There are several reasons for […]
Melvyl Enhancements – November 2012
There are several Melvyl changes as a result of OCLC’s November 4, 2012 WorldCat Local install. These are described in detail in the PDF. The majority of the changes this time take place behind the scenes. IP Address Management Changes […]
UC-only OCLC webinar now available
The streamed UC-only OCLC webinar, “Transforming Discovery and Resource Sharing with OCLC: FirstSearch, WorldCat Resource Sharing and More” is now available for viewing from the CDL website. The September 20, 2012 session was presented by Mindy Pozenel, Director, OCLC WorldCat Discovery […]
Upcoming UC-only OCLC Webinar: 9/20/2012
Are you curious about what the future looks like for Melvyl, resource sharing (ILL), and FirstSearch WorldCat? Join us for a UC- only OCLC webinar, “Transforming Discovery and Resource Sharing with OCLC: FirstSearch, WorldCat Resource Sharing and More.” The webinar […]