Category: Melvyl
Principal Metadata Analyst Position Closes 1/14/11
Shape the future of discovery & delivery. Discovery & Delivery: Job Opportunity Position: Principal Metadata Analyst About you You are an experienced metadata analyst. You have the ability to understand how metadata is mapped and transformed as it travels between […]
UCLA Campus Affiliated Library Added to Next Generation Melvyl Pilot
An important NGM Pilot milestone has been reached November 18, 2010, with the addition of the UCLA Film and Television Archive (FATA) as a UCLA Library with a separate ILS. This proof of concept has implications for the possible addition […]
The Scholar’s Library is Global
There has been much talk of late about the need for and possibility of creating a National Digital Library (see the call by Robert Darnton and one response by Roy Tennant (http://blog.libraryjournal.com/tennantdigitallibraries/2010/11/08/dueling-national-digital-library-visions/) ). An especially thoughtful response by Paul Courant […]
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot Enhancements – November 2010
Several enhancements improve the user experience in the Next Generation Melvyl (NGM) Pilot as a result of OCLC’s Sunday, November 7, 2010 install. The improvements, shown in detail in the PDF (http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/oclc_docs/WCLocalNovemberInstallannouncement_2_.pdf), include: Changes to Format Facet and Format Limiter […]
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot Enhancements – August 2010
Several enhancements appear in the Next Generation Melvyl (NGM) Pilot as a result of OCLC’s Sunday, August 8, 2010 install. The improvements include the following: Some OCLC databases will no longer require authentication: Offsite patrons will no longer need to […]
CDL Recruiting for Discovery & Delivery Programmer Analyst IV
Shape the future of discovery and delivery in library systems. Position: Programmer Analyst IV About you You are a senior programmer and digital library strategist committed to growing the next generation of discovery & delivery services. You seek out innovative […]
CDL Recruiting for Discovery & Delivery Programmer Analyst
By Lynne Cameron, Technical Lead, Discovery & Delivery Shape the future of library systems. Position: Programmer Analyst III About you You are a programmer interested in being part of a team envisioning and building the next generation of library discovery […]
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot Enhancements – May 2010
By Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager Two enhancements appear in the Next Generation Melvyl (NGM) Pilot as a result of OCLC’s Sunday, May 23 install. The improvements include: A change to the global header: the Library custom web links at […]
NGM Pilot Usability Results: What do our users say (and do)?
By Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager Interested in how finding out how our users stumble or succeed in navigating the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot? Take a look at the just-released WorldCat Local at the University of California: Usability Testing: Round […]
Exciting Milestone: Digitized Books Now Accessible through NGM Pilot
Users can now find links to HathiTrust volumes, including University of California Google digitized works, in the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot. There are approximately 5.5 million digital volumes in HathiTrust, many unique. Of these, about 1.1 million (and counting) have […]