Category: Discovery & Delivery
UC Irvine Presents "Just Get It: The Search for Value-Based Delivery"
Several of our UC Irvine colleagues presented a session at the recent Charleston Conference with the title, Just Get It: The Search for Value-Based Delivery (Interlibrary Loan). CDL staffers attending the meeting suggested that additional staff would be interested in […]
Sherry Willhite retires
Please join me in saying farewell and sending best wishes to our CDL colleague, Sherry Willhite, who is retiring from the University of California effective January 2013. Before coming to CDL Sherry worked at Carlsbad City Library and was a […]
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 […]
HathiTrust August 2012 Update
HathiTrust had a busy summer, as described in its August update. Reported in this issue is an array of new and ongoing activities. For example, later this year HathiTrust will begin accepting the “library walk-in” Shibboleth attribute from partner institutions […]
Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) Announces Print Archiving Milestone
The press release below can also be seen at the UC Newsoom. The Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST), a partnership to create a distributed retrospective print journal repository in the western United States, has completed its first round of print […]
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 […]
UC-eLinks now offers direct linking for articles in Melvyl
UC-eLinks now offers direct linking for articles in Melvyl when UC has licensed the electronic edition of the journal. In some cases you will see the UC-eLinks menu header in a frame at the top of the article (see image […]