Category: Discovery & Delivery
New Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Courier Service to Launch November 7
By Eric Scott, Chair, RSC As of November 7, the University of California Libraries will begin using a new courier service for our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) intercampus deliveries, Accurate Courier Services (http://www.accurate-courier.com/). Based on a charge from CDL and SOPAG, the […]
New Melvyl Governance in Place
By Ginny Steel, Chair, CoUL The Council of University Librarians (CoUL) is launching a new systemwide structure to manage the Melvyl WorldCat Local service. The new structure is incorporated in the CoUL Advisory Structure and consists of the following: Strategic […]
UC HathiTrust Update & News
by Heather Christenson, HathiTrust Project Manager, CDL August Activities As the academic year begins, the HathiTrust Update on August Activities provides a report on what the HathiTrust partnership has been up to during the not-so-lazy days of summer. A number […]
Important Milestone: Serial Local Holdings Records (LHRs) to display in Melvyl
Since nearly the inception of the UC-OCLC Melvyl project, adding serial Local Holdings Records (LHRs) to UC’s Melvyl catalog records has been a high priority. The aim in doing so has been to improve response time, particularly for serial records […]
Stay in the Know: Melvyl Webinars Are Coming
Want to learn more about the status of features and future plans for Melvyl? A series of Melvyl Webinars is planned for September and October. Although the first two webinars will focus on public or technical services issues, everyone is […]
Melvyl Enhancements – August 2011
Melvyl Enhancements – August 2011 Several enhancements improve the user experience in Melvyl as a result of OCLC’s Sunday, August 21 install. The improvements are shown in detail in this PDF. (There are some items that do not apply to […]
Ask A Librarian QuestionPoint Qwidget Now Available in Melvyl
Students have been able to chat with a librarian any time, any place from the campus interfaces of WorldCat Local (WCL) Melvyl since May 2010. As of Wednesday, August 17, 2011 patrons will also see the “chat with a librarian” […]
CDL job openings for two programmer analysts
Shape the future of library systems. Position: Programmer Analyst III (2 open positions) About you You are a programmer who seeks out innovative ways to continually improve interactive library systems. You thrive on building new systems to meet emerging needs, […]
One Small Step for Metadata Management in HathiTrust
In November 2010, a small team at the California Digital Library set to work on this ambitious goal: “By 2012, the California Digital Library will build a major component of HathiTrust: a system to manage HathiTrust partners’ bibliographic metadata.” What […]
Staff Retirements – June 2011
With very mixed feelings, we bid farewell to three of our colleagues this summer: Phyllis Baker, Bob Brandriff, and Randy Lai. Phyllis Baker, Executive Director Laine Farley’s Executive Assistant, has been one of the key people making sure that CDL […]