Category: Discovery & Delivery
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 […]
New versions of LibX are here
Updated versions of the LibX Browser Toolbar for Firefox and Internet Explorer (IE) are now available from the CDL website. The new versions of the UC Melvyl and Campus Libraries Edition (The UC Melvyl LibX Edition has been discontinued. Please […]
Position for Metadata Analyst at CDL
Job Opportunity at the California Digital Library (CDL): Be part of a metadata team shaping the future of discovery & delivery. Position: Metadata Analyst (2 positions: 1 filled, 1 open) About you You are a metadata analyst with the ability […]