Category: Discovery & Delivery
Request (Interlibrary Loan) Recent Enhancements
RSS feed: Several enhancements make the Request (interlibrary loan) service more secure for users; add features to My ILL; and provide more accessible statistics.
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot: More Decisions Make It Real
In January and February, behind the scenes work of a different nature has been occurring for the pilot. Earlier the ball was primarily in UC's court to define our requirements within the context of OCLC's WorldCat Local service. Now, OCLC is building the pilot catalogs based on these requirements.
UC-eLinks Assessment Report Available
CDL recently conducted an assessment concerning existing and potential service options for the UC-eLinks service menu.
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot – Important Schedule Update for Request Service
While Request functionality will be accessible from the UC-eLinks service menu at the start of the Next Generation Melvyl pilot, easier and more intuitive access to the current Request system has been postponed from June to early fall.
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot: Communication Survey Results
A survey was undertaken to learn from the campuses their preferred methods for learning about the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot project; their desired format for the content of communications; and the frequency and timing of reports.
Zotero now works with Melvyl; LibX browser toolbar updated
Zotero, an innovative citation manager that works in tandem with the Firefox web browser, now imports search results from Melvyl; additionally, the UC Libraries Edition of the LibX browser toolbar has been updated.
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot – Women and Men at Work
Ongoing work, new task groups formed, campus visits by the Implementation Team, and detailed workplans and timelines are discussed.
Improved access to items within Request added Nov 27
A new button within Request removes an existing ‘availability’ roadblock and allows users to continue with their Requests.
Upgraded Melvyl Software Requires Proxy Domain Addition
The new version of the Melvyl Catalog with upgraded software, which will be released on December 10, 2007, may display a UC-eLinks button on the Full Record display for online resources.
Melvyl Changes: Large and Small
The version 16.2 upgrade to the Ex Libris Aleph software for the Melvyl Catalog will go live on December 10, 2007.