Category: Discovery & Delivery
Farewell to Patti Martin
With fond appreciation, CDL is today announcing the retirement of one of its leading and longest-running program directors: Patricia “Patti” Martin, Director of CDL’s Discovery and Delivery (D2D) Program, who will be retiring from CDL effective June 30th, 2017. Kurt […]
Barbara Cormack Joins D2D
Barbara Cormack joins the Discovery & Delivery (D2D) group this Thursday, June 1st as a metadata analyst. Barbara will be working on Zephir, the HathiTrust metadata management system, as well as on other metadata-intensive projects. Barbara brings deep experience and […]
Melvyl transition to WorldCat Discovery is delayed (again)
Melvyl will not transition from WorldCat Local (WCL) to WorldCat Discovery (WCD) this summer. The CDL Melvyl Operations Team is currently working with OCLC to resolve a technical problem that is affecting resource sharing. In order to isolate the problem and […]
HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) Seeks Proposals from Scholars
The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) is seeking proposals from scholars interested in receiving advanced collaborative support to solve challenging problems related to computational analysis. Who may submit proposals? Individual scholars or teams of scholars from academic and non-profit institutions. At […]
New HathiTrust Section Added to CDLib.org
We recently added a new HathiTrust section to the CDLib.org website. The new section describes UC’s partnership and involvement with the HathiTrust Digital Library and is intended for UC librarians, staff and students, as well as the interested public. The […]
Introducing the UC-eLinks Sidebar
Ex Libris has launched a new option for direct linking in SFX (UC-eLinks): the DirectLink sidebar. The sidebar appears on the right side of the screen while the full text appears on the left side of screen. The DirectLink Sidebar […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Easier to navigate search results
This month’s WorldCat Discovery installation on April 13, 2017 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at http://www.oclc.org/support/services/discovery/release-notes.en.html. (Note that many of these do not have an impact on Melvyl.) […]
New resources in Melvyl’s Central Index
Six resources have been added to Melvyl’s Central Index. They are: PsycARTICLES (American Psychological Association) University of California Press Journals (University of California Press) BMJ Journals (BMJ Publishing) Mary Ann Liebert Online (Mary Ann Liebert Publishers) Berg Fashion Library (Bloomsbury Publishing) […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Simplified Permalinks
This month’s WorldCat Discovery installation on March 16, 2017 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at http://www.oclc.org/support/services/discovery/release-notes.en.html. (Note that many of these do not have an impact on Melvyl.) […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Most recent records display first
This month’s WorldCat Discovery installation on February 16, 2017 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at http://www.oclc.org/support/services/discovery/release-notes.en.html. (Note that many of these do not have an impact on Melvyl.) […]