Category: Newsletter
Introducing the New Interlibrary Courier Service and the New ILL Courier Operations Team
The Interlibrary Loan (ILL) units of the UC Libraries have a new courier service that started August 7, 2014. We are once again working with Tricor Courier & Cargo Service, which previously served the UC Libraries until November 2011. The […]
Melvyl Enhancements: Availability on Brief and Call Numbers in Lists
In their latest installation of enhancements, OCLC fixed a bug where call numbers were not appearing in saved lists. In order to take advantage of this fix, it was necessary to turn on the Availability on Brief (AoB) record display […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: August 2014
I’m pleased to announce that on August 1st, Kate Garvey-Clasby was promoted to a Library Assistant V position. Being the successful candidate for the posted position, Kate’s responsibilities for batch processes will increase and she now will be able to […]
Identifier Wild Card! Introducing Suffix Pass-through
Earlier this year, the ARK resolver software was upgraded in some important ways, most of which were technical enhancements that improve performance and/or lay the groundwork for interesting things to come. One change we can now make available is an […]
New Licensed Resource — Statista
http://uclibs.org/PID/224553 (All campuses; on the Statista.com platform) All campuses have access to a new resource, Statista. Statista.com is a statistics portal that integrates data on over 60,000 topics from over 18,000 sources into eye-catching charts and graphs that can be […]
Merritt Service Update: July 2014
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities SDSC update. We have successfully resolved all the issues with the storage node at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) Cloud Storage service, and are now sending all newly submitted content to SDSC. […]
DMPTool Service Update: July 2014
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Usage continues to increase. The new version of the DMPTool continues to get a lot of use. Since launch, 75 institutions have customized the DMPTool for their researchers. For the second month in […]
UC3 Dash Service Update: July 2014
UC3 Dash is a systemwide service we are developing in partnership with UC campus libraries. It will allow UC campuses to provide an easy-to-use solution for the effective curation of and access to campus research data. Dash is a […]
New Licensed Resource – Sixth National Population Census of China Database
Nine UC campuses (all except UCSF) now have access to the Sixth National Population Census of China Database. B, D, I, LA, M, R, SB, SC and SD; on the CNKI platform. http://uclibs.org/PID/264368 (Chinese version) http://uclibs.org/PID/264437 (English version) Note: At […]
New Licensed Resource – JSTOR Arts & Sciences XIII
Nine UC campuses (all except UCSF) now have access to JSTOR Arts & Sciences XIII. http://uclibs.org/PID/1980 (B, D, I, LA, M, R, SB, SC, SD; on the JSTOR platform) JSTOR Arts & Sciences XIII includes 125 Titles (by 2016) in […]