Category: Newsletter
Licensed Resource Transition: AP Images
AP Images Collection (Tier 1; AP Images continues to be hosted by the Associated Press and although distributed and licensed by EBSCO, is not hosted on the EBSCO platform.) http://uclibs.org/PID/6955 The Associated Press recently performed a visual update of the […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update — October 2013
Last month there were only a couple of significant serial distributions, for Open Access serials (121 titles) and SuperStar (77 titles). The major monograph distributions were for the Alexander Street Press Classical music library (2385 titles), SuperStar (289 titles), Wiley […]
Licensed Resource Transition: Merck Index Online
By Teri Vogel (UCSD), Merck Index Researouce Liaison Merck Index Online (Tier 1; on the RSC Platform) The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) recently acquired the rights to The Merck Index, one of the standard reference books for information on […]
CDL Past and Future: 2012-2013 Annual Report and 2013-2014 Strategic Initiatives
Hot off the press are two publications from CDL: the CDL 2012-2013 Annual Report and CDL’s 2013-2014 Strategic Themes. Read a report from CDL’s Executive Director Laine Farley in the annual report: learn about some of our accomplishments during the past […]
Licensed Resource Transition: World Bank eLibrary
World Bank eLibrary (Tier 2: UCB, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSD; on the World Bank eLibrary platform) has transitioned to a new platform. http://uclibs.org/PID/129801 The World Bank eLibrary contains the full collection of all World Bank publications and research including: […]
Common Knowledge Group Guidelines Now Available
Marlo Young, UCSD, UCLAS Communications Manager The new UC Libraries Advisory Structure, its Coordinating Committee and Strategic Action Groups are beginning to operate as a cohesive structure pursuing systemwide plans and priorities established by the Council of University Librarians. As […]
UC Libraries receive grant to support Phase 2 of the Western Regional Storage Trust
Researchers can be assured that the scholarly record will be preserved for future generations through a coordinated system of trusted print archives held at libraries throughout the western United States. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the University of […]
Licensed Resource Platform Change: AIP Scitation
AIP Scitation (All campuses; on the Scitation Platform) A new platform is in place for AIP Scitation, enhancing the online research experience for AIP Publishing and AIP Member Society journals. Developed in conjunction with a leading technology partner, the new […]
DataUp Service Update: July – September 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities DataUp received the NDSA Innovation Award on July 24th at a ceremony during the 2013 Digital Preservation Conference. CDL’s Stephen Abrams accepted the award on the team’s behalf. The DataUp project team met […]
Merritt Service Update: July-September 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities The migration of content in the legacy Digital Preservation Repository (DPR) to Merritt is complete. Over 80,000 objects in 89 collections from the DPR were successfully ingested into Merritt. It took many weeks of […]