Category: Newsletter
EZID Service Update: June 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities EZID clients were invited to comment on and test a new version of the DataCite Metadata Schema EZID and also to comment on a DataCite poll about data quality. EZID clients who create DOIs are […]
Emory University Web Archives Now Online
The Emory University web archives include websites produced by Emory’s administrative offices, schools, departments, institutes, centers, and programs, as well as its faculty, student, and alumni organizations. The web archives created by Emory University Archives document Emory University’s evolving […]
Official Launch of New Library Advisory Structure
By Lorelei Tanji, Chair, Council of University Librarians It is with great pleasure that I announce the official launch of the new UC Libraries Advisory Structure (UCLAS). Designed with extensive input from stakeholders systemwide, the UC Libraries Advisory Structure supports […]
Melvyl Central Index Update – Additional Changes in July 2013
In early June, CDL reported that staff had completed the biannual analysis for potential changes to the Melvyl Central Index configuration targeted for July 2013, and that while OCLC had added databases to the Central Index in the past six […]
CDL Welcomes Katrina Romanowsky
CDL welcomes Katrina Romanowsky to the CDL as the new eScholarship Community & Outreach Manager for the Access & Publishing team. Katrina’s is a crucial new position for this group, working closely with Justin Gonder to ensure that publishing and […]
CDL Welcomes Brian Riley
CDL welcomes Brian Riley to the Discovery & Delivery group, filling the applications programmer position vacated last year by Claudia Woo on her retirement. Brian comes to us most recently from Connecticut College where he was a senior web developer […]
Eric Kansa: Champion of Change
Eric Kansa (UC Berkeley School of Information) has been honored with an “Open Science” Champions of Change Award (http://www.whitehouse.gov/champions). On June 20, Eric attended the White House, which hosted a Champions of Change event to highlight “outstanding individuals, organizations, or […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update — June 2013
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services The NGTS cataloging pilot reached a milestone on Monday, June 10th, when SCP distributed the first set of records cataloged by staff at UC Irvine, about 170 Wiley e-books. UCI will continue sending […]
Melvyl Enhancements – June 2013
OCLC completed two enhancements to WorldCat Local on June 19, 2013 that impact Melvyl. These include the following: Support for export of “non-Latin” characters from mapped 880 fields into citation management software (Note: This was the functionality that was removed […]
UC-eLinks moved successfully to the Ex Libris Cloud
Early in the morning on Thursday June 20, UC-eLinks went live on the Ex Libris Cloud. This means CDL is no longer hosting the SFX software that runs UC-eLinks. UC Davis also successfully moved its separate SFX instance onto the […]