Category: Newsletter
Additional institutions adopting the DMPTool for managing their scholars’ research needs
The DMPTool now supports the National Institutes of Health (NIH) data sharing requirements. NIH requires that projects seeking more than $500,000 in direct costs in any single year address data sharing plans in their grant application. In some cases, some […]
Web Archiving Service Welcomes Emory University Libraries
CDL Welcomes Emory University Libraries as the newest Web Archiving Service (http://was.cdlib.org/) partner! Kate Donovan Jarvis, Emory’s University Archivist and Erika Farr, Coordinator for Digital Archives will be using the service to archive the University’s websites. They will also use […]
Melvyl Central Index: Change in Language for Authentication Screen; Removal of SCIPIO
Based on user input, CDL has made the following changes to the Melvyl Central Index Pilot with the endorsement of the Melvyl Central Index task group: 1. The language on the Authentication screen has been modified. 2. The SCIPIO: Art […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update – January/February 2012
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services Since I was unable to provide you with a monthly update in January, this update covers the work output for December 2011 and January 2012. Our December monographic output highlights include Springer (875 […]
Melvyl Enhancements – February 2012
On February 28, 2012 (12:38 PM PST), OCLC announced the roll back of the software changes installed on Feb. 26 due to some performance issues. OCLC has since announced that the re-installation of the quarterly software changes is scheduled to […]
EZID now offers QR codes
By Joan Starr, EZID Service Manager The EZID User Interface now displays a QR code representing the URL form of the DOI or ARK. The QR Code appears on the Manage tab. If the identifier is doi:10.1234/FOO, for example, the […]
Melvyl Mobile Stats Debut
Have you wondered which campus Melvyl gets the most mobile searches or if iPad users do more catalog searches than iPhone users? Are you a mobile-stats watcher? Beginning with the January 2012 usage statistics, monthly search statistics include the number […]
Next-Generation Technical Services Update: February 2012
There was a hiatus in January in reporting from the Power of Three Groups (POTS) (http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/sopag/ngts_pots.html), but each of the groups have been hard at work meeting their deliverables. In addition, SOPAG and the NGTS Management Team have discussed the need to measure the impact […]
CDL Supports: Building the UC Irvine and UC Davis Campus Web Archives
A growing number of organizations are using the California Digital Library’s Web Archiving Service (http://was.cdlib.org/) to build comprehensive archives of large university campuses. The web has become the primary mode of communication and publication for campus events and issues, and […]
Calculating scholarly journal value through objective metrics
Authored by Jacqueline Wilson and Chan Li CDL’s Collection Development and Management: Licensed Resources program has developed a value-based strategy which is now used as a major part of the University of California’s journal collection planning process. The strategy involves […]