Category: Newsletter
HathiTrust Books Available via UC-eLinks
CDL is pleased to announce access to selected HathiTrust books via UC-eLinks. HathiTrust books free of copyright restrictions, contributed by both UC and other HathiTrust partners, are now available via a link in the UC-eLinks menu window. The links appear […]
SNAC project will use archival authority records to expand access
CDL’s Digital Special Collections Program is collaborating on an exciting research and development project with the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia (project lead) and the School of Information at UC Berkeley. The Social […]
Meet Jason Colman
By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, Information Services Jason Colman’s reputation preceded him when he came to CDL’s Mass Digitization Program as a Project Specialist. Although he brings a rich background in digital libraries, he was probably more widely known as the […]
UC’s Internet Archive-digitized Books Now Loading into the HathiTrust
By Heather Christenson, CDL HathiTrust Project Manager Through a collaborative effort between the California Digital Library and the University of Michigan, the University of California volumes digitized by Internet Archive are now flowing into the HathiTrust Digital Library. This accomplishment […]
Scientific American Archive (EBSCO) to be Discontinued by Publisher on May 31, 2010
Scientific American was acquired by the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) in 2009. NPG is discontinuing access to the Scientific American Archive on EBSCO on May 31, 2010. UC Libraries have decided not to license Scientific American on the Nature.com platform. […]
Exciting Milestone: Digitized Books Now Accessible through NGM Pilot
Users can now find links to HathiTrust volumes, including University of California Google digitized works, in the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot. There are approximately 5.5 million digital volumes in HathiTrust, many unique. Of these, about 1.1 million (and counting) have […]
BHA Database is now available via the Getty’s web site
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst UC’s access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) database via the CSA Illumina platform was discontinued yesterday (March 31, 2010) since it had been reported that the Getty Research Institute […]
Journal Value Metrics Webinars Scheduled for May 2010
By Jacqueline Wilson, CDL Senior Associate for Shared Content CDL will host four sessions of Value-based Journal Metrics/Journal Review Process, 2011 on: Wednesday, May 12, 2:00 – 3:30 PM Thursday, May 13, 3:00 – 4:30 PM Monday, May 17, 11:00 […]
Journal Value Metrics Assessment
By Jacqueline Wilson, CDL Senior Associate for Shared Content In 2008, the UC libraries adopted a new value-based strategy developed by CDL which is now used in negotiations with major publishers. The strategy involves using objective metrics to compare the […]
DataCite: UC Provides Long Term Public Visibility and Access to Research Data
By Patricia Cruse, Director, University of California Curation Center One of today’s most important priorities for academic scholarship and research is providing long term access to datasets. Data are now seen as the building blocks of scholarship and research in […]