Category: Newsletter
IOP Journals Platform Change
By Sue Koskinen (UCB), IOP Resource Liaison Beginning Tuesday, March 2, 2010, the IOP Publishing journals, which UC licenses, are now accessed via the IOPscience <http://iopscience.iop.org/> platform. This new system provides users with advanced functionality, new features and a clean, […]
Cochrane Library Platform Transition
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst The Cochrane Library has moved from Wiley InterScience to a new platform: http://www.thecochranelibrary.com. Current subscribers include Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco. For more information about the move, see […]
200,000 Digital Images in OAC and Calisphere
Digital Special Collections is celebrating a major milestone: as of today, more than 200,000 digital images are available on the Online Archive of California (OAC) and Calisphere websites. The images—photographs, posters, artwork, and more—have been contributed by over 100 archives, […]
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot – Important Milestone: Request
By Adam Brin, Technical Lead, Next-Generation Melvyl Pilot An important milestone has been reached for the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot, supported by WorldCat Local. As of March 2, 2010, the back-end of UC’s Request (Interlibrary Loan) service began running at […]
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) to be discontinued 3/31/10
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst The Getty Research Institute, publishers of the Bibliography of the History of Art, will not provide access to BHA beyond March 31, 2010. BHA will no longer be available from CSA Illumina nor […]
CDL’s System Status web page – ‘One stop shopping’ for system information
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst At the top right of CDL’s newly redesigned website (http://www.cdlib.org) is a link to CDL’s System Status web page. This System Status page brings together several useful tools in one place to facilitate […]
Web Archive for California Water Research
The Water Resources Center Archives (WRCA), using the California Digital Library’s Web Archiving Service, has built the California Water Districts Web Archive, a comprehensive archive of water district websites. This Web archive is now available to the general public at: […]
CDL-Hosted Archivists’ Toolkit/Archon Service: Now Available
By Adrian Turner, DSC Data Consultant The CDL Digital Special Collections Program is pleased to announce the availability of a new, free service for contributors to the Online Archive of California (OAC) and Calisphere websites: CDL-hosted versions of Archivists’ Toolkit […]
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot – February 2010 Enhancements
By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, CDL Information Services Four enhancements that impact the UC Libraries Next Generation Melvyl Pilot were made by OCLC on Sunday, February 21, 2010. These changes include the following: 1. URLs for detailed records were expanded to […]
Music Index Online moves to EBSCOhost on March 1, 2010
By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, CDL Information Services EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has acquired The Music Index Online™ from Harmonie Park Press, and access to this resource via the Harmonie Park Press platform will end on February 28, 2010. The Music Index […]