Category: Newsletter

CDL Staff in Print

Lisa Schiff, Technical Lead in CDL’s eScholarship Publishing Program recently had an article published entitled “Creating the Mark Twain Project Online” in Learned Publishing.

Next Generation Melvyl Pilot – June 2009 Enhancements

: Over the weekend of June 14th, a number of changes were brought into Next Generation Melvyl, supported by WorldCat Local (WCL). These changes are especially noticeable on the Advanced Search screen.

New Licensed Resources: JSTOR Arts & Sciences VI and VII

RSS Description: UC campuses except UCSF now have access to JSTOR Arts & Sciences VI and JSTOR Arts & Sciences VII as part of CDL consortial licenses.

Next Generation Melvyl Pilot – Important Changes with May Install

The enhancements brought into WorldCat Local by OCLC over the weekend of 5/17/09 require parallel changes on the UC side so you will see them implemented over the next two weeks, rather than immediately.

Resource Cancellations: Applied Science & Technology; Essay & General Literature Index; Book Review Digest

: UC subscriptions to Applied Science & Technology, Essay & General Literature Index, and Book Review Digest will be cancelled as of July 1 as a result of a systemwide review of Tier 1 & Tier 2 resources.

Open Letter to Vendors – Serious Economic Challenges Face UC Libraries

CDL and the UC Collection Development Committee, with UL endorsement, have jointly drafted an Open Letter to Licensed Content Vendors to advise content vendors with whom we conduct business of the serious economic challenges facing the University of California Libraries.

Meet Rachael Hu

Rachael Hu is CDL's User Experience Design Manager, a member of the Assessment, Design and Production Group.

CDLers in Print

Patricia Cruse, director of the CDL Digital Preservation Program, and Beth Sandore, have edited a special issue of Library Trends. Also included is an article by CDL's Web Archiving Service Manager, Tracy Seneca, entitled, The Web-at-Risk at Three: Overview of an NDIIPP Web Archiving Initiative.

Meet Sherri Berger

Sherri Berger is among our newest of CDL employees, having spent just 2 months working in Digital Special Collections (DSC).

2008 Usage Statistics: Journal, Database and E-book Update

2008 annual UC systemwide aggregated and campus-by-campus usage statistics for selected major Tier 1 and Tier 2 journals, databases and ebooks are now available on the Inside CDL website.