Category: Newsletter
CDL ERMS Portal gives UC library staff access to license terms for CDL resources
By Holly Eggleston, Electronic Resource Analyst, Collections CDL is pleased to announce the launch of the CDL ERMS Portal, an interface for campus library staff to find licensing-related information about CDL managed electronic resources. The CDL ERMS Portal is part […]
New Name for CDL’s Digital Collection of UC Press Titles
by Elise Proulx Outreach & Marketing Coordinator, Publishing GroupThe digital scholarly monograph collection formerly known as eScholarship Editions has been renamed “UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2008” (www.escholarship.org/editions). A joint project of UC Press and the California Digital Library’s Publishing Group, […]
Searching for UC Systemwide Electronic Resources in the Catalogs
By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, CDL Information Services; Linda Barnhart, Head of Metadata Services (UCSD); and Adolfo Tarango, Head of CJK, Serials & Shared Cataloging Division (CDL/UCSD) There is a disparity between what users see in current Melvyl, the Next Generation […]
Luna Insight collections: transitioning access in January 2010
By Rosalie Lack, CDL Digital Special Collections Director The CDL has transitioned the access of several image collections from CDL’s version of the Luna Insight service to other entry points. This decision is a result of a recent analysis of […]
Mass Digitization Projects Update: 2009 in Review
By Heather Christenson, CDL Mass Digitization Project Manager The UC Libraries’ made great progress in mass digitization of books in 2009, despite significant fiscal challenges. In April 2009 we reached a major milestone: over 2 million books digitized! In August […]
Web of Science and BIOSIS Database News
By Beth Weil (UCB), WoS and BIOSIS Resource Liaison As part of the CDL negotiated 3-year Web of Science renewal, UC campuses now have access to Social Science Citation Index back to 1900 through the Web of Science database. This […]
Welcome to CDL’s remodeled web site
Redesigning a web site has much in common with remodeling a house. It takes longer than you anticipate, you find unexpected challenges along the way, and in the end, you can’t imagine how you lived without it. Our remodel features […]
New Licensed Resource: JSTOR Arts and Sciences VIII
By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, CDL Information Services UC campuses except UCSF now have access to this electronic resource as part of CDL consortial licenses: JSTOR Arts & Sciences VIII (All campuses except UCSF; on the JSTOR platform) The Arts & […]
CDL ERMS implementation finishes
The CDL ERMS Implementation Team (iTeam) has fulfilled its charge and completed the implementation of the CDL ERMS for CDL staff use. The CDL ERMS brings together critical CDL acquisitions and licensing data in one place using Serials Solutions’ 360 Resource Manager, a hosted web product.
Meet Adam Brin
By Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager Who is this mild-mannered, scholarly-looking fellow whose office walls are plastered with images so compelling, you don’t know where to look first? It’s Adam Brin, a Technical Project Manager in CDL’s Discovery & Delivery […]