Category: Newsletter
UC secures landmark open access deal with world’s largest scientific publisher
The University of California today (March 16) announced a pioneering open access agreement with the world’s largest scientific publisher, Elsevier, making significantly more of the University’s research available to people worldwide — immediately and at no cost. The deal will put […]
CDL Job Opening: Infrastructure Engineer
Infrastructure and Applications Support (IAS) is currently hiring for an Infrastructure Engineer. +++++ About UC’s California Digital Library: At the core of the California Digital Library (CDL) is a simple idea – by mobilizing the expertise and creativity of our […]
New UC transformative open access agreements with three not-for-profit publishers announced
University of California (UC) is delighted to announced three new transformative open access agreements, with not-for-profit publishers Canadian Science Publishing, The Company of Biologists, and the Royal Society. All of these agreements will be managed by the California Digital Library […]
SCP Update — March 2021
For the detailed list of net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections, see the distribution statistics report for February 2021. SCP Overview Monthly Updates The following chart and table show the overall SCP cataloging […]
SCP Cataloging Delays During SILS Test Load Environment
Between March 1 and the date of SCP’s last weekly file distribution (which is still to be determined), SCP will have a significant reduction of batch cataloging and will shift its focus to workflow testing in the SILS test load […]
Additional content added to Maruzen eBook Library
UCLA Library has contributed funding to acquire the following 11 Japanese reference e-books from Maruzen eBook Library (MeL) to share with all UC campus users. 1 Kaō inshō zuten 花押・印章図典 Yoshikawa Kobunkan 2018 9784642211130 2 Jiten Nihon no nengō 事典日本の年号 […]
SCP Update – February 2021
For the detailed list of net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections, see the distribution statistics report for January 2021. SCP Overview Monthly Updates The following chart and table show the overall SCP cataloging […]
New Resource: Apabi 100 Chinese Historical Newspapers
Four campuses (UCB, UCI, UCLA, UCSD) recently licensed Apabi 100 Chinese Historical Newspapers –– 100 rare historical newspapers in the Chinese language published mainly in the first half of the Twentieth Century. Apabi 100 Chinese Historical Newspapers; http://uclibs.org/PID/386957 B, I, […]
You Don’t Have To Be A Techie To Create Computer Transcriptions of Handwritten Documents
If your collection contains handwritten documents that could benefit from transcription, then Transkribus may be just what you need. Funded by the European Commission’s READ project, Transkribus can transcribe documents written in many languages and requires no technical knowledge on […]
Toyo Keizai Digital Content Library Now Available
The UC Berkeley Library has begun a new online subscription to the Toyo Keizai Digital Content Library; the license includes unlimited access and the publisher generously agreed to extend access to all UC campuses without any additional charge. Toyo Keizai […]