Category: Newsletter
ACM Digital Library moves to new platform
The ACM Digital Library will be moving to a new platform on Sunday, December 29, 2019, replacing the current platform at the current URL. The new platform is a vast improvement, visually and functionally, over the current platform. It is […]
ProQuest Congressional Redesign
Recently, ProQuest launched a redesigned interface for ProQuest Congressional. The changes are intended to facilitate the retrieval of information by students unfamiliar with government content, while maintaining the ability of more sophisticated users to perform complex queries. Key Benefits Search […]
NIH/NLM rolls out an updated PubMed
An updated version of PubMed will replace the current version; the new PubMed is currently scheduled to become the default in spring 2020, replacing the legacy version. According to the November-December 2019 NLM Technical Bulletin, new features include: Improved search […]
New Naxos Music Library 3 Debuts
Users of UC-licensed Naxos Music Library are now being redirected to the new Naxos Music Library 3 platform. http://uclibs.org/PID/110925 Naxos Music Library All campuses (except SF), plus LBL According to the NLM3 platform information, this version incorporates a fresh new […]
New Resource: The Gale Digital Scholar Lab
Five campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego) now have access to The Gale Digital Scholar Lab. The Gale Digital Scholar Lab is designed to transform the way researchers access and analyze Gale’s primary source content by integrating […]
“Toward a National Archival Finding Aid Network” planning initiative: outcomes and availability of action plan
We are pleased to share the following action plan, which represents the culmination of “Toward a National Archival Finding Aid Network” (NAFAN) — a one-year (October 2018-September 2019) planning initiative convened by the California Digital Library (CDL), with the participation […]
SCP Monthly Update — November 2019
SCP posted the distribution statistics report for the month of October 2019. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. They are color coded as: Net Increase (Green) — Net […]
Diverse Narratives and Myriad Perspectives: New Collections on Calisphere!
We are thrilled to highlight new collections on Calisphere that feature community voices and stories. These collections are made available in close collaboration with local community members and broaden our worldview through the diverse narratives and myriad perspectives that resonate […]
WorldCat Discovery: Public Notes from LHRs display with item information
The WorldCat Discovery installation on October 17, 2019 included the following new enhancement. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note: Not all of the enhancements/bug fixes are relevant to the UC Melvyl instances.) New features […]
UC Irvine first campus to launch Presidential OA Policy
This week, UC Irvine became the first UC campus to launch the UC Presidential Open Access Policy implementation, enabling UC Irvine Health Science Clinical Professors and Librarians to join their Academic Senate colleagues in using the UC Publication Management System […]