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New Presses at De Gruyter and De Gruyter Brill Merger

New ebook packages at De Gruyter The UCs have recently purchased titles from several University Presses at De Gruyter, which are new for systemwide access. These collections were purchased on behalf of all 10 UC campuses: University of Chicago Press […]

Alloy Phase Diagram transitions to Materials Platform for Data Science

ASM International’s Alloy Phase Diagram Database has recently transitioned to a new platform, now under the name Materials Platform for Data Science (MPDS). Subscribers of the Alloy Phase Diagrams at MPDS remain the same: UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, and […]

Ebook Usability Report on Aggregator Platforms: A Case Study of EBSCO and ProQuest

Following the University of California Ebook Usability Common Knowledge Group’s (EUCKG) analysis of 3 publisher platforms (Cambridge, Elsevier, and Wiley) and the publication of an initial report, the EUCKG received feedback to evaluate ebook aggregators to see how they perform […]

Merritt Digital Preservation Repository – March 2025

Merritt is a digital preservation repository from the University of California Curation Center (UC3) that enables the UC community to manage, archive, and share its valuable digital content. Welcome to the Merritt service update for March 2025 Content and Collections  […]

SCP Update – March 2025

Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in February 2025 Airiti Books (華藝中文電子書) (Local-L DDA): 212 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 176 JSTOR Books: 177 Taylor & Francis eBooks Complete: 219 Link to the full reports (UC login required) 2025-02-Total […]

New Resource: APA PsycTests

The 10 UC campuses (+Lawrence Berkeley Lab) now have access to APA PsycTests! Any existing campus subscriptions were taken into account with the new Tier 1 subscription.  The APA PsycTests database is a scholarly source for bibliographic & full text […]

March 2025 UC Libraries HathiTrust Newsletter Posted!

The latest UC Libraries HathiTrust Help Center Newsletter has been posted.  Check it out to discover the latest happenings at HathiTrust and these new articles: What’s new in the public domain? All HathiTrust volumes published in 1929 are now open […]

CDL Shared Collections contributions to new book

A new book, Standards and Best Practices on Data and Digital Resources, with contributions from Bie-hwa Ma and Shi Deng, former colleagues from the CDL Shared Cataloging Program, has been published recently. This was an output of an international collaboration […]

New resources for UC authors to help them make their articles open access

We’re happy to announce two new resources for UC authors, both of which provide easy-to-navigate guidance to making their research articles freely available. A graphical representation of the pathways to open access, with key terms on the back (PDF) (pictured […]

Merritt Digital Preservation Repository – February 2025

Merritt is a digital preservation repository from the University of California Curation Center (UC3) that enables the UC community to manage, archive, and share its valuable digital content. Welcome to the Merritt service update for February 2025 Content and Collections  […]