Category: Newsletter
Anna Striker joins CDL as Shared Print Operations and Collections Analyst
The Collection Development & Management Program welcomes Anna Striker as Operations and Collections Analyst for the Shared Print Team. Anna will coordinate operations, collections analysis, statistics, and reporting for both the Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) and for UC Libraries’ […]
Welcome to Mahjabeen Yucekul, P&SC’s new Senior Software Engineer
We are excited to have Mahjabeen Yucekul join the Publishing & Special Collections group as our new Senior Software Engineer, starting August 1, 2019. Mahjabeen will be responsible for the technical architecture, operations, and continued evolution of the publication management […]
CDL Job Opening: UC3 Senior Software Developer
The UC Curation Center (UC3) at the California Digital Library is recruiting for a Senior Software developer. This is a technical lead position that will be responsible for the thought leadership, technical architecture, operations, and development across the UC3 services […]
Campus Melvyl instances successfully transition to WorldCat Discovery
Note: In the December 2019 monthly installation, OCLC corrected the ‘Hate’ problem listed below. Users can once again limit a search by any number of Formats (eBook, CD, Music Score, etc.) simultaneously. On July 9th, the move of UC Berkeley’s […]
Contemporary Women’s Issues database gets enhanced
Gale has begun updating several of its products in order to increase access to library resources online by implementing enhancements designed to improve usability and discoverability. According to the Enhancements Overview, improvements include: Enhanced product platform—Provides a unified experience across […]
ProQuest Congressional redesign launches on July 24th
ProQuest will launch a redesigned ProQuest Congressional interface on July 24, 2019. According to the redesign webpage, the changes are intended to facilitate the retrieval of information by students unfamiliar with government content, while maintaining the ability of more sophisticated […]
Many Gale resources will redirect to HTTPS effective July 17
On July 17, 2019, many Gale resources will be permanently redirected to the new https://*.gale.com domain. This is a change in URL only. Updated proxy information has been sent to the campus proxy contacts; no other work or changes on […]
New Resource: CDL purchases Cambridge University Press Journal Archive
With end-of-year funds, CDL purchased the Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journals Archive [2019-2021 archive edition] for systemwide access. The CUP Journal Archive license, which incorporates previous campus purchases, includes access to the earlier online content of 412 journal titles. Available […]
Jim Vanderveen gets a shorter commute
Jim Vanderveen recently announced his resignation from CDL. We are truly sad to see Jim go as he’s been a valued and appreciated member of the UC3 family. Jim joined UC3 3 years ago as a Senior DevOps/Developer, providing infrastructure […]
SCP Monthly Update – July 2019
SCP has posted the distribution statistics report for the month of June 2019. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. For serials, major distributions were Open Access journals (95 […]