Category: Newsletter
SCP Monthly Update — April 2019
SCP has posted the distribution statistics report for the month of March 2019. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. For serials, we distributed a new collection of Lyell […]
America’s Historical Newspapers migrates to enhanced interface
America’s Historical Newspapers and the World Newspaper Archive are now available with enhanced interfaces. In terms of systemwide subscriptions, this affects Early American Newspapers Series 1 and 2. Campuses that locally subscribe to additional collections within America’s Historical Newspapers, please […]
New Tier 2 Resource: Lyell Collection
Four campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, and San Diego) now have access to the Geological Society of London’s Lyell Collection as part of a new Tier 2 agreement. http://uclibs.org/PID/330767 B, D, LA and SD; on the Lyell Collection platform The […]
At long last, HathiTrust records have been fixed in Melvyl
After many years of frustration with HathiTrust books that campus users do not have digital access to appearing in the Melvyl catalog with an indication of a digital holding, we are pleased to inform you that the HathiTrust records in […]
SCP Serials Cataloging Switching to Separate Record Approach
The long-held practice of simply adding URL links to existing print records when cataloging serial titles will cease on April 1, 2019. Using the print record as a composite record for both print and online version had helped users see […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: User Interface Improvements
The WorldCat Discovery installation on March 20, 2019 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note that many of these enhancements do not have an impact on Melvyl since […]
UC DLFx 2019 registration is now open
Registration for the 2nd UC DLFx Conference is now open! At UC DLFx, UC librarians, digital technology experts, educators, and other leaders will convene at UC San Diego. We will share insights and experiences, and seek new opportunities for collaboration. […]
Justin Gonder becomes CDL’s Senior Product Manager, Publishing
CDL is delighted to announce that Justin Gonder has accepted the newly established position of Senior Product Manager, Publishing in CDL’s Publishing & Special Collections (P&SC) group, effective March 1, 2019. In this position, Justin will focus on strategically managing […]
SCP Monthly Update — March 2019
SCP posted the distribution statistics report for the month of February 2019. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. For serials, our major distributions were Open Access journals (378 […]
CDL’s Publishing & Special Collections Group Launches Service Roadmaps
CDL’s Publishing & Special Collections (P&SC) Group is headed in a new direction! Our team now has publicly shared roadmaps for each of our five primary services: Calisphere Collection Management Systems eScholarship Online Archive of California Open Access Policy Implementation […]