Category: Newsletter
MLA International Bibliography is moving to EBSCO
On 26 June 2018, the editor of the MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) announced that going forward EBSCO would be the single vendor for this resource and the accompanying MLA Directory of Periodicals (MLADP). An overlap period where both the existing […]
SCP Monthly Update – May 2019
SCP has posted the distribution statistics report for the month of April 2019. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. For serials, major distributions were Lyell Collection online journals […]
RAND California cancelled as of May 1st
As part of the Tier 1 Database Cancellation review, the CDL license for RAND California (State Statistics) has been cancelled effective May 1, 2019. Campuses may continue their access by subscribing locally. The delete record for this resource will be […]
New OA Resource: PhilPapers—Philosophical Research Online
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index of philosophy books and articles. PhilPapers offers unique features such as real-time indexing of pre-prints, fine-grained classification by topic, email alerts, reading lists, advanced search functionality, and discussion forums. From the internal resource evaluation: “PhilPapers […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Accessibility updates for improved discovery
The WorldCat Discovery installation on May 9, 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 […]
Nexis Uni upgrade begins today (May 1, 2019)
On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, LexisNexis upgraded the Nexis® resources, including Nexis Uni. Although focused more on their Nexis.com professional resources, a Nexis Upgrade Comparison (Differences) guide that explains the feature differences between the previous Nexis and the upgraded Nexis […]
New Resource: Takita Choin kyuzo Kindai sakka genkoshu
Thanks to the contributions from UC Berkeley and UCLA, Takita Choin kyūzō Kindai sakka genkōshu 滝田樗陰旧蔵近代作家原稿集 (a collection of Japanese literary manuscripts by modern writers, originally owned by Takita Choin) has become available to users of all ten campuses and […]
Eric Lopatin joins CDL as UC3’s new Product Manager
We are excited to have Eric Lopatin join us as UC3’s new Product Manager. Eric brings with him a long-standing appreciation for software quality, UX prototyping, and technical workflows which stem from prior roles at Amazon Music, Adobe Systems, Inc, and Public Library […]
Meet Vasu Choudhary, CDL’s new Licensing Analyst
CDL is excited to announce that Vasu Choudhary will join the Collection Development & Management group as a Licensing Analyst, effective Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Vasu currently works as a legal support specialist at the Office of General Counsel, UC […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Improved filtering for author names on brief results
The WorldCat Discovery installation on April 17, 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 […]