Category: Newsletter
Discovery and Delivery Is Looking for a Software Engineer
Do you truly enjoy software engineering? Do who want to learn new things in a job where you can have a real impact? Do you enjoy working in a fun team environment where your ideas are really heard? Then join […]
Robin James joins CDL
Robin James joined CDL on August 2nd as Günter Waibel’s new interim Executive Assistant. She comes to us courtesy of UCOP’s temporary staffing program. We’re hoping that Robin will stay with us until the open recruitment for Khatira’s position has […]
CDL Position Opening: Shared Content Service Coordinator
At the California Digital Library (CDL), we believe passionately that the library, in all its forms, is critically important to the vital work of students, scholars and the public. As a University of California systemwide library, CDL provides services to […]
SCP Monthly Update — August 2018
SCP has posted the distribution statistics report for the month of July. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. For serials distributions, SCP continued to focus on the major […]
Enhanced Cochrane Library platform debuts
On August 7, 2018 the redesigned and enhanced Cochrane Library platform was launched. Currently, six campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco) participate in the license of the Cochrane Library. (http://uclibs.org/PID/4649) (B, D, I, LA, SD, […]
California Digital Library seeks Publication Management System Coordinator
Do you find deep joy in bibliometrics? How about synchronizing disparate (sometimes compatible) systems to create a web of information across a vast university system? Are you also a fan of Open Access policies and eager to help faculty embrace […]
ARKs in the Open: Project Update #7, inaugural meeting of the Advisory Group
The ARKs-in-the-Open Advisory Group (AG) met for the first time July 17, 2018. This is the high-level group that will provide the means for transitioning the ARK infrastructure (specification, NAAN registry) from the California Digital Library (CDL) to a community […]
CDL joins ICOLC Opposing the MLA International Bibliography Exclusivity with EBSCO
CDL recently signed on to the letter [PDF] prepared by the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC), concerning the MLA International Bibliography exclusivity with EBSCO. On June 26, 2018, MLA announced that the MLA International Bibliography will be exclusively offered […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Access DOIs in record descriptions
The WorldCat Discovery installation on July 26, 2018 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 […]
ProQuest platform interface enhancements will be rolled out July 26
The July 26, 2018 ProQuest platform release will introduce redesigned basic search and search results pages. These improvements will put more emphasis on source types to help researchers retrieve more relevant results from across the platform. These changes only affect […]