Category: Newsletter
Clarivate Analytics’ InCites JCR and ESI URL change
Clarivate Analytics’ InCites Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and Essential Science Indicators (ESI) will be available via a new URL starting February 15th. A temporary redirect will be in place from February 15 – 28, 2019. There is no additional change […]
UC-eLinks moving to secure HTTP (https://) on 2/19
On the morning of Tuesday, February 19, 2019, Ex Libris will install “SSL” on the CDL SFX server, meaning that all UC-eLinks traffic will be redirected from ‘http://ucelinks.cdlib.org’ to ‘https://ucelinks.cdlib.org’. If you encounter any unexpected problems with outbound linking behavior […]
Melvyl will switch to WorldCat Discovery
Melvyl’s long-awaited switch to WorldCat Discovery, OCLC’s newer discovery user interface, will happen this summer. OCLC has announced an end-of-life date for WorldCat Local of August 9, 2019. Since April 2014, when OCLC released WorldCat Discovery as a beta product, […]
MagazinePlus & WhoPlus database transition includes new database – BookPlus
With the renewed MagazinePlus license, users on the 5 participating campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Merced, San Diego and Santa Barbara) now have access to three databases: MagazinePlus, BookPlus, and WhoPlus. MagazinePlus: http://uclibs.org/PID/4880 (B, D, M, SD, SB; on the Nichigai web […]
SCP Monthly Update — February 2019
SCP has posted the distribution statistics report for the month of January 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 […]
SCP’s Becky Culbertson headlines OCLC Member story on shared cataloging
Recently, Becky Culbertson, stalwart member of the Shared Cataloging Program (SCP), was interviewed by OCLC staff about shared cataloging. The interview is now online as one of OCLC’s Member stories, highlighting how catalogers at the California Digital Library share work […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: High res cover art & aligned titles
The WorldCat Discovery installation on January 18, 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 – Call For Proposals
The UC DLFx 2019 meeting is happening @ UC San Diego on May 20-22, 2019. Registration and travel information will be available soon. Participants from across the UC libraries, archives, and museums are invited to submit proposals for presentations, sessions, […]
CDL Job Opening: Shared Print Operations and Collections Analyst
Are you passionate about print collection management in academic libraries? Do you thrive in cooperative environments, excel at facilitating collaborative efforts, and enjoy conceiving and executing innovative analyses? The California Digital Library (CDL) seeks a creative, enthusiastic individual for the […]