Category: Newsletter
Alainna Wrigley joins CDL as the Publication Management System Coordinator
The CDL is delighted to announce that Alainna Wrigley will join the Publishing & Special Collections Group as the Publication Management System Coordinator, effective January 15, 2019. Alainna will be the product and service owner of the UC Publication […]
Ergonomic Abstracts Database is cancelled effective January 11, 2019
The subscription to EBSCOhost’s Ergonomic Abstracts database for the participating locations (all campuses except UC Davis) has been cancelled effective January 11, 2019. The systemwide cancellation was approved by the Shared Content Leadership Group (SCLG), representing all UC campuses. If […]
At Long Last… The Public Domain Expands!
With the start of 2019, the public domain in the United States expanded for the first time in 20 years. Since the Sonny Bono Copyright Act of 1998 went into effect, 1923 had been the cut-off year before which books […]
INSPEC moving from Web of Science to Engineering Village platform
[Article updated on 1/4/19 to emphasize that the platform change affects University of California access only.] Beginning January 1, 2019, INSPEC will be available for the University of California (UC) libraries on the Engineering Village (EV) platform, with Compendex, a broad […]
New Access World News interface rolled out
NewsBank has introduced a new interface with cross-database searching of historical (if licensed) and current content. Presently, all UC campuses have access to the ‘current’ Access World News online content [1985 (varies by title) – present]. http://uclibs.org/PID/98452 Access World News […]
Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1600-2000 transitions to new platform
Alexander Street‘s Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600 – 2000 database has transitioned to a new platform which it now shares with two related products: Women and Social Movements International and Women and Social Movements in Modern […]
BioOne Complete moves to new platform
BioOne is launching a new website for its content aggregation, BioOne Complete. The new site will be launched on January 1, 2019. Currently, all campuses have access to this resource. The new site will replace the existing platform and will […]
CDL office closure Dec. 21, 2018 (noon) – Jan. 1, 2019
This year, UC’s Office of the President (UCOP), including the California Digital Library (CDL), will be officially closed during the Winter and New Year holiday periods from Friday, December 21, 2018 at noon through Tuesday, January 1, 2019. The Office of […]
The Times Digital Archives moves to Gale’s new platform
As part of the continued transition of Gale resources to Gale’s Primary Sources platform (see https://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2018/11/01/new-platform-for-several-gale-databases/), The Times Digital Archive will be moving to this platform on the afternoon of December 20, 2018. http://uclibs.org/PID/112897 (All campuses; on Gale’s Primary Sources […]
ASM Handbooks Online transitions to a new platform
ASM International has rolled out a new Silverchair platform for ASM Handbooks Online. Six campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced and San Diego) participate in the ASM Handbooks license. http://uclibs.org/PID/61606 B, D, I, LA, M, and SD; on the […]