Category: Newsletter
DNSA is transitioning to the ProQuest search platform September 16th
The Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) will transition from the Chadwyck-Healey platform to the main ProQuest platform on September 16. Both versions of the databases are available in parallel until that date at http://uclibs.org/PID/96899. Please note that users with a […]
The SNAC pack is back (in print)
Now that the first and second phases of the award-winning Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) research and demonstration project have been completed, Daniel Pitti (University of Virginia, Charlottesville), Ray Larson (UC Berkeley) and three CDL staff members (Rachael Hu, […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: August 2015
Our major serial record distributions for July were for Open Access (508 titles) and EBSCO (40 titles). For monographs they were for SuperStar (577 titles), Springer (564 titles), IEEE (185 titles), Elsevier (139 titles), World Bank (110 titles), Alexander Street […]
ProQuest Updates Platform Interface, August 20th
ProQuest will be rolling out changes to the interface of the main ProQuest platform on August 20, 2015. The ProQuest Congressional interface implemented a similar look and feel on August 5th. The changes are predominantly CSS and display-based (font, color, […]
New Licensed Resource: Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO) — Literature
All UC campuses now have access to Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO) — Literature. Note: Some campuses may have already had access via local subscriptions. http://uclibs.org/PID/276064; All campuses, on the Oxford Handbooks platform. Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO), the home of scholarly research […]
Alexander Street Press Debuts New Interface for Selected Resources
The Alexander Street platform will be debuting a new interface on Friday August 14. From the vendor’s announcement, the new interface includes: More intuitive search, browse, video, and audio pages to help patrons find content faster Easily accessible instructional videos […]
Mirroring FirstSearch searching in WorldCat Discovery (WCD)
As you know, OCLC is rolling out a new discovery interface (WorldCat Discovery) which will merge together the existing OCLC FirstSearch and WorldCat Local (WCL) interfaces onto this new platform. Currently, the UC campuses are scheduled to move to the […]
Latest eScholarship Activity: Campus 2nd Quarter 2015 Reports
Check out this quarter’s reports to discover eScholarship’s publishing profiles (and more). Here’s a listing of each campus’s most popular publications this quarter brought to you by the eScholarship team. UC Berkeley: “Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance” by Tsoutsoura, […]
Changing of the guard
In July, Erika Wilson, CDL Executive Assistant to Laine Farley, became the Communications and Operations Manager at the Authors Alliance (http://www.authorsalliance.org/). “As we continue to grow, it’s important we have staff committed to our mission,” said Authors Alliance Executive Director […]
CDL welcomes Angela Di Iorio
CDL is thrilled to welcome Angela Di Iorio from La Sapienza Digital Library in Rome. She will be joining us for two months as a visiting scholar. Angela is a technologist who has been working on digital library management and […]