CDLINFO News
Update Delivered at ALA Midwinter 2015 WEST Member Meeting
The ALA Midwinter WEST Member Meeting took place on Sunday, Feb. 01, 2015 from 1-2:30 pm in the Hilton Chicago (Continental C). Thank you to everyone who braved the snow storm to join us! If you were unable to attend, please find […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Staff Accounts are now available!
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Staff User Accounts are here! With a staff user account, you can view MARC records, view the OCLC# on the brief record display, and search by library holding symbol. Further staff account features are anticipated. […]
EZID introduces a batch download feature
EZID has just implemented a feature allowing clients to download a copy of all or some of their identifiers and descriptive information (i.e. metadata). We call it “batch” download, because EZID returns all requested identifiers in one large file. Clients […]
Calisphere: Gearing up for DPLA in April
Last year, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) welcomed the California Digital Library as a DPLA Content Hub, on behalf of the UC Libraries and with the endorsement of the Council of University Librarians. In its role as DPLA […]
The Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH) has its roots in the California Digital Library (CDL)
By Staci Markos, UCB Jepson Herbaria (smarkos@berkeley.edu) All over the world, dried plant collections are maintained in herbaria. Collections from California date from the early 1800s to the present. Each plant specimen is mounted on a sheet of acid-free paper along […]
UC Libraries Digital Collection Project: Shared DAMS Upgrade
CDL continues to reach milestones for the UC Libraries Digital Collection (UCLDC) Implementation Project. This month, the major news is an upgrade to the shared DAMS platform. Shared DAMS upgrade This week, CDL upgraded the shared digital asset management system […]
New Elsevier Ebook Collections for 2013 and 2015
All UC campuses will have access to 2013 and 2015 ebook collections from Elsevier. The two CDL purchases made in December complement a purchase of the 2014 frontlist by CDL last year. Imprints include Academic Press, Mosby Saunders Churchill Livingston, […]
EZID Service Update: January 2015
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities EZID added new functionality to the User Interface (UI). Starting immediately, you can edit an existing identifier that uses any metadata profile (ERC, Dublin Core or simple DataCite) and convert it to the advanced […]
Melvyl Central Index Update
It’s February 2015, and time for the biannual addition of new databases released by OCLC to Melvyl’s Central Index. Currently, CDL adds databases to the all instances of the Melvyl Central Index for resources managed by CDL and licensed by […]
Wiley Journals integrate “ReadCube” into platform
It seems that ReadCube is everywhere lately. It’s a desktop, web browser and mobile app-based program for managing, annotating, and accessing academic research articles. It provides access to research materials through partnerships with several publishing companies including the Nature Publishing […]