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Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update – January/February 2012

By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services Since I was unable to provide you with a monthly update in January, this update covers the work output for December 2011 and January 2012. Our December monographic output highlights include Springer (875 […]

Melvyl Enhancements – February 2012

On February 28, 2012 (12:38 PM PST), OCLC announced the roll back of the software changes installed on Feb. 26 due to some performance issues. OCLC has since announced that the re-installation of the quarterly software changes is scheduled to […]

Web Archivists: Call for Speakers is Open for Internet Librarian 2012

The call for submissions is now open for the 16th annual Internet Librarian conference,  taking place October 22-24 in Monterey, California.  The conference focuses on libraries’ use of internet technologies and covers a wide range of topics.  Just a few of […]

EZID now offers QR codes

By Joan Starr, EZID Service Manager The EZID User Interface now displays a QR code representing the URL form of the DOI or ARK. The QR Code appears on the Manage tab. If the identifier is doi:10.1234/FOO, for example, the […]

Melvyl Mobile Stats Debut

Have you wondered which campus Melvyl gets the most mobile searches or if iPad users do more catalog searches than iPhone users?  Are you a mobile-stats watcher? Beginning with the January 2012 usage statistics, monthly search statistics include the number […]

What is EZID’s status?

By Joan Starr, EZID Service Manager In response to user requests, we are introducing two new channels for distributing EZID (http://n2t.net/ezid) status updates: a blog and an RSS feed from the blog. As we try out this new functionality, we […]

Web Archives: Information on Recent Technical Difficulties

From: Tracy Seneca – Web Archiving Service Manager, California Digital Library UPDATE: Wednesday February 21, 2012 The Web Archiving Service (http://was.cdlib.org/) developers have completed their work to improve the performance of the public WAS archives.  Developers are now resuming work […]

Next-Generation Technical Services Update: February 2012

There was a hiatus in January in reporting from the Power of Three Groups (POTS) (http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/sopag/ngts_pots.html), but each of the groups have been hard at work meeting their deliverables. In addition, SOPAG and the NGTS Management Team have discussed the need to measure the impact […]

CDL Supports: Building the UC Irvine and UC Davis Campus Web Archives

A growing number of organizations are using the California Digital Library’s Web Archiving Service (http://was.cdlib.org/) to build comprehensive archives of large university campuses.  The web has become the primary mode of communication and publication for campus events and issues, and […]

Calculating scholarly journal value through objective metrics

Authored by Jacqueline Wilson and Chan Li CDL’s Collection Development and Management: Licensed Resources program has developed a value-based strategy which is now used as a major part of the University of California’s journal collection planning process.  The strategy involves […]