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Web of Science and BIOSIS Database News

By Beth Weil (UCB), WoS and BIOSIS Resource Liaison As part of the CDL negotiated 3-year Web of Science renewal, UC campuses now have access to Social Science Citation Index back to 1900 through the Web of Science database.  This […]

Web Archiving Service: Revised Site

On Thursday January 21, the California Digital Library launched a redesigned Web Archiving Service home page: http://was.cdlib.org.  The new design integrates information about both web archives and curatorial tools, so that people visiting the site can easily get information about […]

Welcome to Behind the Scenes!

This is a new blog-within-a-blog, by me, Joan Starr, CDL’s Manager of Strategic and Project Planning. I chose my tagline, ‘Behind the Scenes,’ because, as a CDL Service Manager, I operate a little bit out of the limelight. At the […]

Welcome to CDL’s remodeled web site

Redesigning a web site has much in common with remodeling a house.  It takes longer than you anticipate, you find unexpected challenges along the way, and in the end, you can’t imagine how you lived without it.  Our remodel features […]

New Licensed Resource: JSTOR Arts and Sciences VIII

By Ellen Meltzer, Manager, CDL Information Services UC campuses except UCSF now have access to this electronic resource as part of CDL consortial licenses: JSTOR Arts & Sciences VIII (All campuses except UCSF; on the JSTOR platform) The Arts & […]

CDL ERMS implementation finishes

The CDL ERMS Implementation Team (iTeam) has fulfilled its charge and completed the implementation of the CDL ERMS for CDL staff use. The CDL ERMS brings together critical CDL acquisitions and licensing data in one place using Serials Solutions’ 360 Resource Manager, a hosted web product.

Meet Adam Brin

By Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager Who is this mild-mannered, scholarly-looking fellow whose office walls are plastered with images so compelling, you don’t know where to look first? It’s Adam Brin, a Technical Project Manager in CDL’s Discovery & Delivery […]

Project Management Skills Survey

Improving the outcome of projects in and across the UC Libraries is increasingly important. SOPAG and the University Librarians are addressing this issue through the formation of a task force whose charge includes identifying staff that currently possess project management skills.

Next Generation Melvyl Pilot Enhancements – December 13, 2009

Two enhancements were made to the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot with OCLC’s Sunday, December 13, install.

Resource Cancellation – Global Books in Print

Global Books in Print is being cancelled as of December 31, 2009.  This cancellation was made as a result of a systemwide review of Tier 1 & Tier 2 resources.