CDLINFO News
New Licensed Resources: JSTOR Arts & Sciences VI and VII
RSS Description: UC campuses except UCSF now have access to JSTOR Arts & Sciences VI and JSTOR Arts & Sciences VII as part of CDL consortial licenses.
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot – Important Changes with May Install
The enhancements brought into WorldCat Local by OCLC over the weekend of 5/17/09 require parallel changes on the UC side so you will see them implemented over the next two weeks, rather than immediately.
Resource Cancellations: Applied Science & Technology; Essay & General Literature Index; Book Review Digest
: UC subscriptions to Applied Science & Technology, Essay & General Literature Index, and Book Review Digest will be cancelled as of July 1 as a result of a systemwide review of Tier 1 & Tier 2 resources.
Open Letter to Vendors – Serious Economic Challenges Face UC Libraries
CDL and the UC Collection Development Committee, with UL endorsement, have jointly drafted an Open Letter to Licensed Content Vendors to advise content vendors with whom we conduct business of the serious economic challenges facing the University of California Libraries.
Meet Rachael Hu
Rachael Hu is CDL's User Experience Design Manager, a member of the Assessment, Design and Production Group.
CDLers in Print
Patricia Cruse, director of the CDL Digital Preservation Program, and Beth Sandore, have edited a special issue of Library Trends. Also included is an article by CDL's Web Archiving Service Manager, Tracy Seneca, entitled, The Web-at-Risk at Three: Overview of an NDIIPP Web Archiving Initiative.
Meet Sherri Berger
Sherri Berger is among our newest of CDL employees, having spent just 2 months working in Digital Special Collections (DSC).
2008 Usage Statistics: Journal, Database and E-book Update
2008 annual UC systemwide aggregated and campus-by-campus usage statistics for selected major Tier 1 and Tier 2 journals, databases and ebooks are now available on the Inside CDL website.
Irvine Adds to UC Shared Images in ARTstor
UC Shared Images in ARTstor continue to grow with the addition of over 600 images from the Irvine campus, with approximately 1,200 more to be added later in May. The new UCI collection is available, along with collections from UCB, UCSB, and UCSC, from the ARTstor home page under "Institutional Collections".
CDL welcomes new Resource Liaisons
CDL is pleased to welcome the following group of librarians to the Resource Liaisons (RL) program. Resource Liaisons provide a crucial link between the UC system and our licensed resource vendors, as well as providing a link between CDL and the campuses.