CDLINFO News
Former Contributors to Melvyl Cease Contributing Records
Three former Melvyl Catalog library contributors (the California Historical Society, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and UCB's Law Library) have ceased contributing records to Melvyl.
Maureen Burns joins Digital Special Collections
Maureen Burns (Humanities Curator, UCI Visual Resources Collection) will be joining the CDL 25% time, for a 5-month assignment providing support and management assistance for the UC Image Service.
New UC Shared Images Collections are Now Available via ARTstor
Select art and architecture images from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara image collections are now available in ARTstor to all 9 ARTstor-participating UC campuses. These collections are listed on the ARTstor home page under Institutional Collections.
Embedded Viewer for Google Books in Melvyl
CDL has implemented an embedded YouTube-style viewer for Google Books in a test copy of the Melvyl® Catalog.
Serials Solution Chosen as Electronic Resources Management System (ERMS)
After a careful evaluation, CDL has selected Serials Solutions 360 Resource Manager to manage the CDL's shared licensing activities for tier 1 and CDL-supported tier 2 resources.
Library of Congress, Internet Archive, and CDL Team Up with Middle and High Schools for Web Archiving Project
The Library of Congress, Internet Archive, and CDL are collaborating on a project to archive web sites -- from the perspective of middle and high school students -- with a view toward preserving and integrating primary resources into the K-12 teaching curriculum.
Calisphere – Share it with your students!
Now that fall has returned and UC students are streaming back to campus, it's a good time to take another look at Calisphere with undergraduate students in mind.
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot – September Enhancements
Based on end user comments and usability testing, OCLC has made the following enhancements to the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot supported by WorldCat Local (WCL) this month.
Springer E-Book Trial Available
Beginning immediately through December 31st 2008, a public trial of all English-language Springer electronic books is available to UC library users via the Springer Link website.
Next Generation Melvyl Pilot Usability Findings: A Must-Read
The findings and recommendations summary report of the UC usability tests conducted on the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot in spring 2008 at UC Berkeley and UC Irvine is now available online at the Pilot Web site.