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Nexis Uni upgrade begins today (May 1, 2019)

On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, LexisNexis upgraded the Nexis® resources, including Nexis Uni. Although focused more on their Nexis.com professional resources, a Nexis Upgrade Comparison (Differences) guide that explains the feature differences between the previous Nexis and the upgraded Nexis […]

New Resource: Takita Choin kyuzo Kindai sakka genkoshu

Thanks to the contributions from UC Berkeley and UCLA, Takita Choin kyūzō Kindai sakka genkōshu 滝田樗陰旧蔵近代作家原稿集 (a collection of Japanese literary manuscripts by modern writers, originally owned by Takita Choin) has become available to users of all ten campuses and […]

Eric Lopatin joins CDL as UC3’s new Product Manager

We are excited to have Eric Lopatin join us as UC3’s new Product Manager.  Eric brings with him a long-standing appreciation for software quality, UX prototyping, and technical workflows which stem from prior roles at Amazon Music, Adobe Systems, Inc, and Public Library […]

Call for Cycle 8 Archive Disclosures – Due May 31, 2019

The WEST project team recently sent out a call for WEST Archive Holders and Builders to submit metadata records describing the journal backfiles archived during WEST Cycle 8. Back in September, WEST members committed to titles for archiving during Cycles […]

Upcoming Refresher Webinars for WEST Members – May and June

There are some great opportunities coming up to refresh your WEST know-how, whether you are new to WEST activities or an old-hand at this! First, coming up on May 15 from 11am-12pm PT (2-3pm ET) is a Journal Retention and […]

Meet Vasu Choudhary, CDL’s new Licensing Analyst

CDL is excited to announce that Vasu Choudhary will join the Collection Development & Management group as a Licensing Analyst, effective Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Vasu currently works as a legal support specialist at the Office of General Counsel, UC […]

CDL Job Opening: Senior Software Developer

As a senior level applications programmer in the Publishing & Special Collections group at the California Digital Library, this position is responsible for the technical architecture, operations, and continued evolution of a publication management system in support of the University […]

Save the Date! WEST Member Meeting during ALA Annual – Sunday, June 23 from 1-2:30pm ET

The WEST Member Meeting for ALA Annual 2019 in Washington, DC is scheduled for Sunday, June 23, from 1:00 – 2:30pm. Please join us to hear brief program updates and enjoy a WEST member panel discussion and Q&A session on […]

WorldCat Discovery beta: Improved filtering for author names on brief results

The WorldCat Discovery installation on April 17, 2019 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note that many of these enhancements do not have an impact on Melvyl since […]

Personal Lists are available in WorldCat Discovery

Personal Lists are a much used feature of WorldCat Local (WCL) and UC campus librarians made their feelings clear that this feature needed to be available in WorldCat Discovery (WCD) as well. We’re happy to report that the Personal Lists […]