CDLINFO News
Alainna Wrigley joins CDL as the Publication Management System Coordinator
The CDL is delighted to announce that Alainna Wrigley will join the Publishing & Special Collections Group as the Publication Management System Coordinator, effective January 15, 2019. Alainna will be the product and service owner of the UC Publication […]
Ergonomic Abstracts Database is cancelled effective January 11, 2019
The subscription to EBSCOhost’s Ergonomic Abstracts database for the participating locations (all campuses except UC Davis) has been cancelled effective January 11, 2019. The systemwide cancellation was approved by the Shared Content Leadership Group (SCLG), representing all UC campuses. If […]
CDL Position Opening: Executive Assistant
CDL’s executive assistant position is open for recruitment until 1/25/2019. The position is a permanent, career appointment. As executive assistant to the CDL Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director (“Executive Director”), the position plays a key role in managing the […]
New resources in Melvyl’s Central Index
Seven resources have been added to Melvyl’s Central Index. They are: CDL now activates CDL-managed Tier 2 resources in Melvyl’s Central Index so each campus will have different resources listed in their Central Index, depending on the resources they license. A […]
At Long Last… The Public Domain Expands!
With the start of 2019, the public domain in the United States expanded for the first time in 20 years. Since the Sonny Bono Copyright Act of 1998 went into effect, 1923 had been the cut-off year before which books […]
SCP Monthly Update — January 2019
Happy New Year! SCP posted the distribution statistics report for the month of December 2018. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. For serials distributions, SCP continues to focus […]
UCLA works with SCP on cataloging Russia Newspapers
In response to SCP’s call for Cyrillic language expertise, Peter Fletcher of UCLA, Team Leader, International Team, Cyrillic Languages Catalog Librarian, volunteered to help SCP catalog newspapers of the State Public Historical Library (Russia), an open access collection of Russian […]
INSPEC moving from Web of Science to Engineering Village platform
[Article updated on 1/4/19 to emphasize that the platform change affects University of California access only.] Beginning January 1, 2019, INSPEC will be available for the University of California (UC) libraries on the Engineering Village (EV) platform, with Compendex, a broad […]
New Access World News interface rolled out
NewsBank has introduced a new interface with cross-database searching of historical (if licensed) and current content. Presently, all UC campuses have access to the ‘current’ Access World News online content [1985 (varies by title) – present]. http://uclibs.org/PID/98452 Access World News […]
Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1600-2000 transitions to new platform
Alexander Street‘s Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600 – 2000 database has transitioned to a new platform which it now shares with two related products: Women and Social Movements International and Women and Social Movements in Modern […]