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Next Generation Technical Services Management Team Final Report
The Council of University Librarians (CoUL) has just endorsed the Next Generation Technical Services Management Team Final Report (https://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/NGTS_final_report_0813.pdf). The NGTS Management Team established a model for cross-functional working groups and project management that continues via the new UC Libraries […]
New Web Archive: Current Events in China – Popular Websites, Blogs & Twitters
By Su Chen, Head, UCLA East Asian Library Newsnet, Commentary, Blog, and Twitter are the major channels for over 500 million Chinese to access news, voice opinions, and exchange ideas on current important domestic and international issues, although the exchanges are […]
Introducing the Open Access Policy Implementation (OAPI) project
On July 24, 2013, the Academic Senate of the University of California passed an Open Access Policy, ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC will be made available to the public at no […]
CDL Welcomes CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellow John Kratz
CDL is pleased to welcome John Kratz as a CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Curation for the Sciences and Social Sciences. John earned his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Columbia University. During his two-year fellowship, he will focus on data […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update — August 2013
Folks interested in our online music resources will be pleased to note that SCP sent out 29,313 records for titles in the Naxos Music Library. And because OCLC is now engaged in a concerted effort to catalog the titles in […]
Melvyl Enhancements — August 2013
OCLC brought in several enhancements to WorldCat Local that impact Melvyl on August 22, 2013. These contain enhancements for both July and August and include the following: Display changes for handling records from databases displaying ‘fake’ OCLC number in record […]
First Open-Access Digital Book from New Series
eScholarship is delighted to announce the California Classical Studies (CCS) monographic series, a Mellon-funded, open access monograph publishing program focused on peer-reviewed, long-form scholarship in the field of Classics. CCS has just released its first book – The Traffic in […]
New Licensed Resource: Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)
As an end-of-year acquisition, CDL purchased the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1941-1996, from Readex on behalf of all campuses, with a start date of July 1, 2013. http://uclibs.org/PID/137517 The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Report has been the United […]
Web Archiving Service (WAS) has a new look!
The University of California’s Web Archiving Service (WAS) launched a new public interface. Check it out: http://was.cdlib.org/! The fresh new look showcases the importance of web archiving and promotes access to WAS partner institution collections. Under About and Features you’ll get an overview of […]
UC Libraries Advisory Structure Inaugural Leadership
By Marlo Young (UCSD), UCLAS Communications Manager The University of California Libraries Advisory Structure (UCLAS) is pleased to announce the establishment of its inaugural leadership. Based on an open nominations process within UCLAS, anonymous peer-voting, and the endorsement of the […]