[…] the Internet Archive (IA) for the Open Content Alliance. An initial review of Microsoft’s service was provided by CNET (http://news.com.com/Microsoft+releasing+book+search+in+beta/2100 -1038_3-6141162.html). Microsoft’s Live Search Books provides a window into scanned books that is as serendipitously fruitful as article indexes are […]
As part of the 2008 contract renewal for the Blackwell online journals, 213 titles have been added to the CDL's license. These include the titles in Blackwell's 2008 Full Collection model not previously licensed plus 22 recommended titles excluded from […]
[…] CDL and University of Michigan staff are in close communications as we progress with the ongoing loading of UC’s Google -digitized volumes. Once we are finished with the “backlog” of already-digitized items, our next step will be to plan for […]
[…] or desktop computers. For usability testing of our mobile site, we briefly considered using an emulator with our existing set -up. However, as CDL’s senior usability analyst and DIY enthusiast, I rejected that idea knowing there had to be a […]
[…] ruling and that act of hurtling turned into a very long haul, I’ve had to trade in my Winter Olympics -inspired metaphor for one more reminiscent of an episode of Ice Road Truckers: an interminable and wearying slog on treacherous […]
[…] their new positions, and we are looking for good things to come from DataCite. For more on this, see https://www.datacite.org/news/martin -fenner-and-laura-rueda-join-datacite-team.html. EZID Partners and Clients Our current EZID clients include academic institutions, government agencies, non-profit organizations and commercial entities. For […]
[…] index database to Japanese periodical literature. “Indexes to journal and magazine articles from Japan published since the Meiji period (1868 -1912) and essays included in festschriften, conference papers, books, annuals, and research reports since 1945. Dates of coverage for major […]
With end -of-year funds, CDL purchased the Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journals Archive for systemwide access. The CUP Journal Archive license, which incorporates previous campus purchases, includes access to the earlier online content of 412 journal titles. Available to All […]
[…] and CRL’s Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR) to accommodate and make accessible actionable data for shared print serials management” (https://www.oclc.org/en/news/releases/2018/20180624 -oclc-awarded-mellon-foundation-grant.html). Several of these enhancements are geared toward centralizing and streamlining the retention registration process, enhancing discovery of retention commitments, […]