CDLINFO News
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – TRIP Pro
TRIP Pro is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care. Five campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Riverside, and San Diego) are participating in the […]
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – ASCE Research Library
Eight campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara) are selectively participating in a variety of content options made available in a three year (2016-18) Tier 2 package for multiple information products from the American Society […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: New cover art image for articles
This month’s WorldCat Discovery installation on June 26, 2016 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at http://www.cdlib.org/services/d2d/melvyl/public/. (Note that many of these do not have an impact on Melvyl.) […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: June 2016
For May 2016, a notable new package added is ICPSR online datasets (includes: 9,261 titles of monographs, 4 titles of serials, and 5 titles of databases), thanks to UCB’s request to make it an SCP package, taking full advantage of […]
WEST passes resolution honoring Lizanne Payne
The WEST Executive Committee passed the following resolution on May 20, 2016 to thank Lizanne Payne for her leadership. Resolution Honoring Elizabeth A. (Lizanne) Payne Whereas Elizabeth A. Payne has advanced the efforts of more than 70 academic and research libraries in the Western […]
Release of new EZID user interface
CDL is pleased to announce the all-new EZID user interface, which improves the site’s look and feel, provides a better platform for outreach, and makes it even easier for researchers and librarians to create and manage persistent identifiers. What’s […]
DMPTool Service Update: May 2016
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Brian Riley joined our ranks officially as the DMPTool Technical Lead! And another warm welcome to our new UC3 DevOps/Developer guru, Jim Vanderveen. Bug fixes. Bug-squashing is nearing the finish line. You can follow our progress in […]
WEST libraries achieve 500,000 volumes
Member libraries of the Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) have reached a major milestone, successfully archiving half a million journal volumes. Forum Journal 3, no. 3 (1989). Photo by Amy Watson, Arizona State University Libraries, 2016. The five hundred […]
EZID Service Update: May 2016
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Many EZID clients were interested in a DataCite-sponsored webinar on Zotero for Data Repositories. Sebastian Karcher (Associate Director of Associate Director the Qualitative Data Repository at Syracuse University) was the presenter, and he shared […]
Calisphere exceeds half a million items!
“The deeper you look, the more you’ll discover.” Today, the Calisphere motto rings particularly true, as we celebrate the growth of the collection to over half a million items! (Or 530,711, to be exact.) Recent additions include the Gold […]