Month: June 2016
John Borghi Joins CDL!
John joins the UC3 team as a CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Curation for the Sciences and Social Sciences (http://www.clir.org/fellowships/postdoc/applicants/dc-science). His fellowship is focused on exploring issues around preservation and publication of non-traditional scholarly outputs, specifically software and data. John comes […]
Thomson Reuters Resources: Changes for 2016
With the new Web of Science/ISI contract, Journal Citation Reports (JCR) has moved to the InCites platform, which also includes a new to UC product, Essential Scientific Indicators (ESI). Together, JCR and ESI create Journal and Highly Cited Data (JHCD). […]
Introducing: Calisphere exhibitions!
Join a civil rights protest. Marvel at the engineering of an early car. Get a glimpse of what life was like for people throughout history. Calisphere’s new “exhibitions” invite researchers and general users to get up close and personal with the remarkable […]
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – Late Qing Dynasty Periodical Full Text Database (1833-1911)
Six campuses (Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz) are participating in the Tier 2 license of the Late Qing Dynasty Periodical Full Text Database (1833-1911). http://uclibs.org/PID/283083 (B, I, LA, SD SB, SC; on the CNBKSY […]
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 […]