CDLINFO News: Discovery & Delivery

Upcoming UC-only OCLC Webinar: 9/20/2012

August 27, 2012  |  Category:  Discovery & Delivery,Melvyl,Newsletter,Resource Sharing  |  Author: 

Are you curious about what the future looks like for Melvyl, resource sharing (ILL), and FirstSearch WorldCat?   Join us for a UC- only OCLC webinar, “Transforming Discovery and Resource Sharing … More

UC-eLinks now offers direct linking for articles in Melvyl

August 22, 2012  |  Category:  Discovery & Delivery,Melvyl,Newsletter,UC-eLinks  |  Author: 

UC-eLinks now offers direct linking for articles in Melvyl when UC has licensed the electronic edition of the journal.  In some cases you will see the UC-eLinks menu header in … More

View Now and Central Index Implementation in Melvyl

August 10, 2012  |  Category:  Discovery & Delivery,Information Services,Melvyl,Newsletter  |  Author: 

In April 2012, CDL and the campuses conducted usability testing on two features in Melvyl – View Now and Central Index. The recommendations and full report are available at: http://www.cdlib.org/services/uxdesign/reports/index.html.  … More

Melvyl Enhancements – August 2012

August 7, 2012  |  Category:  Discovery & Delivery,Information Services,Melvyl,Newsletter  |  Author: 

Enhancements to the user experience in Melvyl were recently implemented by OCLC and officially rolled out during OCLC’s Sunday, August 5 install.  All improvements are listed in detail in the … More

CDL job opening for programmer

August 6, 2012  |  Category:  Discovery & Delivery,Newsletter  |  Author: 

Shape the future of library systems.   Position: Programmer Analyst III (3-year full-time position) About you You are a versatile and innovative programmer who thrives on building new systems to … More

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) Records Now in Melvyl

As of today, July 30, 2012, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL in the catalog) bibliographic records were added to UC Berkeley’s local OPAC, Oskicat (http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/) and will now also appear … More

Followup on Peer Review Indication in UC-eLinks

July 24, 2012  |  Category:  Newsletter,UC-eLinks  |  Author: 

The UC-eLinks team received this question from a librarian about the recently-published article on Peer Review Indication in UC-eLinks. Question: Because journals aren’t peer reviewed (articles are), how do you … More

ILL VDX Transition

July 18, 2012  |  Category:  Discovery & Delivery,Newsletter,Resource Sharing  |  Author: 

VDX, part of the backend of UC’s Request interlibrary borrowing and lending service, moved from being hosted at CDL to OCLC over the weekend of July 13 -15.  The move … More

HathiTrust June 2012 Update

The University of California libraries added another 3,446 volumes into HathiTrust this month, making UC’s total 3,340,228 of the 10,408,905 in HathiTrust.  Of these, more than 3,000,000 volumes are in … More

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CDL Joins Copyright Review Project

By Heather Christenson, CDL HathiTrust Project Manager The HathiTrust Digital Library contains millions of digital volumes that are not available to users, but could potentially be in the public domain … More

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