CDLINFO News: Information Services

Moving Forward with Next Generation Melvyl

April 18, 2011  |  Category:  Discovery & Delivery,Information Services,Melvyl,Newsletter  |  Author: 

The Next Generation Melvyl Executive Team (Karen Butter, UCSF [Chair]; Luc Declerck, UCSD [Implementation Team], Laine Farley, CDL; Patricia Martin, CDL [Chair, Implementation Team] and Gary Strong, UCLA) and Implementation Team … More

bX Recommender Trial for UC Libraries 4/11/-6/10/11

We are testing a potential new recommender service for UC-eLinks The University of California Libraries will be experimenting with a 2-month trial of bX Recommender, an academic library recommender service … More

UC-eLinks “Logon to your campus proxy or VPN” alert is helping users

January 24, 2011  |  Category:  Information Services,Newsletter,UC-eLinks  |  Author: 

A new feature implemented by the UC-eLinks team in July 2010 is making a huge difference — it’s a special UC-eLinks’ alert that tells users to logon to their campus … More

HathiTrust WorldCat Local Discovery Tool

January 18, 2011  |  Category:  Discovery & Delivery,Information Services,Mass Digitization,Newsletter  |  Author: 

Today, OCLC and HathiTrust announced the release of a WorldCat Local-based interface for the HathiTrust Digital Library, currently containing more than 4 million records.  The discovery interface is available at … More

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ProQuest Transition Delayed for UC

December 13, 2010  |  Category:  Information Services,Licensed Resources,Newsletter  |  Author: 

ProQuest databases are beginning a transition to a new platform beginning in January 2011; however, CDL will not activate the new platform until a later date.  In CDL and Resource … More

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Let’s be consistent: Best Practices for UC Library Home Pages

November 29, 2010  |  Category:  Information Services,Newsletter,User Experience Design  |  Author: 

UC Heads of Public Services (HOPS) appointed a task force to examine best practices for UC library home pages so that our users experience a consistently clear (and common) understanding … More

UC Systemwide Library Tutorial Launched: Begin Your Research

October 4, 2010  |  Category:  Information Services,Newsletter  |  Author: 

By Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager Under the leadership of UC Heads of Public Services (HOPS), the UC libraries have collaborated on a UC-wide library tutorial entitled “Begin Your Research”.  … More

All Things Mobile

By Rachael Hu, User Experience Design Manager Here at CDL, we’ve been working hard all summer immersing ourselves in all things mobile. And we’re excited to share with you our … More

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CDL Users Council: You can view this year’s sessions

By Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager From your desktop, you can attend sessions on CDL program activities tailored for Users Council.   UC campuses and selected California institutions have a Users … More

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New E-Journal Troubleshooting guide highlights the CDL ERMS Portal

April 28, 2010  |  Category:  ERMS,Information Services,Newsletter  |  Author: 

By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst Have you ever wondered if you should be able to access the online content of a specific journal but found different resources (your … More