Month: May 2007

An Array of New Licensed Resources

UC campuses now have access to these electronic resources as part of CDL consortial licenses: Alloy Phase Diagram Center Online, Empire Online, Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān, Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, Everyday Life and Women in America, Latin American Data Base, Play Index, and Rand California.

Digital Preservation Program Update

This article provides a status report on the various projects of the Digital Preservation Program including the current status of the Digital Preservation Repository (DPR), information on the next release of the Web Archiving Service (WAS) and on NOID (Nice Opaque Identifier) software.

Critical Information on UC/OCLC Pilot

This article provides a status report on the UC/OCLC Pilot (or Next Generation Melvyl) Project including information on the task groups being formed, the planning process and an introduction to the University of Washington's WorldCat Local pilot that was just publicly launched.

Annual Resource Liaisons Meeting: You Can Be There Now

Didn't make it to the Resource Liaisons Meeting in Newport Beach? Have no fear. The meeting notes, presentations, and audio files are now up on the CDL Resource Liaisons web page.

New Resource: Academe Today

Academe Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education's daily email report (formerly premium content), is now freely available.