Month: October 2014
Staff in Print: New article in PLOS Biology
CDL’s Carly Strasser, UC3, and Jennifer Lin, PLOS, just published an article in PLOS Biology titled, Recommendations for the Role of Publishers in Access to Data. Read the article here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001975. Abstract: As appeals for public access of research data continue […]
New Licensed Resource – JSTOR Jewish Studies
Nine UC campuses (all except UCSF) now have access to JSTOR Jewish Studies. [B, D, I, LA, M, R, SB, SC, SD; on the JSTOR platform] The Jewish Studies Archive Collection features journals that cover a unique range of historical […]
Merritt Service Update: September 2014
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Dash Meeting. A meeting to discuss Dash was held at UCLA on Sept. 25, with participants from all UC campuses. (Merritt is the storage service behind Dash.) More information about the meeting, with slides […]
UC3 Dash Service Update: September 2014
UC3 Dash is a systemwide service we are developing in partnership with UC campus libraries. It will allow UC campuses to provide an easy-to-use solution for the effective curation of and access to campus research data. Dash is a centralized […]
DMPTool Service Update: August – September 2014
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Usage. We continue to get new users — over 300 (approximately) new users each month — as well as new partner institutions (those who configure their ‘single sign-on’ or add customizations). There are […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: October 2014
For monographs, our major distributions included titles for Naxos (4,686 titles), SuperStar Chinamaxx (385 titles), EBSCO Japanese DDA (315 titles), YBP/Ebrary DDA (144 titles), ASME (127 titles), Apabi (118 titles), Elsevier (103 titles), IEEE (84 titles), CalDocs (80 titles), Wiley […]
UC Libraries Digital Collection Project update: Fall 2014 release
The CDL is pleased to announce the Fall 2014 release of the UC Libraries Digital Collection Implementation Project (UCLDC), nicknamed “Bear.” The release brings us another step closer to the successful completion of the two-year project. Video summary For a […]
UC OA Policy webinar: Publication Harvester goes live!
With the University of California Open Access Policy entering its second phase of implementation, faculty at all ten UC campuses will now be required to submit their publications to eScholarship in compliance with the policy. That means we can all […]
"Shellshock" Vulnerability Remediation
The wide-spread Bash vulnerability nicknamed “Shellshock” was announced publicly on Wednesday, September 24th, 2014. This potential exploit exists on all UNIX-based systems (UNIX, Linux, Mac OS). All CDL technical teams have analyzed their applications to assess the possible risk and […]
EZID Service Update: September 2014
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities EZID’s user interface now allows editing of metadata for all identifiers, including those created with the Advanced Create UI screen and even those submitted using the application programming interface (API). To see how this […]