Category: Discovery & Delivery
Campus Melvyl instances successfully transition to WorldCat Discovery
Note: In the December 2019 monthly installation, OCLC corrected the ‘Hate’ problem listed below. Users can once again limit a search by any number of Formats (eBook, CD, Music Score, etc.) simultaneously. On July 9th, the move of UC Berkeley’s […]
WorldCat Discovery: Open Access .gov and .edu filter expanding
The WorldCat Discovery installation on July 8, 2019 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note: Not all of the enhancements/bug fixes are relevant to the UC Melvyl instances.) […]
Meet Noah White – D & D’s new software engineer
CDL’s Discovery and Delivery Team welcomes Noah White as their new software engineer. Noah will be working primarily on interlibrary loan and machine learning projects. Noah just graduated from UC Davis where he majored in Computer Science and minored in […]
Mike Thwaites swims with the fishes (retires)
In July, for the first time in its history, CDL will be without Mike Thwaites. Mike has been integral to the success of many of CDL’s core programs and to the creation of its unique culture. He’s a great programmer, […]
UC Merced transitions from WorldCat Local to WorldCat Discovery
On Wednesday, May 22, 2019, UC Merced transitioned from WorldCat Local (WCL) to WorldCat Discovery (WCD) as the basis of their Melvyl instance. All 11 Melvyl WorldCat Local instances must be transitioned to the WorldCat Discovery interface by August 9, […]
New resources in Melvyl's Central Index
Seven resources have been added to Melvyl’s Central Index. They are: CDL now activates CDL-managed Tier 2 resources in Melvyl’s Central Index so each campus will have different resources listed in their Central Index, depending on the resources they license. […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Accessibility updates for improved discovery
The WorldCat Discovery installation on May 9, 2019 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note that many of these enhancements do not have an impact on Melvyl since […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Improved filtering for author names on brief results
The WorldCat Discovery installation on April 17, 2019 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note that many of these enhancements do not have an impact on Melvyl since […]
Personal Lists are available in WorldCat Discovery
Personal Lists are a much used feature of WorldCat Local (WCL) and UC campus librarians made their feelings clear that this feature needed to be available in WorldCat Discovery (WCD) as well. We’re happy to report that the Personal Lists […]
At long last, HathiTrust records have been fixed in Melvyl
After many years of frustration with HathiTrust books that campus users do not have digital access to appearing in the Melvyl catalog with an indication of a digital holding, we are pleased to inform you that the HathiTrust records in […]