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CDLers (and UCBer) in Print
UC librarians Sherri Berger (CDL), Lynn Jones (UCB) and Ellen Meltzer (CDL) have contributed a chapter to Past or Portal? Enhancing Undergraduate Learning through Special Collections and Archives,...
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Big Picture: The Latest at CDL
Looking for a current overview of what’s going on at the CDL? Presentations and Q and A from the May 21, 2012 Users Council Meeting are now available for viewing at...
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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...
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New and Upgraded Licensed Content: AGU Digital Library Books; Congressional...
AGU Digital Library Books (All campuses; on the AGU platform) http://uclibs.org/PID/240973 This is a one-time CDL purchase. Perpetual rights for 400 titles, pre-2008 through 2012 of more than 50 years...
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Melvyl Enhancements – August 2012
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 attached...
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View Now and Central Index Implementation in Melvyl
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:...
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More Content in Melvyl
Melvyl Users will have access to yet more resources as of January 2013 with the addition of several new databases to the Central Index. As was reported earlier, CDL will include databases that OCLC...
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Do You Use Calisphere? Tell Your Story!
CDL’s Calisphere Website is a finalist for an IMLS National Medal Award. Calisphere will be featured on the IMLS Facebook page on February 22. If you’ve used Calisphere in your teaching, reference...
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CDL Webinars for Users Council – And you!
Here’s an excellent and easy opportunity to broaden your knowledge of some of the projects CDL and the campuses are working on. CDL recently hosted a webinar series for Users Council that’s now widely...
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Melvyl Central Index Update
CDL staff completed the biannual analysis for potential changes to the Melvyl Central Index configuration targeted for July 2013. While OCLC has added databases to the Central Index in the past six...
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Melvyl Central Index Update – Additional Changes in July 2013
In early June, CDL reported that staff had completed the biannual analysis for potential changes to the Melvyl Central Index configuration targeted for July 2013, and that while OCLC had added...
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New UC IT Accessibility Policy in Place
By Ellen Meltzer, Representing the UC Libraries on the UC Electronic Accessibility Leadership Team (EALT) You may have learned at your campuses that, as one of his last official acts, UC President Mark...
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CDL Past and Future: 2012-2013 Annual Report and 2013-2014 Strategic Initiatives
Hot off the press are two publications from CDL: the CDL 2012-2013 Annual Report and CDL’s 2013-2014 Strategic Themes. Read a report from CDL’s Executive Director Laine Farley in the annual report:...
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CDL Helpline: notice of staffing transitions
Currently, the CDL Helpline (available via the CDL Helpline database, email [cdl@www.cdlib.org] and telephone [510.987.0555]) is experiencing staffing transitions. During the next month or so,...
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CDL Job Opening for Information Services Analyst
The California Digital Library (CDL) supports the education, research, and public service mission of the University of California in partnership with the ten campus University of California Libraries...
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Staff Transitions: Nga Ong, Kathryn Stine & Nancy Scott-Noennig
Good things come in threes, and so it is with staff transitions this summer! We’d like to take the opportunity to announce three – count them, three! – new staff transitions in this message: New...
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CDL staff completed the biannual analysis for potential changes to the Melvyl Central Index configuration targeted for July 2013. While OCLC has added databases to the Central Index in the past six...
View ArticleMelvyl Central Index Update – Additional Changes in July 2013
In early June, CDL reported that staff had completed the biannual analysis for potential changes to the Melvyl Central Index configuration targeted for July 2013, and that while OCLC had added...
View ArticleNew UC IT Accessibility Policy in Place
By Ellen Meltzer, Representing the UC Libraries on the UC Electronic Accessibility Leadership Team (EALT) You may have learned at your campuses that, as one of his last official acts, UC President Mark...
View ArticleCDL Past and Future: 2012-2013 Annual Report and 2013-2014 Strategic Initiatives
Hot off the press are two publications from CDL: the CDL 2012-2013 Annual Report and CDL’s 2013-2014 Strategic Themes. Read a report from CDL’s Executive Director Laine Farley in the annual report:...
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