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Melvyl Enhancements – November 2011

Several enhancements improve the user experience in Melvyl as a result of OCLC’s Sunday, November 20 install.  The improvements are shown in detail in the attached PDF.  (There are some … More

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Posted on 31st January 2012Comments Off
Meet Rob Valentine

In its 2011 review, CDL was explicitly encouraged to “aggressively pursue external funding as a mechanism to fund the innovation and the delivery of more robust services to faculty and … More

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Posted on 25th January 2012Comments Off
eScholarship Launches New Submission Management System

By Catherine Mitchell, Director, Publishing Group The eScholarship team is excited to announce the official launch of our new submission management system.   This milestone marks the completion of a two-phased … More

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Posted on 12th January 2012Comments Off
HathiTrust Collection Exceeds 10 Million Volumes

HathiTrust reached a major milestone on January 5, 2012, exceeding 10 million volumes in its digital collections. More than 2.7 million of these volumes are in the public domain. Read … More

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Posted on 6th January 2012Comments Off
CDL office closure Dec. 23, 2011 PM – Jan. 2, 2012

This year, UC’s Office of the President, including the California Digital Library (CDL), will be officially closed during the Winter and New Year holiday periods from Friday, December 23, 2011 … More

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Posted on 23rd December 2011Comments Off
Virtual Workshop, Jan 27th: Try Out the Web Archiving Service

Tired of just listening in on webinars?  Join us Friday, January 27th for a hands-on Web Archiving Service virtual workshop, where you can get firsthand experience archiving websites.  In this two-hour session … More

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Posted on 20th December 2011Comments Off
Next-Generation Technical Services Update: December 2011

Power of Three (POT) 1 to build UC Digital Collection infrastructure The NGTS Management Team held a kickoff conference call with Power of Three (POT) group 1, which has been … More

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Posted on 20th December 2011Comments Off
Major Melvyl Enhancements Coming in January

Two exciting new features enhancing Melvyl will be turned on in Melvyl beginning this January: View Now and Central Index.  Two task groups appointed by and reporting to the UC … More

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Posted on 19th December 2011Comments Off