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CDL, Harvard Library and UCLA Library to Create Platform for Web Archiving October 24, 2016 A partnership between the CDL, Harvard Library, and UCLA Library has been awarded funding to create Cobweb, a collaborative collection development platform for web archiving. Archiving the web comprehensively and thematically can exceed the technical and financial ability of any single library. To ensure that the limited resources of archiving programs are used most effectively, it is important that curators know something about the collection development priorities and holdings of similarly-engaged institutions. Cobweb will do this by supporting three key functions: nominating, claiming, and holdings. The nomination function will let curators suggest web sites relevant to specific areas; the claiming function will allow archival programs to indicate they intend to capture some portion of nominated sites; and the holdings function will allow programs to show which sites that have actually been captured. How would Cobweb work? Imagine a fast-moving news event... |
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Cognitive Science Society Proceedings Hosted at eScholarship October 24, 2016 The UC Merced Library recently began working with cognitive science Professor Michael Spivey to bring the Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society’s Annual Conference to eScholarship, UC’s Open Access publishing platform. |
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Archiving Initiative October 18, 2016 University News highlights the one-year pilot project to assess UC Cooperative Extension records at three offices. This exciting archiving initiative is intended to make the documents and history of UC Cooperative Extension available to scholars. See "UC Merced Chosen to Lead Agricultural Archiving Project" for details. |
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NTIS Discontinues Digital-On-Demand Services October 18, 2016 As of October 1, 2016, the National Technical Reports Library (NTRL), a repository for technical reports from government agencies produced by the NTIS, has discontinued it digital-on-demand services, where users could request reports that were not available in full text to be digitized and made available in the database. Should you have questions or need assistance, please contact Jim Dooley, Head of Collections Services for further details. |
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Banned Books Week September 28, 2016 Visit our Banned Books Week book display located on the second floor right across from the elevators.The books featured in this display have either been banned or attempted to be be censored. Celebrate your freedom to read and check these books out! |
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Update Regarding Library Collections September 23, 2016 A variety of exciting electronic resources have been added to the Library’s collection. |
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Library Liaisons September 12, 2016 This fall, the UC Merced Library launches a new program designed to foster communication between the campus’s faculty members and the library. |
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Course Resources September 12, 2016 The UC Merced Library’s Course Resources service allows faculty members to place course-related materials in the library for a two-hour loan or electronically through CatCourses. |
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New Interface & Functionality Available in RefWorks September 6, 2016 ProQuest has upgraded its RefWorks product. For users who wish to try the new version, look for soft launch link after logging into RefWorks. Visit the RefWorks Upgrade page for more information. |
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New InterLibrary Services Coordinator August 25, 2016 The Library is pleased to announce Dolly Lopez is the Library’s new InterLibrary Services Coordinator. This position was previously occupied by recently retired UCM original staff member Denise Sawatzky. As InterLibrary Services Coordinator, Dolly will manage UC Merced’s resource sharing activities with the other UC libraries and libraries worldwide. Dolly has been working at UC Merced as the InterLibrary Services Assistant since April 2013, and previously worked for 3 years in the ILL department as a student at UC Davis. Dolly earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Human Development from UC Davis and is currently enrolled in the San Jose State University’s Master of Library and Information Science program. Prior to coming to UC Merced, Dolly worked as an AmeriCorps Health Educator in Madera, CA. If you have questions regarding InterLibrary Services, please contact Dolly at ucmill@ucmerced.edu. |
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