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By Ivy Anderson, CDL Director of Collection Development and Management

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Holly Eggleston has accepted a position as Electronic Resource Analyst at the CDL beginning January 2, 2009.  Holly comes to the CDL from UC San Diego, where she has served as Assistant Head of Acquisitions since 2005.  Prior to joining UCSD, Holly worked in a variety of positions both in libraries and in the technology sector, filling positions as varied as business librarian; user assessment coordinator; the head of bibliographic management services at the University of Montana; software training coordinator at Bellevue Community College; project manager and database designer, development and training consultant at a Seattle-based technology company; and product support, software testing and quality assurance engineer at Microsoft Corporation.  Most recently, Holly has led two projects at UCSD that bode well for her new role at CDL: co-chair of the InCommon Library/Shibboleth project, a pilot involving six peer institutions; and chair of the UC San Diego Libraries Ebook Task Force.  Holly holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Evergreen State College and a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Washington.

Holly’s personal interests are as wide-ranging as her professional career has been to date.  In Holly’s own words:

“I’m a rabid generalist and always seem to be in the process of learning a new sport or skill.  Some of my more lasting interests include motorcycles, sustainable living, finding good happy hour spots, poker and camping.  Fun fact: I lived in the Mission exactly 10 years ago (for the six months prior to library school), and took trapeze classes at the SF School of Circus Arts.”

As CDL Electronic Resource Analyst, Holly will be responsible for two primary areas within the CDL Collections Program: organizing and managing the Resource Liaison program, and managing the technical integration of licensed electronic resources into CDL systems and services, including technical requirements, vendor relationships, and ongoing lifecycle management activities.  Holly will also have a major role in CDL’s implementation of the Serials Solutions ERMS.

Please join us in a warm anticipatory welcome as Holly prepares to relocate to the Bay Area and assume her new post at the CDL.

By Ellen Meltzer, CDL Information Services Manager

On Sunday, November 2, new functionality was brought into Next Generation Melvyl supported by WCL.  The following notes, written by OCLC’s Bob Schulz, Laura Endress, and Bob Robertson-Boyd, describe these changes.

Enhancement:  Move all subjects into top level item metadata, removing Subjects tab

What it means for the user

Subjects, which used to appear under the Subjects tab, now all appear in the top level metadata with the rest of the subjects.  Long lists of subjects will be hidden under a collapsible window which can be opened to view them.  This removes a usability issue with Subjects appearing in multiple parts of the detailed record view.

Example:

Enhancement:  Editions Page Enhancements

What it means for the user

Moved metadata into columns to make identifying the differences between editions much simpler.  Added the ability for a user to add editions to lists.

Example:

Enhancement:  WorldCat Profile Redesign

What it means for the user

The profile design updates improve the look and feel of the page and make it easier for the user to find and manage things they’ve done on WorldCat - and to view other users’ WorldCat activities via their public profile view.

Example:

Enhancement:  List Watching

What it means for the user

Users may track updates on interesting lists created by other WorldCat users.

Example:

When viewing a WorldCat user’s lists, select the list(s) you’d like to watch:

Track all lists you are watching from you profile page:

Enhancement:  weRead Reviews and Related Items

What it means for the user

More evaluative content provided for users to determine if this is the library item they are looking for.  (Primarily appears on popular materials.)

Example:

From the detailed record page for an item:

Enhancement:  Enhanced Login Process

What it means for the user

An unauthenticated user opting to perform an action on WorldCat.org that requires login will be prompted by the system, at that point where needed, to login and will remain at the location in their workflow.

Example:

Enhancement:  Dial-A-Book excerpts added

What it means for the user

Parts of the full text of items will be made available via a pop-up window.  These excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book.  The link to them will appear in the Get It section on WorldCat.org and under the cover art on WorldCat Local.

Example: