<s>
Melvyl	B-Library
was	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
online	O
catalog	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
's	O
library	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Melvyl	B-Library
union	B-Library
catalog	I-Library
was	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
California	O
Digital	O
Library	O
a	O
unit	O
within	O
the	O
department	O
of	O
Academic	O
Planning	O
,	O
Programs	O
,	O
and	O
Coordination	O
at	O
the	O
UC	O
Office	O
of	O
the	O
President	O
in	O
downtown	O
Oakland	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Melvyl	B-Library
was	O
named	O
after	O
Melvil	O
Dewey	O
,	O
the	O
library	O
pioneer	O
who	O
invented	O
the	O
Dewey	O
Decimal	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Melvyl	B-Library
was	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
OCLC	O
's	O
WorldCat	B-Library
Local	O
platform	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
retired	O
in	O
July	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Melvyl	B-Library
database	O
contained	O
over	O
30	O
million	O
records	O
from	O
the	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Melvyl	B-Library
is	O
a	O
registered	O
trademark	O
owned	O
by	O
the	O
Regents	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Melvyl	B-Library
began	O
as	O
a	O
library	O
automation	O
system	O
in	O
1977	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Merging	O
MARC	O
records	O
from	O
the	O
UC	O
campuses	O
into	O
a	O
union	B-Library
catalog	I-Library
was	O
first	O
done	O
in	O
a	O
microfiche	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1981	O
,	O
library	O
patrons	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
an	O
online	O
electronic	O
catalog	O
of	O
UC	O
library	O
books	O
using	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
terminal	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
no	O
network	O
existed	O
to	O
connect	O
the	O
libraries	O
of	O
the	O
nine	O
campuses	O
to	O
the	O
central	O
site	O
hosting	O
the	O
union	B-Library
catalog	I-Library
,	O
options	O
for	O
a	O
networking	O
solution	O
were	O
analyzed	O
,	O
with	O
X.25	B-Protocol
and	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
being	O
considered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1984	O
,	O
a	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
linking	O
the	O
campuses	O
using	O
satellite	O
technology	O
was	O
operational	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Melvyl	B-Library
ran	O
on	O
a	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computer	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
the	O
UC	O
Division	O
of	O
Library	O
Automation	O
performed	O
development	O
work	O
to	O
implement	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
in	O
order	O
to	O
provide	O
telnet	B-Protocol
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
system	O
,	O
retired	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
was	O
replaced	O
using	O
commercial	O
software	O
from	O
the	O
integrated	O
library	O
system	O
vendor	O
Ex	O
Libris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
legacy	O
telnet	B-Protocol
mode	O
was	O
retired	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ex	O
Libris	O
version	O
was	O
retired	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
and	O
Melvyl	B-Library
was	O
then	O
provided	O
by	O
OCLC	O
's	O
WorldCat	B-Library
Local	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
UC	O
Libraries	O
announced	O
that	O
Melvyl	B-Library
would	O
be	O
retired	O
as	O
the	O
UC	O
Libraries	O
migrate	O
to	O
a	O
unified	O
library	O
catalog	O
and	O
discovery	O
system	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
Ex	O
Libris	O
 '	O
Alma/Primo	O
VE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
the	O
Melvyl	B-Library
site	O
and	O
brand	O
was	O
retired	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
systemwide	O
integrated	O
library	O
system	O
/	O
library	O
management	O
system	O
was	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
