Year: 2004
OAC Update: Finding Aid Submission Requirements Post-January 2005
Institutions contributing EAD finding aids to the Online Archive of California (OAC) should note the following upcoming dates pertaining to the release of OAC 3.0 in January 2005. For more details, see the project web page at: http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/oac/news/ EAD Version […]
CDL Database Transition Procedures
The CDL only reluctantly makes changes in systemwide databases or database platforms so as to minimize change for users and minimize the work for the campuses and the CDL. At the same time, due to deselections, marketplace challenges and opportunities, […]
New Resource Available
a. Early American Newspapers (1690-1876) The CDL has acquired Early American Newspapers (1690-1876) (http://uclibs.org/PID/42513), a historical collection of American newspapers from Readex/Newsbank. The Early American Newspapers (EAN) collection was formed by Isaiah Thomas’ collection of colonial and early national period […]
MLA Via Ovid: Access Extended Through June 2005
MLA is removing their database (MLA International Bibliography) from Ovid. Their intent was to not renew any MLA accounts with Ovid if the account expired after July 2004. UC’s contract was up for renewal in fall 2004 and this meant […]
Library Staff News
a. New Book By Roy Tennant: Managing the Digital Library Roy Tennant, the eScholarship Web Design and Services Manager at the CDL, has authored many articles about digital libraries for a variety of industry publications. His newest book, “Managing the […]
Improvements to Request (Interlibrary Loan) Service: Good News for Mac Users
Thanks to some changes provided by Ex Libris, the producers of the software that underlies the Melvyl Catalog, requesting multiple items at one time is now significantly easier. Users that have a Windows-based PC workstation or a Macintosh using Opera […]
Melvyl Catalog: Staff Satisfaction Survey
For more than a year, UC staff have had a chance to work with the Melvyl Catalog, teach users about it in classes and across public service desks, and use it in technical services and for other purposes. During this […]
New Resources Available
a. PCIFT Collection 4 By Myrtis Cochran (Resource Liaison), UC Berkeley Pursuant to advice from the Collection Development Committee and UC bibliographers, the CDL licensed perpetual rights to a new collection of Periodicals Contents Index Full Text (PCIFT), the leading […]
CDL Joins RLG
The CDL has recently become a member of RLG, a not-for-profit organization of universities, libraries, archives, and museums who are working to improve access to the information that supports research and learning: http://www.rlg.org/ Membership in RLG will provide the CDL […]
Library Staff News
a. Bill Landis Joins the CDL On November 1, Bill Landis will join the CDL staff as Metadata Coordinator for the Documenting the American West Project, a three-year project funded by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: […]