Year: 2006
Release 1 of the Web Archiving Service
The Web-at-Risk, a CDL Digital Preservation Group project, achieved a major milestone with Release 1 of the Web Archiving Service (WAS) to a pilot group of project curators. Development of the WAS marks a crucial step in enabling the libraries […]
Librarian Toolkits for Scholarly Communication
This summer the Scholarly Communications Officers completed work on three toolkits to help librarians when discussing scholarly communication issues with faculty and each other. One toolkit deals with the economic issues surrounding scholarly communication, a second deals with the role […]
UC Campuses Awarded IMLS Grants
UC Berkeley and UC Irvine were recently awarded leadership grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to build digital resources and conduct research projects. Read about their grant projects at: http://www.imls.gov/news/2006/092606_list.shtm#CA
Library Staff News
a. Alison Ray Joined the CDL as an Information Services Analyst The CDL very pleased to announce that Alison Ray joined our staff as an Information Services Analyst on Tuesday, September 5. Alison is a recent graduate of the University […]
SCP Use of OpenURLs
Becky Culbertson, Manager, Shared Cataloging Program, reported that on July 1, SCP catalogers began to use SFX OpenURLs on new and existing serial records. These URLs will be used in lieu of PIDs to the greatest extent possible. The same […]
New Resource Available
a. North American Women’s Drama By Jane Faulkner (UC Santa Barbara), Resource Liaison North American Women’s Drama is a full-text database of 1500 plays written by women from the United States and Canada from the Colonial period to the present. […]
Web Accelerators Can Cause Real Problems Accessing Licensed Resources
The use of web accelerators can be a great convenience. As accelerator use is becoming more and more prevalent it is necessary for campus library staff to be aware of the potential problems caused by their use and to communicate […]
Calisphere: UC and California Department of Education Joint Press Conference
On Monday, August 21, University of California officials joined California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell in Sacramento to announce the official launch of Calisphere. See the press release at: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2006/aug21a.html. Additional information about Calisphere is available on the […]
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals Discontinued
UC’s consortial license to the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals will be discontinued by RLG on August 31, 2006. This specialized database is continuing on the Ovid platform. Two campuses, UC Berkeley and UCLA, will continue to purchase this resource […]
New Resource Available
a. CDL’s eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) 1.8 Now Available Version 1.8 of the CDL’s eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) is now available for download from SourceForge: http://xtf.sourceforge.net. In addition to minor bug fixes and features, this release contains two major new […]