Author: CDL
Users Council: Annual Meeting
The Users Council met for its annual meeting on April 22 at Preservation Park in Oakland. Topics discussed during the morning session included UC-eLinks, Google Scholar, Metasearch, scholarly communication, the Melvyl Catalog, and Request. The afternoon was devoted to brief […]
Library Staff News
a. Joan Ariel Joins the Office of Systemwide Planning Shared Print Program UC Irvine Distinguished Librarian Joan Ariel has accepted the position of Shared Print Planning Manager with the Office of Systemwide Library Planning Shared Print Program. In her new […]
2004 Usage Statistics by E-Journal Publisher
The E-journal Article Views statistics for 2004 are now posted on Inside CDL . These annual statistics summarize use by e-journal publisher and by campus (where provided) and are password-protected. CDL data analyst Laura Fosbender prepared this report and is […]
Directory of CDL-Licensed Content to Retire
The Directory of CDL-Licensed Content will be retired October 31, 2005. Background Information in the Directory of CDL-Licensed Content is currently being replicated in several places: in campus lists of electronic resources; in the UC-eLinks (SFX) A-Z lists (available currently […]
New Resource Available
a. Merck Index Online By Marion Peters, UCLA The recently licensed Merck Index Online (uclibs.org/PID/61961), an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals, joins a suite of online databases available at all UC campuses that offer access to chemical literature. Version […]
Melvyl Catalog Newsletter: Two New Issues
Two new issues of the Melvyl Matters newletter are now available, reporting on the good, the bad, and the ugly issues that arose in the recent Melvyl Catalog library staff satisfaction survey.
Library Staff News
a. Beverlee French Will Retire March 18 After a distinguished career spanning nearly 32 years of sterling service to UC, the CDL’s founding Director of Shared Content, Beverlee French, has decided it is time to begin a new chapter in […]
Google Scholar Update: Developments Related to UC-eLinks and the Metasearch Project
Google Scholar has the potential to attract our users with its ease, speed, and relevance-ranking using cited references. Although it is still in a beta phase, it has already had a profound effect upon our world. Two recent developments related […]
New Web Page: "Information Literacy: What the UC Libraries Are Doing"
A new web page, “Information Literacy: What the UC Libraries are Doing” is now available at http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/infolit/. The purpose of the site is to link to information literacy resources, to provide an overview of information literacy activities on UC campuses, […]
Counting California: New Datasets
As a result of collaboration with Berkeley’s UC data staff, Ilona Einowski and Fred Gey, Counting California now has two new datasets: Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [California] Summary Tape File 3 Census 1980 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) The […]