Author: CDL
H. W. Wilson Upgrades Its Interface and Improves Features
By Susan Moon (Resource Liaison), UC Santa Barbara The H. W. Wilson Company has released an improved interface with upgrades to a number of features. The first change is in the section where the user chooses the database or databases […]
Vendor Interface Changes
Many vendors of CDL-licensed resources have changed or will be changing their interfaces in the near future. (Note that these are not changes in vendors, but simply changes in the interfaces of our current vendors.) A list of the interface […]
New Resources Available
a. ASM Handbooks Online By Camille Wanat (UC Berkeley), Resource Liaison The ASM Handbooks Online is a new Tier 2 acquisition negotiated on behalf of six participating campuses: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, and UC San […]
eScholarship Repository: One Million Downloads Reached; Postprints Service Launched
The eScholarship Repository has reached one million full-text downloads, a remarkable achievement given the repository’s short life. On Wednesday, the eScholarship program announced the launch of its new eScholarship Repository postprints service, which provides scholars with another option for regaining […]
Library Staff News
a. Roy Tennant Receives Literati Club Award for Excellence; Named User Services Architect Roy Tennant’s article, “A bibliographic metadata infrastructure for the twenty-first century,” has been named the 2005 Literati Club Awards for Excellence outstanding paper for the journal Library […]
VDX: Status Update
VDX (Virtual Document eXchange) is UC’s consortial borrowing system for use in interlibrary loan (ILL), based on Fretwell-Downing’s product. The VDX implementation is a large and complex project that has far-reaching implications for all UC library patrons. As such, it […]
Resource Update
a. America’s Newspapers Features a New Interface and New Search By Kay Collins (Resource Liaison), UC Irvine America’s Newspapers from Newsbank recently launched a new interface. With the new interface, selecting which papers to search is the first decision. You […]
Online Archive of California: OAC 3.0 Release
The CDL and the OAC Operations Group are pleased to announce the release of the Online Archive of California, Version 3.0 at http://www.oac.cdlib.org. OAC 3.0 represents two primary changes from previous systems: Use of a new software platform developed by […]
2004 Melvyl Catalog Satisfaction Survey Results
A Melvyl Catalog Satisfaction Survey was made available via the web to UC library staff November 2-20, 2004. Its aim was to determine the level of satisfaction of campus library staff for Melvyl, to surface issues of dissatisfaction of which […]
Metasearch Usability
In the Metasearch Infrastructure Project, the CDL is working to create metasearch tools and software that campus libraries can use to craft search portals tailored to specific audiences. The “Core Collection” portal is targeted towards undergraduate students doing research for […]