Author: CDL
CDL Database Transitions
a. Reminder: Eureka Telnet Access to RLG Databases to Retire November 29 A reminder that as of November 30, telnet users will no longer have access to any of the RLG/Eureka databases via Eureka’s telnet or via USE Eureka from […]
New Resource Available
a. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group (SIG) Newsletters (Fred E Yuengling, UCSC) The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group (SIG) Newsletters are now available full-text online to all campuses through the ACM Digital Library. Access: […]
New Resource Available
a. University of California Press eScholarship Editions On October 28 the CDL released the first 500 University of California Press eScholarship Editions http://escholarship.cdlib.org/ucpress/. Three hundred of the titles, many of which are out of print, are now available to the […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. A & I Database Transition “Canned” Answers The CDL receives queries and complaints about the new vendor versions of the A & I journal article databases via CDL Feedback or from campus librarians. Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst, […]
Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) Migrated to GaleNet Interface (Linda Kennedy, UCD)
The Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) has migrated from its original Primary Source Media (PSM) interface to a more fully functional GaleNet interface. Gale involved CDL staff and the DDRS resource liaison heavily in the development of the functionality of […]
Image Searching and Browsing in OAC
New image search and browse features are now available at the Online Archive of California (OAC) http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ . The image search and browse addition is part of a “soft release” since OAC will undergo a major re-design in early 2003; […]
Library Staff News
a. Jacqueline Wilson – CDL Senior Associate for Shared Content Jacqueline Wilson from the San Francisco campus will join the CDL for a year as a Senior Associate for Shared Content, beginning November 18, 2002. As such she will be […]
Joint Steering Committee 2002 Survey Responses Available
In its role to identify appropriate mechanisms for developing CDL shared content to serve UC instructional and research programs, the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) conducts surveys of UC subject selector (bibliographer) groups annually. The responses to the […]
Summary of September 2002 ICOLC Meeting
The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) held the 12th International Coalition of Library Consortia meeting in Nashville on September 19-21, 2002. At the meeting (as in the past) vendors are subjected to sessions where members “grill” them about a […]
New Resources
a. Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data in Science and Technology (Diane Fortner, UCB) CDL has added electronic access to Landolt-Bornstein, through Springer’s LINK book-series offering. Landolt-Bornstein (Germany) http://www.landolt-boernstein.com/ L-B is a unique high-quality physics, chemistry and technology data collection that brings a […]