Author: CDL
CDL Database Transitions
a. UC-eLinks Goes Public on OCLC On May 8, 2002, UC-eLinks was made available in the OCLC FirstSearch databases. Direct Borrowing from WorldCat UC’s FirstSearch users will now be able to request items via interlibrary services directly from WorldCat and […]
Library Staff News
a. David Walker Moving On David Walker, CDL’s Director of Technologies since late 1999, has been appointed as Director for Advanced Technology Information Resources & Communications at UCOP. This is a completely new position for the University. The position will […]
Web Delivery of Articles Now Available (Claire Q. Bellanti, UCLA)
Web Delivery is now available as part of CDL Request. In most cases, when users make a CDL Request for an article or book chapter, they will receive it through web delivery rather in paper format, unless they choose specifically […]
Library Staff News
Kirk Hastings joined the CDL staff on April 15th as a Programmer/Analyst in John Ober’s Strategic Development unit. Kirk has extensive structured text experience (SGML and XML), including writing software to transform text from various formats into one standard […]
Information Literacy Article
The lead story and several other features in this month’s TLtC Webzine and Online Forum focuses on libraries, thanks to Editor Paula Murphy. The lead story, “A 21st Century Challenge: Preparing ‘Cut and Paste’ Students to be ‘Information Literate’ Citizens” […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Round One of Usability Testing Completed on Melvyl-T Interface The first round of usability testing on the Melvyl-T prototype interface was completed April 12 by the Evaluation Liaisons at six campuses: Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa […]
Detailed Description Of New Vendor Versions Of Transitioning Databases
a. Detailed Description Of New Vendor Versions Of Transitioning Databases On April 11, 2002, INSPEC via Ovid became available to the UC community at http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=insz. Access to INSPEC via CDL-hosted Databases is expected to continue until December 31, 2002. INSPEC […]
Library Staff News
a. Karen Cargille Retires Karen Cargille, who will retire April 15, has been critical to the launching and growth of the CDL Shared Collections and will be sorely missed. Under her leadership as department head, the UCSD Library Acquisitions Department […]
Counting California New Content–Census 2000 and Vital Statistics
The Counting California project team is pleased to announce the release of the following new content on Counting California 1. Census 2000 Counting California announces the release of Census of Population and Housing, Census 2000, Summary File 1 from the […]
Online Archive of California (OAC) Usability Testing
Behind the scenes, the Online Archive of California (OAC) is undergoing major improvements. First, a new home page is currently being designed to provide the OAC with its own unique identify. Second, Dynaweb the software package that first launched OAC […]