Author: CDL
CDL Database Transitions
a. Usability Testing Begins on the CDL Interface of Melvyl-T The campuses will begin conducting interface usability tests on an early prototype of the Melvyl-T database beginning the week of April 1. The tests will concentrate on basics of the […]
Library Staff News
a. Alan Ritch Retires from Joint Steering Committee; Camile Wanat Appointed The CDL will be saying good-bye to one of its most astute, eloquent, and tireless advisers with the retirement this week of Alan Ritch. Alan served on the CDL […]
Announcing New CDL Resources: Access, Timing and Timeliness
Many UC librarians have wondered about the timing of CDL announcements for new resources such as e-journal publishers or databases. In particular, they wonder why there is sometimes a lag between the time new resources are announced and the availability […]
New Resources Available
a. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Digital Library (Karen Andrews, UCD) Berkeley, Davis, Irvine and Los Angeles now have a license for the Tier 2 resource SAE Digital Library [http://www.elecpubs.sae.org/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=SAE:SAE2]. (Los Angeles and Berkeley will keep a current subscription to […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Article Level Links Now Available for Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals via UC-eLinks Linking to the article, rather than journal level is a significant breakthrough, since CDL licenses over 1,000 Elsevier titles. From a citation in a CSA Database, for example, […]
Library Staff News
The Melvyl-T team has a new member. David Sidlo is a computer consultant with extensive experience in systems development and programming. He joins us to design and implement a test environment for the Ex Libris loaders and converters, and for […]
GPO Gate Ceasing Production
GPO Gate Ceasing Production This is to inform users of GPO Gate that the University of California’s California Digital Library and the University of California, San Diego will cease production of GPO Gate on March 15th. GPO Gate, a web […]
SciFinder® Scholar Update: New Client and Historic Content Back to 1907 (Marion Peters, UCLA)
SciFinder® Scholar 2001, released this Fall by CAS, is available for downloading from UCLA’s Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Web site <http://dirac.chem.ucla.edu/scifind>. UC students, faculty, and staff need to install the SciFinder Scholar 2001 client (MS Windows or Apple Macintosh) […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. UC-eLinks: Permeating the Databases UC users of CDL databases will begin to see UC-eLinks increasingly as it appears on the transitioning databases. UC-eLinks, based on the “OpenURL” linking technology being widely adopted in the library community, will eventually […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Melvyl-T Catalog Unveiling Rescheduled For Fall 2002 There is a change in schedule for the debut of the new Melvyl-T catalog. The new schedule is necessary because quality assurance testing is taking longer than anticipated and because several enhancements […]