Author: CDL
New Resource Liaisons Appointed
Below is a list of recent Resource Liaison appointees. Resource Liaisons are responsible for researching, reviewing, and monitoring their assigned resource(s) in order to maintain quality service to users. More information about the Resource Liaison program is available at: http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/liaisons/. […]
Usability Testing Workshops Held
Sixty UC Library staff, including campus Evaluation Liaisons, members of the Melvyl Education/Usability and Services Transition Teams, some SOPAG and Associate University Librarians for Public Service attended two Usability testing workshops hosted by the CDL at UC Berkeley on November […]
New Resources Available
a. Nature CDL is now providing access to Nature, the Nature Research journals, and the Nature Reviews journals for all UC users. For over 130 years Nature has been one of the pre-eminent scientific journals; the CDL is especially pleased […]
CDL Database Transitions
The Transition Steering Committee, Users Council, and associated Resource Liaisons have been notified of the availability of the following databases and asked to begin testing. Other library staff may also try the databases, but public access is scheduled to begin […]
Request Update
Lately, there has been a lot of behind-the-scenes activity in the Request project. The RFP for consortial borrowing system (CBS) software, issued late in 2000, has culminated in a contract with Fretwell-Downing for their VDX application. Implementation is planned to […]
New Resources Available
a. Cambridge University Press [Note: The Cambridge University Press (CUP) web site has been experiencing technical difficulties; CUP is working to resolve the issue] Full-text access for all campuses to the full collection of Cambridge University Press online journals is […]
UC Faculty Read about the CDL
In the latest issue of “Notice” (a newsletter published for all UC faculty by the Academic Senate’s Academic Council) is an article about the CDL. It is available online at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/senate/. It is a fairly comprehensive article that describes the […]
New Resources Available
a. The American Civil War Letters & Diaries The first release of the American Civil War Letters & Diaries is now available [ http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/CWLDLive/ ]. In this first release, 460 authors and approximately 32,000 pages of letters, diaries and memoirs […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Ovid Chosen as Replacement Vendor The Transition Steering Committee, with analysis from the Resource Liaisons, has recommended Ovid Technologies as the vendor for the following databases: -BIOSIS Previews, 1970-present -Current Contents, 1993-present -Ei Compendex Plus, 1970-present -INSPEC, 1969-present -MLA […]
Jobs at the CDL Web Page
The CDL has created a new “Jobs at the CDL” page (linked from the “About the CDL” page) [http://www.cdlib.org/about/jobs.html]. It contains a list of jobs currently under recruitment at the CDL.