Author: CDL
CDL Database Transitions
a. ERIC (Telnet) via Stanford No Longer Available Stanford is in the process of restructuring its locally loaded databases. As part of this process, Stanford staff decided to discontinue the local load of the ERIC database as of July 1, […]
Library Staff News
a. CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections The CDL is pleased to announce that Lorelei Tanji, Head of Collection Development at UC Irvine, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) […]
Statistics Summary Report Available
The second annual statistical profile of the CDL is now available from the “About the CDL” publications web site <[http://www.cdlib.org/about/publications/>, entitled The California Digital Library: Key Indicators of Collections and Use (January – December 2000). As explained in the report’s […]
Nature Licensing Update
Some of the major concerns regarding Nature’s institutional model have been addressed, so the CDL has begun licensing negotiations. There are still several outstanding issues that need to be resolved. See the complete update at: (http://www.cdlib.org/services/collections/historical/index.html)
Access to Kluwer Full-Text (Julia Gelfand, UCI)
For most Kluwer and Kluwer affiliate content licensed by the CDL, full-text access is available to all UC users. There are, however, still some cases where full text is not yet available. In these cases, users attempting to access full […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Access to OCLC Databases Changing Soon OCLC is making a significant change in the way they handle their Z39.50 databases. The result of this change is that the FirstSearch databases available from CDL via Z39.50 will ONLY be available […]
Robots or Intelligent Agents and IEEE Xplore System
Licenses negotiated by the CDL often describe and limit certain types of use. For example, some licenses do not allow activity from robots/intelligent agents. (Robots/intelligent agents are programs that automatically traverse the Web’s hypertext structure by retrieving a document and […]
Update on the Request Service
a. Special Collections Pilot A pilot extension of the Request service to special collections materials is now being tested and is expected to debut for users this summer. Under guidance from the Resource Sharing Committee and the Heads of Special […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. GeoRef Vendor Chosen The Transition Steering Committee (TSC) has recommended Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) as the vendor for GeoRef. GeoRef access via CSA will begin July 1, 2001. As with all recommendations, this one comes after the committee members […]
Elsevier ScienceDirect Access to Some "Non-Subscribed" Journals Now Available
In response to the CDL’s request, Elsevier has activated direct access to many more ScienceDirect journals. Previously UC faculty, students, and staff could access directly only those journals marked with the green “subscribed” icon; now Elsevier imprint titles with the […]