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California Counts Prototype Update
Background California Counts, CDL’s planned gateway to social science data, is Phase I of CDL’s government information initiative. California Counts will provide a single, easy-to-use, WWW interface through which users can easily find, combine, display, and use data. The California […]
Bibliographer Group Surveys Available
Responses from the May 2000 Subject Selector Surveys for Digital Collection Development are now available on the libstaff web site [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/jsc/#surveys]. The surveys are conducted by the CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSCSC) as part of its role […]
Database Updates Available on August 17
a. CDL migrates to New FirstSearch (NEW FS) Direct Web Access via FirstSearch On August 17th Users will see a new interface for FirstSearch. CDL Directory records will change to reflect new URLs that rely on IP addresses authentication for […]
New Resources Now Available
NOTE: The following new resources are not yet in the CDL Directory of Collections and Services; they will be added within the next 2 weeks. You can access them directly from the URLs provided. a. AP Photo Archive AP Photo […]
Co-Library Staff
a. Patricia Cruse Joins the CDL Trisha was previously on assignment to the CDL from UCSD. As of August 1, she has been appointed to fill the Manager of Content Development position in CDL’s Shared Content unit. In the immediate […]
e-Book Task Force Appointed
An e-Book Task Force has been appointed by the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) to define e-book operating guidelines and desirable features and evaluate current e-book experiments. The goal is to prepare a progress report by December 15, […]
Shared Cataloging Update: Journal Cataloging and PIDs Complete (Becky Culbertson, UCSD)
With the addition of Ethnic Newswatch titles, cataloging of all the online journals in the publisher packages for which CDL has licensed access (as of June 30) has now been completed. The following is an update on the number of […]
Alan Ritch Reappointed to the CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections
Alan Ritch has agreed to serve a second term on the CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections. The committee appreciates Alan’s substantial contributions to date and his willingness to continue in this role. Terms are normally three years but […]
MyLibrary@CDL Prototype Now Available
The Tools and Services Working Group identified the need for a customizing tool to help users manage frequently used information resources in a meaningful way and integrate other personalization services. They issued a call for ideas in December 1999, identifying […]
New Resource Liaisons Appointed
Please join the CDL in welcoming our new Resource Liaisons. AP Photo Archive Susan Jurist, UCSD Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) Andrea Sevetson, UCB Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (EEA) Bob Heyer-Gray, UCD Economist Intelligence Unit Gary Peete, UCB English Short Title […]