Author: CDL
Web Site for Best Practices Workshop
As mentioned in CDLINFO previously, the UC Libraries Heads of Public Service (HOPS) and the Education Working Group of the CDL (EWG) are hosting a one-day workshop on instruction and reference for digital resources. The workshop is designed to collaborate […]
Co-Library Staff and New Arrivals
a. California Counts California Counts welcomes Ilona Einowski based at UCB, Marsha Fanshier based at UCSD, and Juri Stratford based at UCD. For more information on California Counts see: (http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/countingcalifornia/). b. Catherine Candee and Robin Chandler Catherine Candee, Director […]
Elsevier Printing Problems
Some Windows users have experienced problems when printing articles from Elsevier titles. Solid black circles (of varying size) appear (seemingly at random) and obliterate the text on one or more pages within an article. The circles do not appear when […]
Persistent Identifier Server
The CDL Technologies group is working with the Shared Cataloging staff at UC San Diego (the “DISC” unit: Digital Information and Serials Cataloging – (http://tpot.ucsd.edu/msdunits/scu/index.html) to establish a prototype persistent identifier server. The advent of Shared Cataloging highlighted the urgency […]
International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) Meeting Summary
Beverlee French and Laine Farley recently attended the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC, formerly known as Consortium of Consortia or COC) meeting on behalf of the CDL. ICOLC is devoted largely to consortial licensing of content but also to […]
California Counts – Government Information Initiative
California Counts, Phase I of the Government Information Initiative (highlighted in December 7, 1999 CDLINFO: http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlinfo/cdlinfo120799.html#2) is underway. The CDL obtained a portion of the funding for the California Counts prototype through an interagency agreement with the California State Library […]
New Listserv for Multi-Disciplinary Resources
The CDL has created the listserv, GENRES-L, to facilitate discussion regarding multi-disciplinary resources. Any UC staff member can sign-on to the list. There are a variety of existing methods of communication for databases that are of interest to specific groups, […]
July Release: Tests and Mockup Available
Tests and Mockups for the CDL’s semi-annual release of new features and enhancements are now available at: [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/july2000/]. This page contains the most up-to-date information and links to test versions. All library staff are encouraged to view, test, and comment […]
CDL Web Site Updates
New additions to the CDL Web site include the “1999-Spring 2000 Highlights” document, which includes an overview of the CDL projects from the past year. It is available at: [http://www.cdlib.org/news/highlights.html]. The CDL Milestones page [http://www.cdlib.org/news/milestones.html], which contains a chronology of […]
Historical Newspaper Online now available
Historical Newspapers Online (available at: http://historynews.chadwyck.com/) contains indexes of newspaper articles from The Times® and The New York Times and a substantial portion of full-text for The Times. It is comprised of 4 databases: -Palmer’s Index to The Times (coverage: […]