Author: CDL
PIR Update: Article Request
Following favorable comments from SOPAG and the University Librarians on the timeline for article Request — implementation by January 2000 — the PIR Project Team continues to progress towards that goal. Library staff testing of article Request and of the […]
Academic Universe Offers New Web Interface [Linda Kennedy, UCD]
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Changes: August 20 Implementation of New Web Interface Six UC campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Diego) subscribe to Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe through Solinet, a library consortium. On Friday, August 20, 1999, CIS […]
Digital Library Instruction Issues – New Listserv Available
In response to advice from the CDL Education Working Group and discussions at the Spring DL Strategies forums and elsewhere, a new listserv for the discussion of education and instruction issues related to digital library resources and services is now […]
Joan Gargano and Patrick Newell to depart the CDL
Joan Gargano, Director of CDL Technologies, has accepted an exciting offer to become CIO at a startup company in private industry based in Boulder, Colorado. Joan’s leadership of the CDL Technologies staff, and contribution to CDL planning and development, as […]
CDL Directory Submission Pilot Project – Call for Participants
As was described in the June 18, 1999 (v.2, no.9) issue of CDLINFO, the CDL will be conducting a pilot project in early September in which a small group of campus libraries will add locally licensed content to the CDL […]
PREMEDLINE is Going Away
The National Library of Medicine will discontinue its Z39.50 server to the MEDLINE data (back to 1966) and the PREMEDLINE data effective December 13, 1999. MEDLINE/HealthSTAR is offered to UC users as a CDL-hosted database and will not be affected […]
Resource Liaisons (update)
Resource Liaisons met Monday, July 26 in Oakland to discuss their charge. Liaisons will 1) monitor technical and content performance; 2) identify enhancements that producers might make; 3) coordinate input on their respective databases from colleagues; 4) review online and […]
Elsevier Journals Now Available via the CDL Directory [http://www.cdlib.org/]
Readers are reminded that the CDL’s “Collections Update” document (available at: [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/docs/]) is updated regularly with information about resources being negotiated and expected times for availability. Campus Collection Development Officers also have current status information. Online versions of the nearly […]
Multi-Resource Search Tool
Campus librarians and CDL staff met on July 13 to plan the CDL-hosted multi-resource search tool, a function being planned for implementation in January 2000. Attendees were Roy Tennant and Camille Wanat (UCB); Steve Mitchell and Margaret Mooney (UCR); Ann […]
Request/PIR News — Extending to Articles
A report is available with details on plans for extending the present books-only Request function to include journal articles. The report is being used in discussions with SOPAG, University Librarians, and others about the timing and implementation of the extended […]