Category: Shared Collections
New Resource Available
a. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group (SIG) Newsletters (Fred E Yuengling, UCSC) The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group (SIG) Newsletters are now available full-text online to all campuses through the ACM Digital Library. Access: […]
Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) Migrated to GaleNet Interface (Linda Kennedy, UCD)
The Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) has migrated from its original Primary Source Media (PSM) interface to a more fully functional GaleNet interface. Gale involved CDL staff and the DDRS resource liaison heavily in the development of the functionality of […]
Joint Steering Committee 2002 Survey Responses Available
In its role to identify appropriate mechanisms for developing CDL shared content to serve UC instructional and research programs, the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) conducts surveys of UC subject selector (bibliographer) groups annually. The responses to the […]
Summary of September 2002 ICOLC Meeting
The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) held the 12th International Coalition of Library Consortia meeting in Nashville on September 19-21, 2002. At the meeting (as in the past) vendors are subjected to sessions where members “grill” them about a […]
New Resources
a. Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data in Science and Technology (Diane Fortner, UCB) CDL has added electronic access to Landolt-Bornstein, through Springer’s LINK book-series offering. Landolt-Bornstein (Germany) http://www.landolt-boernstein.com/ L-B is a unique high-quality physics, chemistry and technology data collection that brings a […]
New Resource Available
a. UC’s eScholarship supports BioMed Central Journals Under the auspices of the California Digital Library’s eScholarship program, the University of California has joined BioMed Central (BMC), an open access publisher, as an institutional member. UC’s collaboration with BMC is consistent […]
Open Access Ejournal Content
The CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) recommended, and SOPAG concurred, that selected freely available ejournal content be linked (via UC-eLinks), cataloged by Shared Cataloging, entered into the CDL Directory, and monitored as other resources are (see http://www.cdlib.org/groups/jsc/ […]
New Resource Available
a. CRCnetBASE – 12 New Titles The CDL has purchased perpetual access to 12 new titles from CRCnetBASE and all nine campuses will share the annual access fees. – ATSDR’s Toxological Profiles [Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), […]
Barriers to Licensing Journal Packages
A new public web page is now available [http://www.cdlib.org/about/publications/licensingbarriers.html] This new page provides information on journal packages that have been identified as priorities for systemwide licensing, but the publisher’s terms fall well outside norms on pricing and/or other standard or […]
CDL Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Status Page
A new cataloging status page is now available on the Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) web site [http://orpheus-1.ucsd.edu/disc/cdl/SCPDatabase.htm]. This page contains the current cataloging status of particular monographic and journal packages; it will be updated as the status changes.