Category: Shared Collections
New Resource Available
a. MIT CogNet: The Cognitive and Brain Sciences Community Online The CDL has licensed and funded MIT CogNetÙ [http://cognet.mit.edu], for all campuses. Cognet is a SPARC-supported project (learn more about SPARC: http://www.arl.org/sparc/). The Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) […]
New Resource Available
a. Harcourt Health Sciences Collection Harcourt Health Sciences Collection of 64 medical and scientific journals is now available through Academic Press [http://www.idealibrary.com/]. A complete list of journals published now on IDEAL is viewable at http://www.idealibrary.com/links/journals. NOTE: The Harcourt Health Sciences […]
Statistical Information Available
The Usage Statistics page on Libstaff has been updated [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/stats/]. There are several new 1999 and 2000 usage data reports that include usage data “by campus” and “by journal title.”
New Resource Available
a. Ethnic NewsWatch Historical File The CDL has entered a charter subscription for the Ethnic NewsWatch Historical File. The first release of “Ethnic NewsWatch: A History” will be available in Fall/Winter 2000 – with completion scheduled for Winter 2003. When […]
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 […]
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 […]