Category: Shared Collections
ABI/Inform Geographic Name Index Removed
Earlier this year, ABI/Inform changed the way they indexed Geographic Names (GN). Originally, ABI/Inform used a controlled list of Geographic Names that were at the state/region level, and the CDL’s ABI/Inform GN index was set-up to only allow the valid […]
Reminder: MLA Bibliography and ArtAbstracts Migration
As discussed in a past CDLINFO (Vol. 3, No.8 http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlinfo/cdlinfo061500.html#2), as of July 1 MLA Bibliography and ArtAbstracts will be provided by new vendors (SilverPlatter and H. W. Wilson respectively). Note: As of July 1 the only access to […]
New Resources Available July 1
Availability of the following four diverse and highly recommended resources is the result of the CDL’s consultative process with the CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections, Resource Liaisons, and the Bibliographer Groups. These groups conducted surveys and consulted faculty […]
Evaluation and Statistical Information are Available
The Evaluation Activities web page in Libstaff [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/education/evaluation/] has been updated to include access to the 1999 CDL Statistics Profile (and other stats), RFP and PIR/Request survey summaries, focus group summaries and other evaluation activity documents.
Shared Cataloging Records Project Update
Renee Chin has joined the CDL Shared Cataloging Project (SCP) in San Diego. Her job will consist of systemically mining the publisher home pages of CDL-licensed resources to determine new and changed journals in addition to doing Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) […]
Resource Update: Migration to New Versions
On July 1 new interfaces for MLA International Bibliography and ArtAbstracts databases will be available. The Z39.50 implementation of these new databases should be available shortly after July 1 (pending the resolution of vendor technical problems). a. MLA from OCLC […]
Resource Update: Free Version Replacing Licensed Version
On July 1 the licensed versions of Books in Print and Encyclopedia Britannica will no longer be available. The Collection Development Committee (CDC) with input from the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) and campus staff have chosen to not renew contracts […]
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 […]
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: […]
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Developments (Linda Kennedy, UCD)
Keeping up to date with changes in Lexis Nexis Academic Universe is a challenge; new titles are added and deleted every month. There are currently more than 5,000 sources covered in the database. The “Sources” button on the Academic Universe […]