Category: Shared Collections
OCLC Ports and Response Time Developments
Over the past several months, CDL has collected detailed statistics about the causes of turnaways to OCLC’s FirstSearch databases. While the largest number of turnaways is due to ports being full, there is still concern over the percentage of network-related […]
Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections Plans (by Alan Ritch)
Having laid the foundations of the Science, Technology and Industry Collection (STIC), the California Digital Library (CDL) is entering a new phase of collection building, anticipating the development of collections in other disciplines. Earlier this year, the CDL Operations and […]
New Resources Available
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) Available via the Melvyl Web Interface (with input from Harold Colson, UC San Diego). The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/law/GLINv1/GLIN.html> is now available via the Melvyl Web interface by clicking on Resources in the […]
Creation of the CDL’s Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections
The CDL is pleased to announce the membership of the CDL’s Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections. The Steering Committee will include Clinton Howard (UC Davis), Barbara Kornstein (UC Berkeley), Alan Ritch (UC Santa Cruz), and Cynthia Shelton (UCLA), each […]
CDL Shared Collections and Services Sets Up Acquisitions at UC San Diego
(Beverlee French, Associate Director, Shared Collections and Services) Part of the focus of my first month at the California Digital Library has been to establish acquisitions procedures for the CDL. This follows the important collaborative work among campuses of creating […]
Access to Internet Resources and Electronic Journals — STAT-USA/INTERNET and SIAM Journals Online Now Available via the Melvyl System
(The information on STAT-USA was provided by Linda Kennedy, Head, Government Documents Department.) STAT-USA/INTERNET, a product of the Department of Commerce, is a web-based subscription source of extensive and authoritative government-sponsored business, economic, and trade information data. It is updated […]
Negotiations Update: Strategies for the CDL
Following the recommendations of the STIC Task Force, the CDL is negotiating for UC access to electronic content from a number of prominent publishers of scientific journals. Our aim is to obtain either single or multi-year licenses which provide: Electronic […]
CDL Collection Development
As a “co-library” with the nine campus libraries, the CDL has responsibility for developing a statewide digital collection to serve the University’s common and specialized information needs. The CDL will also provide new services and extend existing ones to guide […]
The Science, Technology, and Industry Collection (STIC)
Initially, the Science, Technology, and Industry Collection will provide broad coverage of a critical mass of publisher-produced digital information in the health, life, and physical sciences, and engineering. To develop its charter collection, the CDL hopes to license or acquire […]
Digital Collections of the CDL
The California Digital Library (CDL) is building a shared digital collection to serve the University’s academic information needs. The CDL collection consists of both material licensed by the CDL and electronic collections licensed by selected campuses. We conceive of the […]