Category: Shared Collections
Shared Collections Survey Results, Selection Criteria, and Summary
The Shared Collections site on the CDL Directory (www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll) contains information, documents, and links related to CDL shared collections and the various committees working on shared collections for the University of California. New additions include the Joint Steering Committee’s “Criteria […]
Improving accuracy of the CDL Directory of Collections and Services
The CDL continues to use staff and user comments to update many entries in the CDL Directory. Two of the most important recent revisions cover Highwire Titles and additions to the database that supports the Directory: A. Highwire titles The […]
New resources: Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) and Science
These new resources are examples of the continuing success in cross campus collaboration on shared collections development. BAS This digital version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains more than 410,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities and social […]
Web of Science
Web of Science is composed of the three ISI Citation Databases that collectively index more than 8,400 high quality, peer-review journals cover-to-cover, providing users with complete bibliographic data, full-length author abstracts, and cited references from the world’s most influential journals. […]
Evolution of the CDL Directory of Collections and Services
The CDL has received a number of questions over the past few weeks about the process used in developing the CDL Directory of Collections and Services. We hope that this note helps to answer at least some of your questions. […]
Shared Collections Survey by Alan Ritch, UCSC
The CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) met on December 8 to review the results of the digital collection development survey distributed during the summer and fall to bibliographers in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Area Studies. […]
OCLC’s WorldCat is Available
WorldCat is OCLC’s Online Union Catalog, and contains over 32 million records in all disciplines from approximately 12,000 libraries worldwide. Citations for books, journals, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films, computer files, newspapers, slides, videotapes, etc., are in a […]
Charlene Baldwin Joins CDL's STIC Task Force
The CDL has appointed Charlene Baldwin, Assistant University Librarian for the Sciences at UC Riverside, to replace Locke Morrisey on the Science, Technology, and Industry Collection (STIC) Task Force. She will begin December 1 and joins continuing members Alison Bunting […]
Shared Collections Information on the Web
The CDL has established a web site for information related to shared collections activities. Meant primarily for UC Library staff, the site at: http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/ contains background documents, information from the Joint Steering Committee for Shared Collections, and other materials. Some […]
International Coalition of Library Consortia Meeting Report
Beverlee French (CDL) and Cindy Shelton (UCLA) represented the CDL at “COC4.” The ICOLC meets twice a year and is a mix of vendor presentations, plenary sessions, and discussion groups. At October’s meeting there were 89 attendees, mostly from the […]