Category: Discovery & Delivery
Melvyl Transition
a. Melvyl Retiring This will be our last issue of CDLINFO before legacy Melvyl retires on August 1, 2003. As of that date, Melvyl-T will become the union catalog of the University of California libraries. If users go to the […]
CDL Request Service Changes
At the recommendation of the UC Resource Sharing Committee (RSC) and with the concurrence of the Systemwide Operations and Planning Committee (SOPAG), the CDL has removed the daily limits imposed on the total number of interlibrary loan Requests a single […]
Melvyl Transitions
a. Melvyl-T: User Action Required The CDL sent out the information below via Users Council and CDLINFO. This topic appears to be one of interest to our users, since we continue to hear questions about these services from end-users. Please […]
UC-eLinks and Campus e-Journal Holdings
The CDL and the UC-eLinks liaisons have begun the process of adding campus e-journal holdings to UC-eLinks. The liaisons were appointed in late March and received training for SFX version 2 in May. [A roster of the UC-eLinks liaisons can […]
Melvyl-T Information
CDL has created several documents to aid libraries in preparing for the transition to the new version of Melvyl. a. Melvyl-T Access Changes A document on Melvyl Transition Information on Access to Melvyl-T has been sent to the campuses via […]
UC-eLinks Liaisons Appointed
Following the success of UC-eLinks for providing services among the CDL-Licensed resources, campus libraries expressed interest in using it for their locally licensed resources. The extension of UC-eLinks to support campus-based resources that integrate with system wide resources originated with […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Melvyl-T Public Release On April 23, 2003 CDL rolled out the new Melvyl-T catalog to the public. Compared to the legacy Melvyl catalog – which will continue operating until August 2003 in parallel to the new catalog – Melvyl-T […]
Melvyl-T Catalog is Released
The CDL is very pleased to announce the release of the new Melvyl-T production catalog to UC library staff. The URL for the new web-based version of the catalog is http://melvyl.cdlib.org The telnet address is [telnet://melvyl.cdlib.org]. During this limited release […]
New Services Available
a. New UC-eLinks Services Two new services will be added to the UC-eLinks pop-up window as of March 3, 2003: 1. Need Help? Ask a Librarian 2. Report problems with UC-eLinks From campus IP addresses, users are taken directly to […]
CDL Database Transitions
a.Transition Steering Committee (TSC) Decommissioned The Transition Steering Committee (TSC), which served in an advisory role for the A & I journal article database transition, completed at the end of 2002, had its last conference call on February 25, 2003, […]