Category: Discovery & Delivery
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, […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Melvyl-T Update As many readers are aware the CDL announced earlier that there would be a rollout of Melvyl-T to library staff in January 2003. On February 5th CDL University Librarian Greenstein sent a message to campus ULs acknowledging […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. A & I Databases Successfully Retired In addition to the public retirement of the CDL-hosted journal article databases, the CDL has successfully removed the CDL-hosted databases from SearchLight and the CDL Directory; removed the data from the relevant disk […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Update on Gale InfoTrac Services (Frank Gravier, UCSC) Two services planned for Gale InfoTrac databases; including Expanded Academic ASAP, the Computer Database, and the National Newspaper Index have been delayed by the vendor: — Download citations into bibliographic management software […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. A Final Farewell: CDL-Hosted Journal Article Databases This is the last time the CDL will remind staff that the CDL-hosted abstracting and indexing journal article databases will be retired at the end of the year, since this is the […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Reminder: Eureka Telnet Access to RLG Databases to Retire November 29 A reminder that as of November 30, telnet users will no longer have access to any of the RLG/Eureka databases via Eureka’s telnet or via USE Eureka from […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. A & I Database Transition “Canned” Answers The CDL receives queries and complaints about the new vendor versions of the A & I journal article databases via CDL Feedback or from campus librarians. Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst, […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Digital Dissertation Links in Ovid MLA Links directly to titles in Digital Dissertations have been activated in Ovid’s version of the MLA International Bibliography. When users find a citation to a dissertation in the results of an MLA search, […]