Category: Discovery & Delivery
CDL Database Transitions
a. UC-eLinks Goes Public on OCLC On May 8, 2002, UC-eLinks was made available in the OCLC FirstSearch databases. Direct Borrowing from WorldCat UC’s FirstSearch users will now be able to request items via interlibrary services directly from WorldCat and […]
Web Delivery of Articles Now Available (Claire Q. Bellanti, UCLA)
Web Delivery is now available as part of CDL Request. In most cases, when users make a CDL Request for an article or book chapter, they will receive it through web delivery rather in paper format, unless they choose specifically […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Round One of Usability Testing Completed on Melvyl-T Interface The first round of usability testing on the Melvyl-T prototype interface was completed April 12 by the Evaluation Liaisons at six campuses: Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa […]
Detailed Description Of New Vendor Versions Of Transitioning Databases
a. Detailed Description Of New Vendor Versions Of Transitioning Databases On April 11, 2002, INSPEC via Ovid became available to the UC community at http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=insz. Access to INSPEC via CDL-hosted Databases is expected to continue until December 31, 2002. INSPEC […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Current Contents and INSPEC via Ovid now Available Current Contents and INSPEC will now be accessible via Ovid’s interface, beginning April 11, 2002 with UC-eLinks activated for links to full electronic text and holdings. A link to Request will […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Usability Testing Begins on the CDL Interface of Melvyl-T The campuses will begin conducting interface usability tests on an early prototype of the Melvyl-T database beginning the week of April 1. The tests will concentrate on basics of the […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Article Level Links Now Available for Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals via UC-eLinks Linking to the article, rather than journal level is a significant breakthrough, since CDL licenses over 1,000 Elsevier titles. From a citation in a CSA Database, for example, […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. UC-eLinks: Permeating the Databases UC users of CDL databases will begin to see UC-eLinks increasingly as it appears on the transitioning databases. UC-eLinks, based on the “OpenURL” linking technology being widely adopted in the library community, will eventually […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Melvyl-T Catalog Unveiling Rescheduled For Fall 2002 There is a change in schedule for the debut of the new Melvyl-T catalog. The new schedule is necessary because quality assurance testing is taking longer than anticipated and because several enhancements […]
Request Update
UC’s long awaited Consortial Borrowing System (CBS), which uses Virtual Document Exchange (VDX) software from Fretwell-Downing, to combine workflows for filling interlibrary loan requests, provide patrons with new features such as the ability to check the status of requests, and […]