Category: Discovery & Delivery
Melvyl and Database Transitions
a. CDL-Hosted Databases Transition Steering Committee Appointed A Transition Steering Committee has been appointed as an advisory committee to the DL University Librarian as the first step in this critical undertaking of investigating alternatives for the provision of CDL-hosted abstracting […]
Melvyl and Database Transitions
The CDL has created, and the University Librarians and SOPAG have endorsed, two temporary positions considered crucial to successful transitions for the Melvyl Catalog and A&I databases [see CDLINFO issues Vol. 3, No 17; available at: <http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlinfo/cdlinfo112900.html> and Vol. 3 […]
Request News: Evaluation of Consortial Borrowing System proposals
The deadline for responses to the RFP for a Consortial Borrowing System (CBS) was mid-November. As last reported in CDLINFO on November 8th, the CBS is an expansion of Request that would create a single workflow for requests, provide temporary […]
Union Catalog RFP Evaluation on Schedule
The steering committee for the evaluation of responses to the RFP for new technology to support the union catalog met on November 20, 2000 to share the results of site visits and further explorations of vendor products. As reported in […]
Request News: a Consortial Borrowing System Request for Proposals
The California Digital Library has just released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new component of the Request system. ‘Request’ allows Library patrons on any of the University of California campuses to send requests to libraries for the loan […]
CDL RFP Evaluation Steering Committee Progress Report
As described in the September 6th issue of CDLINFO (Vol.3, No.12; available at: <http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlinfo/cdlinfo090600.htm> the CDL RFP Evaluation Steering Committee (ESC) is analyzing responses to the proposals to move Melvyl and the CDL-hosted databases from their aging technology infrastructure to […]
MyLibrary@CDL Prototype Reminder
This is a reminder that the MyLibrary@CDL prototype is available for testing. During the test phase (July-December 2000) feedback through evaluation activities and directly from library staff is being gathered. While the service is not yet ready to offer to […]
Request for Undergraduates Available September 21
On September 21, the Request service will be extended to all UC Undergraduates. Undergraduates may request 5 items per day from the Melvyl Catalog and a combined total of 5 items from all other abstracting and indexing databases (Faculty and […]
Desktop Delivery Task Group (Claire Bellanti, SRLF/UCLA)
In August 2000, the University Librarians appointed a task group to make recommendations on software and hardware for “Desktop Delivery.” UC has defined “desktop delivery” to mean secure web delivery of scanned documents directly to UC faculty, students and staff. […]
Union Catalog RFP Update
As you know, the CDL has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to determine if the Melvyl Union Catalog and CDL-hosted Databases can be moved from their aging technology infrastructure to a commercial vendor’s system [see CDLINFO February 14, 2000, […]