Category: Discovery & Delivery
Links Now Available to ACS Full Text from CDL-Hosted Databases
ACS (American Chemical Society) links are now available in all of the CDL-hosted databases and will take the user to the full text of the journal article record.
PIR Update: Article Request
Following favorable comments from SOPAG and the University Librarians on the timeline for article Request — implementation by January 2000 — the PIR Project Team continues to progress towards that goal. Library staff testing of article Request and of the […]
Request/PIR News — Extending to Articles
A report is available with details on plans for extending the present books-only Request function to include journal articles. The report is being used in discussions with SOPAG, University Librarians, and others about the timing and implementation of the extended […]
Getting Started Guide for "Profile" Available
A new overview of the “Profile” service for CDL-hosted databases is now available in the “Guides” section of the CDL web [http://www.cdlib.org/services/info_services/guides/index.html]. The guide includes step-by-step instructions and screen shots for Profile. As with similar “Getting Started” guides for Request […]
New CDL-hosted Databases Available from the Web (at [http://www.dbs.cdlib.org/])
a. English Short Title Catalog (ESTC) The database contains over 423,000 citations and is updated daily. It includes information on works printed in England and its dependencies from 1473 to 1800, as well as works printed in English anywhere else […]
PIR/Request Phase II Discussed at Updates
Regional meetings held in early June brought UC library staff together to discuss the success of automatic requesting of materials (via the Melvyl Catalog’s Request service) during the first half of 1999, and to discuss its further development. Levels of […]
Creating Links into the CDL Directory
Library web managers have a great deal of flexibility in how they can provide access to the CDL Directory from their web sites. The simplest approach is to provide a link to the CDL Directory’s home page at. There are […]
PIR Phase II
The vendor response to the CDL’s Request for Purchase (RFP) for a freestanding interlibrary loan “Fulfillment Service” is impressive: Several of the top library software development companies intend to submit bids and are interested in working with UC. The software […]
PIR, the RFP Process, Mary Heath, UC Davis
The CDL has issued a Request for Purchase (RFP) for the supply of a freestanding interlibrary loan “Fulfillment Service”. This application is the second piece in the CDL Request functionality — the first having been the collaboratively developed Resolution Service […]
Bibliographers Listserv
The CDL has created the libchair-l@ucop.edu listserv for the Chairs of Bibliographer and Library Subject Groups. This will be an “open” list, so non-members may send information to it, but its membership is closed to all but the Chairs. This […]