Category: Discovery & Delivery
Request (aka "PIR")
Library staff are reminded that the Request service debuts on January 20, 1999. Announcements about the opening of the CDL will mention this important collaboratively built service. Sources of information include the PIR Liaisons on each campus and the Request […]
Changed Looks for the Melvyl Catalog and A&I Databases
The graphics currently used for the Melvyl Catalog, California Periodicals Database, and the CDL-hosted abstracting and indexing databases will be updated in January to fit into the new CDL web site graphic design. For example, the CDL logo will appear […]
WorldCat@OCLC Database Available for Testing through the Web Interface
OCLC’s WorldCat Database is now available for testing at http://merlin.ucop.edu/meltst. WorldCat (@OCLC) is the database choice at the bottom of the list. Comments on the test version of the WCAT database should be sent to Lucia Snowhill by FRIDAY, DECEMBER […]
RLIN Database in Production in the Web Interface
The Research Library Group’s RLIN Bibliographic Database is in production at: http://www.melvyl.ucop.edu/. The RLIN Bibliographic database retrieves citations for books, serials, archives, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films, photographs, posters, and computer files, in over 365 languages. This union […]
CDL Request (also known as PIR) Begins Staff Testing
Beginning this week and continuing throughout the month, ILL staff and others at all campuses will begin testing “CDL Request,” known during development as patron initiated requesting (PIR). The test period provides opportunities for library staff to test implementation prior […]
PIR Materials and Listserv Available
At the October updates for the PIR project there was unanimous support for a web site that would be a single source for materials related to the background and implementation of PIR. This new web site is http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/pir/. The site […]
Additional RLG Databases Accessible via Telnet Linemode
A new licensing agreement with the Research Libraries Group provides UC users with seven additional databases to search. Users can enter the Eureka system, which provides access to the RLG databases, in two ways. From the Telnet Melvyl system, type […]
RLIN Database Available for Testing through the Web Interface
The Research Library Group’s RLIN Bibliographic Database is now available for testing on the Melvyl Web test site at http://merlin.ucop.edu/meltst. RLIN Bibliographic File (@RLG) is one of the database choices. Comments on the test version of the RLIN database should […]
PIR Updates Well-attended
Over 70 library staff from all campuses, SRLF, and NRLF joined the project team in mid-October for discussions and status reports of the Patron Initiated Request (PIR) project. PIR is a key strategy, identified by the University Librarians and the […]
Patron Initiated Requesting
The Updates, covering all aspects of PIR, will be attended by representatives from SOPAG (Systemwide Operations and Planning Group), HOPS (Heads of Public Services), HOS (Heads of Systems), HOPS ILL, Interlibrary Loan Managers and other staff, Circulation Managers, and Technical […]