Category: Information Services
Latest Issue of El Mel Tells Available
The latest issue of El Mel Tells bids a fond goodbye to legacy Melvyl, highlighting some of its history [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/elmeltells/emtv2v4.html]
New CDL Helpline Web Site is Now Available
UC staff can now use the CDL Helpline web site (http://helpline.cdlib.org) to report problems with CDL services (such as the Melvyl Catalog, the CDL Directory of Collections & Services, OAC, etc.) and with vendor databases, ejournal web sites, etc. In […]
Using Citation Management Software Web Page
As promised earlier this year, the CDL now has an updated information page, “Using Citation Management Software with Vendor Databases” (previously titled, “The A&I Transition and Citation Management Software”). We have revised it with input from UC library staff and […]
Reporting Critical Operations Down
Occasionally critical CDL applications, such as UC-eLinks, Request, or theMelvyl catalog, go down on the weekends. If this happens while you are working at a public service point, it is very important that you call to report the problem. No […]
Information Literacy Article
The lead story and several other features in this month’s TLtC Webzine and Online Forum focuses on libraries, thanks to Editor Paula Murphy. The lead story, “A 21st Century Challenge: Preparing ‘Cut and Paste’ Students to be ‘Information Literate’ Citizens” […]
Instruction Workshops Report
About 160 UC librarians brainstormed, reflected, and learned to insert active learning into library classes over four days in January and February. The instructional workshops were led by Debra Gilchrist, Director, Pierce College, in the Seattle-Tacoma area of Washington State […]
Usability Testing Workshops Held
Sixty UC Library staff, including campus Evaluation Liaisons, members of the Melvyl Education/Usability and Services Transition Teams, some SOPAG and Associate University Librarians for Public Service attended two Usability testing workshops hosted by the CDL at UC Berkeley on November […]
Instruction Workshops Rescheduled
The CDL-sponsored instruction workshop, originally scheduled for this September, and aimed at instruction and reference practitioners responsible for teaching new versions of Abstracting and Indexing databases and other digital information discovery resources, has been rescheduled. Because of the enthusiastic response […]
Usability Testing Workshops Scheduled for November
The CDL, with the endorsement and assistance of SOPAG, is sponsoring a workshop this November designed to increase UC library systemwide expertise in usability issues and methods. The workshop is aimed at library staff who are involved with online system […]
Evolving User Instruction – CDL-Hosted Workshop Coming
The CDL, with the endorsement and assistance of SOPAG, is sponsoring a workshop this September aimed at instruction and reference practitioners responsible for teaching new and new versions of Abstracting and Indexing databases and other digital information discovery resources. Randy […]