Category: Information Services
CDL Users Council Meeting
18 members of the CDL Users Council attended the group’s annual meeting in Oakland on March 12. This meeting offered a series of informational updates on CDL’s governance structure and organization, upcoming changes in the Melvyl Catalog and the Abstracting […]
Proxy Server Access
The passwords page on the CDL site has been updated to include proxy server information: <http://www.cdlib.org/hlp/directory/passwords.html>. All campuses, with the exception of UCSB (which has service available to staff and is expecting more complete service in the Spring), offer proxy […]
New Proxy Server Service FAQ
A Proxy Server Service FAQ is now available: [http://www.cdlib.org/inside/resources/services/offcampusaccess.html]. It describes the proxy server service and includes links to campuses information pages. We would like to thank the Users Council representatives for providing this information.
Web Site for Best Practices Workshop
As mentioned in CDLINFO previously, the UC Libraries Heads of Public Service (HOPS) and the Education Working Group of the CDL (EWG) are hosting a one-day workshop on instruction and reference for digital resources. The workshop is designed to collaborate […]
New Listserv for Multi-Disciplinary Resources
The CDL has created the listserv, GENRES-L, to facilitate discussion regarding multi-disciplinary resources. Any UC staff member can sign-on to the list. There are a variety of existing methods of communication for databases that are of interest to specific groups, […]
Instruction/Reference Best Practices Workshop
The CDL Education Working Group (EWG) and Heads of Public Services (HOPS) are jointly sponsoring a “UC best practices” workshop to address instruction and reference issues for digital resources. In addition to current practices and strategies, the one-day workshop, being […]
Online Surveying Software Available
The CDL has licensed an online survey service called “Websurveyor”. This new service allows you to create and publish online surveys without writing HTML code or hosting the survey on your web server. The CDL is using the service to […]
Adaptable Outreach and Instructional Materials
Responding to input from the Education Working Group and others, CDL has modified the existing Adaptable Outreach Materials page on the CDL Libstaff site and added new materials (such as a FAQ about the use of the CDL collection). The […]
Digital Library Instruction Issues – New Listserv Available
In response to advice from the CDL Education Working Group and discussions at the Spring DL Strategies forums and elsewhere, a new listserv for the discussion of education and instruction issues related to digital library resources and services is now […]
Multi-Resource Search Tool
Campus librarians and CDL staff met on July 13 to plan the CDL-hosted multi-resource search tool, a function being planned for implementation in January 2000. Attendees were Roy Tennant and Camille Wanat (UCB); Steve Mitchell and Margaret Mooney (UCR); Ann […]