Category: Newsletter
The Statewide Serials Database
The Statewide Serials Database, the outcome of the California State Serials Project (CSSP), establishes a union database of serials for California libraries. It has been loaded into the Melvyl system and is now the Periodicals database. It includes: California State […]
Patron Initiated Requesting
As recommended by the University Librarians and the Library Planning and Action Initiative Task Force, the University of California Libraries are implementing Patron Initiated Requesting (PIR) to facilitate rapid access to physical materials on all campuses and in the regional […]
Creation of the CDL’s Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections
The CDL is pleased to announce the membership of the CDL’s Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections. The Steering Committee will include Clinton Howard (UC Davis), Barbara Kornstein (UC Berkeley), Alan Ritch (UC Santa Cruz), and Cynthia Shelton (UCLA), each […]
Descriptive Information about the CDL — Now on the Web
As mentioned in earlier issues of CDLINFO, the CDL is constructing a web site that describes the CDL and its plans. This site, now available at http://www.cdlib.org/, provides new descriptive information, such as “Frequently Asked Questions About the CDL,” breaking […]
Contacts for Questions or Problems
If you have problems accessing or using the Melvyl system or have questions, including questions about the status of electronic journal collections and Internet resources, you can contact CDL staff in one of the following ways: For immediate assistance, call […]
CDL Milestones
Past Accomplishments: 8/96 President Atkinson announces the Library Planning and Action Initiative (LPAI), to create a framework for library development over the next 5-10 years. 12/96 LPAI Advisory Task Force holds its first meeting. 2/97 LPAI web site launched to […]
OCLC’s SocAbstracts Database Available from the Melvyl Web System
OCLC’s SocAbstracts database, previously available to UC users only through the Telnet version of the Melvyl system, is now available via the web interface as well. Produced by Sociological Abstracts, the database contains citations from 1963 to the present for […]
Updates on the Melvyl System and Abstracting and Indexing Databases
Updates and news on the Melvyl system and abstracting and indexing databases will now appear in this listserv on a regular basis. The CDL will also continue to send announcements to relevant library groups such as the User Services Group […]
Ellen Dunn to Serve as MSO for the CDL
Starting July 1, Ellen Dunn will join the CDL as the Management Services Officer (II), providing financial, personnel, and administrative functions for the CDL. will plan and manage the budget (currently over $5.5 million), including short- and long-term financial planning […]
The UC Common Authentication Project (Terry Ryan, Associate University Librarian for Systems, UCLA, with CDL staff)
Systems that offer access to confidential or proprietary information require methods of identifying users and permitting them to use the resources for which they are authorized. Traditional computer systems have required a user to enter an ID and “secret” password […]