CDLINFO News
An Array of New Licensed Resources
UC campuses now have access to these electronic resources as part of CDL consortial licenses: Alloy Phase Diagram Center Online, Empire Online, Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān, Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, Everyday Life and Women in America, Latin American Data Base, Play Index, and Rand California.
Digital Preservation Program Update
This article provides a status report on the various projects of the Digital Preservation Program including the current status of the Digital Preservation Repository (DPR), information on the next release of the Web Archiving Service (WAS) and on NOID (Nice Opaque Identifier) software.
Critical Information on UC/OCLC Pilot
This article provides a status report on the UC/OCLC Pilot (or Next Generation Melvyl) Project including information on the task groups being formed, the planning process and an introduction to the University of Washington's WorldCat Local pilot that was just publicly launched.
Annual Resource Liaisons Meeting: You Can Be There Now
Didn't make it to the Resource Liaisons Meeting in Newport Beach? Have no fear. The meeting notes, presentations, and audio files are now up on the CDL Resource Liaisons web page.
New Resource: Academe Today
Academe Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education's daily email report (formerly premium content), is now freely available.
Findings and Recommendations from the CDL Spring 2006 Assessment Project
A full report of the findings and recommendations from the CDL Spring 2006 assessment project, entitled “Communication and Collaboration: Priorities and Perspectives on the UC Libraries-CDL Partnership” has been released and is available at:
http://www.cdlib.org/inside/assess/evaluation_activities/docs/2007/cdl_spring2006.pdf
UC-eLinks UCSD Assessment Report
On behalf of Head of Public Services (HOPS) and the UC-eLinks project team, CDL's assessment unit traveled to UCSD to assess a prototype version of the UC-eLinks window. The main purpose of this assessment was to determine if the changes made to the UC-eLinks user interface improved the usability of the interface.
American West Status Report
American West (AmWest) is a three-year William and Flora Hewlett Foundation grant to assemble a virtual collection drawing from the resources of major research institutions. Learn more at http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/amwest/.
New Licensed Resources: CiNii, Times Digital Archive, Journal of Pathology
All UC campuses now have access to CiNii, the Times Digital Archive, and the Journal of Pathology backfile as part of CDL consortial licenses.
Welcome to CDLINFO!
Welcome to the new and improved CDLINFO. Written primarily for University of California librarians and staff, this electronic newsletter provides updates about California Digital Library projects, initiatives, and newly available electronic resources. Beginning in 2007, CDLINFO was reformatted in order […]