CDLINFO News
Summary of September 2002 ICOLC Meeting
The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) held the 12th International Coalition of Library Consortia meeting in Nashville on September 19-21, 2002. At the meeting (as in the past) vendors are subjected to sessions where members “grill” them about a […]
New Resources
a. Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data in Science and Technology (Diane Fortner, UCB) CDL has added electronic access to Landolt-Bornstein, through Springer’s LINK book-series offering. Landolt-Bornstein (Germany) http://www.landolt-boernstein.com/ L-B is a unique high-quality physics, chemistry and technology data collection that brings a […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Digital Dissertation Links in Ovid MLA Links directly to titles in Digital Dissertations have been activated in Ovid’s version of the MLA International Bibliography. When users find a citation to a dissertation in the results of an MLA search, […]
$1 Million in New Grant Funding for CDL-led UC Library Projects
The CDL and partners have been awarded the following grants: 1) The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has provided $374,000 in funding for a two-year demonstration project led by CDL and the Berkeley Library in the creation of […]
New Resource Available
a. UC’s eScholarship supports BioMed Central Journals Under the auspices of the California Digital Library’s eScholarship program, the University of California has joined BioMed Central (BMC), an open access publisher, as an institutional member. UC’s collaboration with BMC is consistent […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. CDL Updates Retirement Notices Sent On September 25, the CDL sent out bulk mail messages notifying Updates holders of the upcoming database retirements and alternatives for Updates/Alerts in the vendor versions of the CDL-hosted journal article databases. They were […]
Library Staff News
a. Linda Gallaher-Brown Retiring from the CDL Linda Gallaher-Brown started out in computing in 1965 while a freshman at Sacramento State. Encouraged by her father, Jean Gallaher she took a summer job with the US Bureau of Reclamation programming in […]
Library Staff News
a. Mary Engle Moves to Part-Time The CDL regrets to report that Shared Content Analyst Mary Engle has relocated to southern California. Hired by the Division of Library Automation (DLA) in 1979, Mary filled a number of roles in her […]
eScholarship Repository Update
The eScholarship Repository–a central location for faculty working papers, pre-publications, and technical reports–is entering the second phase in its rollout. To see the repository in action, including a complete list of groups that have joined, visit http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/. In the first […]
UC TLtC Seeks Librarian Input (Paula Murphy, TLtC)
The TLtC’s efforts in this area thus far have been in publishing in its webzine last April articles on information literacy (http://www.uctltc.org/news/2002/04/feature.html) and the development of the new UC Merced library (http://www.uctltc.org/news/2002/04/merced.html). The TLtC webzine also has a special discussion […]