CDLINFO News
Online Archive of California (OAC) Usability Testing
Behind the scenes, the Online Archive of California (OAC) is undergoing major improvements. First, a new home page is currently being designed to provide the OAC with its own unique identify. Second, Dynaweb the software package that first launched OAC […]
eScholarship Repository Launched
On April 3rd an important new component of the eScholarship program was launched by the CDL. The eScholarship Repository [http://repositories.cdlib.org/] stores and distributes working papers authored or sponsored by faculty from the University of California. Searching and viewing the content […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Current Contents and INSPEC via Ovid now Available Current Contents and INSPEC will now be accessible via Ovid’s interface, beginning April 11, 2002 with UC-eLinks activated for links to full electronic text and holdings. A link to Request will […]
New Resources Available
a. Marcel Dekker Journals (Julia Gelfand, UCI) A Tier II contract beginning in 2002 for fulltext content to all journals from Marcel Dekker [http://www.dekker.com] is now in place for all campuses except UCLA who was unable to participate at this […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Usability Testing Begins on the CDL Interface of Melvyl-T The campuses will begin conducting interface usability tests on an early prototype of the Melvyl-T database beginning the week of April 1. The tests will concentrate on basics of the […]
Library Staff News
a. Alan Ritch Retires from Joint Steering Committee; Camile Wanat Appointed The CDL will be saying good-bye to one of its most astute, eloquent, and tireless advisers with the retirement this week of Alan Ritch. Alan served on the CDL […]
Announcing New CDL Resources: Access, Timing and Timeliness
Many UC librarians have wondered about the timing of CDL announcements for new resources such as e-journal publishers or databases. In particular, they wonder why there is sometimes a lag between the time new resources are announced and the availability […]
New Resources Available
a. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Digital Library (Karen Andrews, UCD) Berkeley, Davis, Irvine and Los Angeles now have a license for the Tier 2 resource SAE Digital Library [http://www.elecpubs.sae.org/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=SAE:SAE2]. (Los Angeles and Berkeley will keep a current subscription to […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Article Level Links Now Available for Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals via UC-eLinks Linking to the article, rather than journal level is a significant breakthrough, since CDL licenses over 1,000 Elsevier titles. From a citation in a CSA Database, for example, […]
Library Staff News
The Melvyl-T team has a new member. David Sidlo is a computer consultant with extensive experience in systems development and programming. He joins us to design and implement a test environment for the Ex Libris loaders and converters, and for […]