CDLINFO News
New Resources Update: Wiley and Institute of Physics Coming Soon
Contracts are in negotiation now for licenses to John Wiley and Institute of Physics journal titles. Trial access with Wiley, with full expectation of continued access, is expected to start by November 10th. IoP access is also expected for November […]
Compendex Plus Database Access to Change
Background In December 1996, UC signed a favorable 6-year (6 years limited to CPI-based price increases) contract with Engineering Index (EI) to license the Compendex Plus database and to mount it locally within 27 months. Interim access was provided by […]
OCLC FirstSearch Interface Changes
OCLC has released the new FirstSearch service, which includes a new interface and many new features. OCLC will continue to add more features and databases. Please consult their Web site for an implementation schedule [http://www.oclc.org/oclc/fs_new/features.htm]. A guided tour graphically illustrates […]
January Release: Tests and Mockups Available
With the January 5, 2000 “release” of CDL collections and services, several interface changes are scheduled. For example, the CDL home page will have a new look that will retain the basic elements of the current page and will […]
Campus-based Entryways into the CDL Directory
The CDL Directory was designed to provide library web managers with the ability to create unique “entryways” into the Directory’s content. In this way, the campus libraries are able to maintain more control over the content that can be delivered […]
JSC Expanded Meeting
The CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) will be holding an all-day meeting on November 9 at UC Irvine to share information, procedures, and advice on negotiating multi-campus licenses for digital resources in the Humanities and Social Sciences. […]
Licensing Tool Kit Available
The Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections has assembled a licensing tool kit that is now available from the CDL Shared Collections Web site [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/]. Select “CDL Licensing Tool Kit”. The CDL tool kit includes information on licensing guidelines, selection […]
Online Archive of California — New Support via Grants from LSTA, IMLS
A $360,000 grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered by the California State Library, will enable the creation of the Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive (JARDA). A cooperative project involving nine OAC participants — UC Berkeley, UCLA, […]
BIOSIS Regeneration is Complete
The regeneration of BIOSIS Previews for 1993 to the present inaugurates a very different database from the one with which users are familiar. In both Telnet and Web interfaces, there are new indexes and publication types, and some of the […]
Academic Universe Changes (Linda Kennedy, Resource Liaison for Academic Universe)
On August 20, Academic Universe presented its new user interface. Although a few problems have been identified (some have been resolved by the vendor, and some require further work), the new interface significantly improves usability of the Academic Universe databases. […]