DRAFT University of California 1. Selection and licensing of resources should be carried out observing the same considerations applied in the effective development of other library collections. 2. Principally, these considerations include: – establishing a coherent rationale for the acquisition […]
Several new functions have been added to the test site for the January, 2000 CDL Release at . a. Searchlight On November 15, 1999, SearchLight opened in test mode. Searchlight is a multi-resource search tool with which you can search […]
Tests and Mockups for the CDL’s semi-annual release of new features and enhancements are now available at: . This page contains the most up-to-date information and links to test versions. All library staff are encouraged to view, test, and comment […]
Responses from the May 2000 Subject Selector Surveys for Digital Collection Development are now available on the libstaff web site . The surveys are conducted by the CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSCSC) as part of its role […]
Background California Counts, CDL’s planned gateway to social science data, is Phase I of CDL’s government information initiative. California Counts will provide a single, easy-to-use, WWW interface through which users can easily find, combine, display, and use data. The California […]
[…] digital collections in the CDL METS Repository through their own interfaces, using the newly released CDL Interface Customization Tools: http://www .cdlib.org/inside/diglib/repository/customize/ The CDL has been developing a digital object repository to support the collections it manages, which currently contain more […]
The CDL is in the process of revising the 2001 CDL Digital Object Standard: http://www .cdlib.org/inside/diglib/. The new guidelines are slated for release in January 2005. Digital “built content” materials comprise a significant portion of the CDL’s collections. These materials […]
Work on the Metasearch Infrastructure project (The metasearch infrastructure project is no longer active. See: http://www.cdlib.org/services/d2d/metasearch/index.html). The Ex Libris MetaLib software has been installed at the CDL, and CDL staff completed software training in mid-September. Staff are currently experimenting with […]
The Metasearch Infrastructure Project seeks to develop a robust set of tools for crafting tailored search interfaces to diverse information resources for specific audiences and/or purposes. For additional background information, see the project web site at . Significant progress has […]
Calisphere is now available at: http://www .calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu. Calisphere is a free public gateway to thousands of digitized primary sources – including photographs, documents, newspaper clippings, works of art – from UC museums and libraries and other cultural heritage institutions across […]
