a. Contemporary Women’s Issues (CWI) [http://www.cwidb.com/cgi-bin/login.exe?login=&password=&product=4] This English-language resource, produced by Responsive Database Services, Inc., provides full-text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups, government, and international agencies are easily accessed through CWI. […]
a. Blackwell Trial Records for the 228 electronic journal titles from Blackwell Synergy are now available via the CDL Directory on a trial basis. Follow this URL to view a listing of these journals in the Directory: [http://www.cdlib.org/cgi-bin/search?perpage=50&index=provider&word=Blackwell+Synergy] Note: Trial […]
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/.
Hundreds of thousands of Giants fans crowded the streets of downtown San Francisco (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2010/11/04/MNM51G6DMS.DTL) to welcome their conquering heroes home, many having waited a lifetime for the pleasure. Orange and black confetti poured out office buildings lining the business district. […]
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities This month re3data.org announced a new metadata schema (http://www.re3data.org/2016/01/new-re3data-org-schema-and-search-functionality/). re3data.org is the Registry of Research Data Repositories, and it has been part of DataCite since 2014. A quick search of the registry for UC […]
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Templates. We’re updating some existing templates (e.g., the NEH released a 2017 PDF) (https://www.neh.gov/files/grants/data_management_plans_2017.pdf) and auditing the complete inventory ahead of the migration to the new version of the tool. In the next version, funder/public […]
DRAFT University of California [http://www.lpai.ucop.edu/outcomes/cdl/selectio.pdf] 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 […]
Several new functions have been added to the test site for the January, 2000 CDL Release at [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/jan2000/]. 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: [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/july2000/]. 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 [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/jsc/#surveys]. The surveys are conducted by the CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSCSC) as part of its role […]
