CDLINFO News
Melvyl Software/Hardware Upgrades
The Melvyl Catalog version 16.2 of the software is now projected to be released in late summer 2007. Work has been ongoing at the CDL to install copies of the software in multiple environments (development, staging, production); convert the user interface; reindex the catalog; and run quality assurance (QA) tests.
Metasearch Infrastructure Project: Update
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, including previous updates.
Update (The metasearch infrastructure project is no longer active. See: [http://www.cdlib.org/services/d2d/metasearch/index.html]
New Nature Journals Available
By Teri Vogel (UC San Diego), Resource Liaison for Nature journals The UC campuses now have access to the newest titles in the growing collection of Nature Publishing Group (NPG) journals. The multidisciplinary Nature Nanotechnology (launched in Fall 2006) will […]
2005 Annual Usage Statistics Report Available
Selective Tier One and Tier Two journal and database usage statistics for calendar year 2005 are now available on the Inside CDL website at http://www.cdlib.org/inside/assess/usage_statistics.html#2005. There are two reports included: Ejournal articles viewed by campus and Database searches by campus. […]
CDL Guidelines for Digital Objects, Version 2.0 — available online
The CDL and Digital Library Services Advisory Group (DLSAG) are pleased to announce the release of the final version of the CDL Guidelines for Digital Objects (CDL GDO), Version 2.0. The guidelines are available in HTML and PDF format at […]
New look for the Request form debuted December 14th, 2006
Request now uses the user’s IP address or a campus designation passed from UC-eLinks to determine the user’s home campus and provide the appropriate campus form. If the user’s IP address is not a valid UC IP address the user […]
Retrospective Bibliographic Searching in the Life Sciences
By Beth Weil (UC Berkeley), Web of Science Resource Liaison UC has just obtained access to the Biosis backfile (Biosis Archive) which comprehensively covers the biological sciences literature from 1926-1968. The current Biosis file has covered the data from 1969-present. […]
New Citation Report provides H Index
The latest quarterly software update for Web of Science introduced a new feature called the Citation Report. It captures citation activity and identifies citation trends. The Citation Report enables you to instantly create formatted reports for any General Search (author, […]
XTF Update
CDL announces the latest XTF release: version 1.9. The main feature of the new XTF release is greatly improved documentation. Almost all features are now fully documented, allowing users to take better advantage of the system. Users of XTF version […]
UC Electronic Resources Management System (ERMS) Project Update
The following is a summary of recent ERMS project activities, and plans for the coming months. Ex Libris product manager Ted Koppel visited the CDL in November. As a result of this meeting, CDL is in the process of upgrading […]