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Government Information Initiatives Advisory Group Appointed

The CDL has appointed a Government Information Initiatives Advisory Group to be convened by Beverlee French, Associate University Librarian and Director for Shared Content for the CDL. The expected term of service is July 2000-June 2002. Background In 1999 the […]

Publicly Accessible CDL Resources

A new 2-page listing and summary of CDL-hosted resources and services that are available for public use is available on the “adaptable outreach materials” and Instructional Materials web page at http://www.cdlib.org/services/info_services/instruct/.

Union Catalog RFP Update

As you know, the CDL has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to determine if the Melvyl Union Catalog and CDL-hosted Databases can be moved from their aging technology infrastructure to a commercial vendor’s system [see CDLINFO February 14, 2000, […]

CDL and UCSD Explore Possibilities for Technology Co-Development

Staff from the CDL and from the UCSD Libraries held a two-day meeting in late July to discuss possibilities for collaborating on the development of technology-based services and tools.  Among the nearly twenty attendees there was agreement on the advantages […]

Request Service to Expand to Undergraduates

The Request Service for books from the catalog and articles from CDL-mounted databases will soon also be available to undergraduates.  Undergraduates may submit up to 5 requests per day (Faculty and Graduates Students can request up to 20 items a […]

New Resource Available

a. Ethnic NewsWatch Historical File The CDL has entered a charter subscription for the Ethnic NewsWatch Historical File.  The first release of “Ethnic NewsWatch: A History” will be available in Fall/Winter 2000 – with completion scheduled for Winter 2003.  When […]

California Counts Prototype Update

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 […]

Bibliographer Group Surveys Available

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 […]

Database Updates Available on August 17

a. CDL migrates to New FirstSearch (NEW FS) Direct Web Access via FirstSearch On August 17th Users will see a new interface for FirstSearch.  CDL Directory records will change to reflect new URLs that rely on IP addresses authentication for […]

New Resources Now Available

NOTE: The following new resources are not yet in the CDL Directory of Collections and Services; they will be added within the next 2 weeks.  You can access them directly from the URLs provided. a. AP Photo Archive AP Photo […]