CDLINFO News
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. […]
New Resources Available via the CDL Directory
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. […]
CDLINFO Released Simultaneously on the Web
Starting with this issue CDLINFO will be released simultaneously as a Web document, in addition to its distribution through the CDLINFO-L email listserv. Responding to requests for an immediately available web version (historically the web version has followed email release […]
New Resources: Company of Biologists; Digital Dissertations
Digital Dissertations The Digital Dissertations database provides access to the full-text of all dissertations from University of California campuses since 1998. The first twenty-four pages from all other dissertations is also available. Also included, with more than 1.5 million entries, […]
January 2000 Release Description Available
In preparation for the January 5, 2000 release of the CDL web sites and services, and a November period of review and testing, a brief description of expected enhancements, changes, and new services is now available at: [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/]. The page […]
CDL OPAC Request For Proposal Steering Committee
The CDL Technical Architecture and Standards Workgroup is charged with creating a technical plan and unifying structure for the components of the CDL. One of the tasks of the workgroup is to review legacy CDL systems and to determine how […]
Links Now Available to ACS Full Text from CDL-Hosted Databases
ACS (American Chemical Society) links are now available in all of the CDL-hosted databases and will take the user to the full text of the journal article record.