CDLINFO News
PIR, the RFP Process, Mary Heath, UC Davis
The CDL has issued a Request for Purchase (RFP) for the supply of a freestanding interlibrary loan “Fulfillment Service”. This application is the second piece in the CDL Request functionality — the first having been the collaboratively developed Resolution Service […]
Digital Library Strategies Forums
Over 200 participants from every campus attended either the northern or southern regional version of a Digital Library Strategies Forum hosted by the CDL in late March. Focusing on the theme “Frameworks for Collaboration,” participants shared information about activities at […]
IEEE Image Changes
CDL has finished loading the linking data for IEEE images for all types of materials. The new links were moved into production on Thursday, March 25th. Users will see URL hyperlinks as well as the Article Image hyperlinks. Users clicking […]
PsycINFO Database Reload
On Thursday, March 25th, the reloaded PsycINFO database was moved into production. There are several new access points for the file. The changes are summarized below. New Indexes: Classification Code (CC) [Note: two digit codes cover 1887-present; three/four digit codes […]
Pat Flowers Remembered (Alan Ritch, UC Santa Cruz
On Tuesday, March 23, 1999, the University of California lost one of its finest librarians, when Pat Flowers, UC Riverside, passed away, having suffered a heart attack at her library the previous day. Several of the attendees at the CDL […]
Remember CDLALERT
To receive current, detailed information that may be of immediate interest to UC library staff on new content and revisions to the CDL web sites, including the Directory of Collections and Services, subscribe to the CDLALERT-L listserv. Send the […]
Bibliographers Listserv
The CDL has created the libchair-l@ucop.edu listserv for the Chairs of Bibliographer and Library Subject Groups. This will be an “open” list, so non-members may send information to it, but its membership is closed to all but the Chairs. This […]
Shared Collections: New Documents Available
There are new additions to CDL web shared collections materials (www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/). A new chart called “Summary of Survey Results for Commercial Files with Multiple Mention” has been added. It is the last item listed under materials from the Joint Steering […]
ICOLC Meeting March 4-6, 1999
Beverlee French, associate director for shared collections and services, represented the CDL at the recent meeting of the International Coalition of Library Consortia. Not only does this group provide a forum twice yearly in which to query invited vendors about […]
New Name for CDL's MEDLINE PLUS Database
The CDL-hosted database MEDLINE PLUS has been renamed MEDLINE/HealthSTAR. The National Library of Medicine now offers their consumer-based system with the name MEDLINE PLUS. Any direct links to MEDLINE PLUS should be changed to reflect the new name. MEDLINE/HealthSTAR contains […]