CDLINFO News
WorldCat@OCLC Database Available for Testing through the Web Interface
OCLC’s WorldCat Database is now available for testing at http://merlin.ucop.edu/meltst. WorldCat (@OCLC) is the database choice at the bottom of the list. Comments on the test version of the WCAT database should be sent to Lucia Snowhill by FRIDAY, DECEMBER […]
RLIN Database in Production in the Web Interface
The Research Library Group’s RLIN Bibliographic Database is in production at: http://www.melvyl.ucop.edu/. The RLIN Bibliographic database retrieves citations for books, serials, archives, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films, photographs, posters, and computer files, in over 365 languages. This union […]
Pre-release Web Site Available for Review
Once again, we would like to remind UC Library staff and others to use the pre-release of the CDL Web site and to send us comments and suggestions. The pre-release is available at http://www2.cdlib.org/. The opening of the California Digital […]
CDL Request (also known as PIR) Begins Staff Testing
Beginning this week and continuing throughout the month, ILL staff and others at all campuses will begin testing “CDL Request,” known during development as patron initiated requesting (PIR). The test period provides opportunities for library staff to test implementation prior […]
CDL Education Working Group Appointed
The CDL is pleased to announce the membership of its Education Working Group (EWG). The Systemwide Operations and Planning Group, Heads of Public Services, and others groups helped CDL identify its need for a consultative structure to provide advice on […]
CDL Milestones
CDL Milestones are now posted on the new CDL informational web site [http://www.cdlib.org/] under News and Developments.
Call for EIP Evaluation Assistance
The CDL has received a second year of LSTA funding for its CDL/Library of California Access to Environmental Information Project. The grant supports two goals. The first is to evaluate the costs and benefits that have accrued from the cooperative […]
CDL Pre-release Web Site Available for Review
UC Library staff and others are reminded to use the pre-release of the CDL Web site and to send us comments and suggestions. The pre-release brings the California Digital Library a step closer to its January 1999 opening and is […]
PIR Materials and Listserv Available
At the October updates for the PIR project there was unanimous support for a web site that would be a single source for materials related to the background and implementation of PIR. This new web site is http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/pir/. The site […]
Staff in Print: Karen E. Coyle. Coyle’s Information Highway Handbook
CDL staff member Karen Coyle’s book provides background information on the social impact of our travels along the information highway, from the Information Society to the Information Economy; on the policy questions surrounding intellectual property, censorship, and privacy; and on […]