CDLINFO News
OCLC Ports and Response Time Developments
Over the past several months, CDL has collected detailed statistics about the causes of turnaways to OCLC’s FirstSearch databases. While the largest number of turnaways is due to ports being full, there is still concern over the percentage of network-related […]
Patron Initiated Requesting Project – Updates Scheduled
The Patron Initiated Requesting (PIR) Project, designed to facilitate rapid access to physical materials on all campuses and in the Regional Storage Facilities, is holding its first staff update meeting. The Updates will be attended by representatives from SOPAG (Systemwide […]
January "Opening" of the CDL Web Site – Update
Campus libraries are making a substantial contribution to the design of the fully integrated CDL web site. This web site, which will replace the current description-only web site, will be available on a trial basis in November and released in […]
Contacts for Questions or Problems
If you have problems accessing or using the Melvyl system or have questions, including questions about the status of electronic journal collections and Internet resources, you can contact CDL staff in one of the following ways: For immediate assistance, call […]
CDL Milestones
CDL Milestones are now posted on the new CDL informational web site [http://www.cdlib.org/] under News and Developments.
Nancy Gusack Crawford, Senior Editor, Takes on MJ Moores Duties
Nancy Gusack Crawford, Senior Editor, will be taking on MJ’s MelWeb interface duties. Nancy has been at DLA/CDL since 1984 and originally edited former Director Cliff Lynch’s innumerable research papers. She relieved MJ of her Telnet Melvyl system tasks when […]
Mary Jean Moore Leaves CDL to Teach
Best wishes to Mary Jean Moore, who has left CDL to pursue a new vision: She is returning to school fulltime for a teaching credential to become an elementary school teacher. MJ was DLA’s and then CDL’s Senior Writer. MJ […]
Joyce McDougal to Serve as Executive Secretary for the CDL
Joyce McDougal joined the CDL as Executive Secretary on August 17, 1998. She will provide executive secretarial support to Richard Lucier, University Librarian and Executive Director of the CDL. Joyce will schedule and organize meetings of Universitywide committees and task […]
Bob Brandriff Returns to CDL Technologies
We want to thank Bob Brandriff for his service for the past year as Acting Director of CDL Technologies. Bob’s tenure as Acting Director ends on September 1st when Joan Gargano begins her position as Director of CDL Technologies (see […]
Call for Focus Group Development Assistance
As one of the first steps in establishing an evaluation program, the CDL wants to use focus groups to gather direct, qualitative feedback on collections and services. The focus groups would variously concentrate on UC librarians and on faculty, student, […]