Month: March 1999
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 […]
TEN Database Removal
As has been discussed with various groups including SOPAG and the User Services Group, the TEN-year Catalog will be removed from both the telnet and web versions of the system. The TEN-year Catalog resides in the same physical database as […]
RILM and PAIS Available in Test Mode
a. RILM (@OCLC) Abstracts of Music Literature Database The RILM (@OCLC) database, produced by Repertoire International de Literature Musicale, will be available on the CDL web site with a web interface in early April, and is currently available for testing […]
Melvyl Transition Overview Now Available
With a constantly growing collection of resources, and new and evolving tools to use them, the historical distinction between a monolithic “Melvyl System” and “everything else” is less and less useful to describe UC-shared digital collections. The graphics and location […]
Digital Library Strategies Forum
In part inspired by the successful “DLA Updates,” but different in scope and structure, the CDL is hosting in-person forums — one in the north and one in the south — directed at UC library staff and select others. We […]