Month: October 2001
UC Faculty Read about the CDL
In the latest issue of “Notice” (a newsletter published for all UC faculty by the Academic Senate’s Academic Council) is an article about the CDL. It is available online at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/senate/. It is a fairly comprehensive article that describes the […]
New Resources Available
a. The American Civil War Letters & Diaries The first release of the American Civil War Letters & Diaries is now available [ http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/CWLDLive/ ]. In this first release, 460 authors and approximately 32,000 pages of letters, diaries and memoirs […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. Ovid Chosen as Replacement Vendor The Transition Steering Committee, with analysis from the Resource Liaisons, has recommended Ovid Technologies as the vendor for the following databases: -BIOSIS Previews, 1970-present -Current Contents, 1993-present -Ei Compendex Plus, 1970-present -INSPEC, 1969-present -MLA […]
Jobs at the CDL Web Page
The CDL has created a new “Jobs at the CDL” page (linked from the “About the CDL” page) [http://www.cdlib.org/about/jobs.html]. It contains a list of jobs currently under recruitment at the CDL.
CDL’s eScholarship Program and Berkeley Electronic Press Partnership
On October 4, the CDL and Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) announced a partnership to advance innovations in scholarly communication. Through the partnership, the CDL will make a suite of electronic publishing tools from bepress available to University of California researchers […]
Instruction Workshops Rescheduled
The CDL-sponsored instruction workshop, originally scheduled for this September, and aimed at instruction and reference practitioners responsible for teaching new versions of Abstracting and Indexing databases and other digital information discovery resources, has been rescheduled. Because of the enthusiastic response […]
Usability Testing Workshops Scheduled for November
The CDL, with the endorsement and assistance of SOPAG, is sponsoring a workshop this November designed to increase UC library systemwide expertise in usability issues and methods. The workshop is aimed at library staff who are involved with online system […]
ContentsFirst and ArticleFirst Changes as of October 14, 2001
The OCLC ArticleFirst database will be expanded to include tables of contents from the OCLC ContentsFirst database as well as citations from the OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online database. These enhancements are scheduled for this Sunday, October 14, 2001. We […]
CDL Database Transitions
a. WorldCat Retires from CDL-hosted Versions December 13, 2001 The CDL-hosted versions of WorldCat-telnet and web will retire December 13, 2001. The CDL repeatedly asked OCLC to extend our versions through the end of UC Berkeley’s finals period, the last […]