"Other" responses:
| through ROGER |
| http://www.dbs.cdlib.org/ |
| Never used before today |
| various bookmarks I've created |
| Saved emails I have received from CDL |
| supervisor |
| Shared Collections Resources |
| Check with UCLA CDL Liaison-Gabi Gray |
| open my personal CDL links & hunt |
| ucl-l and cdlalert-l listservs |
What types of information are you looking for when you use the resources listed in Question #1? e.g., licensing status information, contact info for Resource Liaisons, committee minutes.
| answers to research questions |
| News Update on current projects History on projects/services ILL staff support Statistics Committee Minutes/Reports |
| Resource Liaison info, Collections Update, A&I transition info, Adaptable Outreach and Instructional Materials, Mel-T link, Collections & Services page. |
| Publisher updates, licensing status, resource liaisons, tier 2 procedures, info relating to cancellations (i.e can we cancel? what do we get if we do etc.), statistics |
| Specific record loading/operations questions usually. |
| Guides or tutorials, info. on Melvyl-T |
| What is indexed and where; what journals are covered and what time periods of coverage are included |
| DATABASE GUIDES, RESOURCE LIAISONS, |
| catalogued items |
| What databases are located where. |
| what db's are available and what do they contain (citations only, full text, etc.) |
| Contact information. CDL project status information, along with details on what the project is and how it will change/effect services. |
| licensing status, contact info, title lists, license content, etc. |
| names and emails of staff almost anything related to CDL |
| Licensing status information, information about packages already licensed, contact info for Resource Liaisons, updates on CDL projects, info about statistics/actual statistics. |
| why isn't something working, what's the current status of Melvyl-T (good luck on that one!) |
| why isn't something working, what's the current status of Melvyl-T (good luck on that one!) |
| None. I think it would be valuable to orient new staff about all the information that's accessible on this site... it's amazing really. |
| licensing status information |
| license terms, license status, adaptable outreach materials, contact info, use statistics, publisher information |
| Looking for contact info for resources. |
| contact info for CDL staff. want to know who's working in what areas and/or on particular projects. |
| licensing info for databases, Resource Liaisons page for various info, JSC reports from bibliographer groups, usage statistics on databases |
| information on resources |
| I never use them. |
| I mostly look for items relating to licensed resources. List of journals supposedly included in our licenses. Resource liaisons. After that, there's all kinds of things - SFX information. Minutes. Working group rosters. Timelines for MELVYL implementation. Status reports on database transitions. Guides and links to documentation I can use in my classes. Database-vendor-supplied information like lists of journals indexed, thesauri. |
| organizational structure, staff information, Melvyl-T status |
| Any reports of changes, downtimes, or problems with the databases. |
| contact info project status ftp problems |
| Info re. transition |
| CDL collection updates, Shared cataloging updates, What's new at the CDL and other shared cataloging program information. |
| names of individuals, status of projects, lots of shared content materials, news, |
| Searchlight CDL databases link |
| Contact information (usually RLs), Adaptable guides and other instructional materials |
| Contact info for Resource Liaisons, or for CDL people, licensing status info, Adaptable instruction materials, info on Tier 2 deals. |
| I am usually looking for bibliographic info. |
| Updates on the Melvyl system. |
| articles |
| Most recently, I was looking for information on electronic license agreements negotiated by CDL. I knew there was a chart in PDF format, but had trouble finding it again. |
| Mainly database user guides |
| Information on terms, coverage and other details of CDL journal packages and databases |
| Often: Questions about mechanics of use or enhancements to licensed databases--e.g., requesting that GALE number citation in Expanded Academic ASAP. Occasional: Checking for instructional materials created by others for CDL-licensed resources |
| contact info |
| Yes to your examples: Resource Liaison Info, licensing status info, committee minutes. Also templates and examples of instructional materials (adaptable text), CDL staff contact info. |
| licensing status info items we may publicize locally info on Melvyl Transition |
| i'd love to see an org chart for the various groups with a brief discussion of their charge...i wanted to link to official description on Request and other centralized user services. I'd like to be able to link to "the official word" on negotiations currently underway (e.g. Elsevier and others). As we do budget cuts and try to keep faculty informed it would be really good to have an "official" and non-confidential site. |
| news |
| Looking for info on which databases are availabel for searching; How to "do" somethin within CDL. |
| The easiest ways to find resources; help guides and tutorials created for certain databases--for some reason, I find this hard to locate. |
| Contact info for Resource Liaisons, status of vendor agreements, new resources |
| Licensing status, copies of licenses, general information about CDL committees, contact info. for CDL staff |
| Committee organization, activities, organization goals and sturcture, members info |
| problems with data bases, are data bases down? who are the resource liaisons? status of MELVYL-t? |
| PIR statistics, E-journal licensing info for ILL lending |
| Info pertaining to OAC, minutes and policies for other CDL groups, etc etc |
| new features, added databases, updates on projects |
| Generally contact information |
| list of bibliographer groups, vendor information with license info, titles licensed by vendor, etc.; resource liaison list; descriptions of CDL purposes, goals, organization; (I have used) just about everything on the site at one time or another |
| All of the above plus statistics, history of policy development, and actual policies. |
| Questions relating to OAC, ead, and the California Cultures project. |
| all kinds of information related to shared collections |
| What we have, how things work |
| I go to the CDL homepage to pull up databases in which to do research (for instance, print an article from Nexus). |
| info. on newly acquired resources. |
| Usually it's regarding the status of a particular dbase transition (ie: MELVYL-T) |
| Contact information for CDL staff, information about projects and working groups organized by CDL, status of database and MELVYL transitions, adaptable instructional materials. |
| many times i am looking for background or status information about cdl services such as UCeLinks or the use of Endnote with databases formerly provided with the cdl interface or the status of the Melvyl-T project. |
| most of the above - licensing information, resource liaison names, newly licensed resources |
| updates on Melvyl database transitioning |
| database status page, committee information, updates on various projects |
| Status of MELVYL transition |
| Who to complain to about a specific database! |
| CDL committee rosters, minutes, task force reports |
| Licensing status information, database searching problems, unscheduled access questions (whether system up or down and for how long), |
| licensing status info, usage data |
| never use |
| I surmise most of the above are distributed via email, but I prefer the CDL site as it provides all information in one place. |
| Most of the stuff listed in #2. |
| I can't locate anything on this site. I always find someone to call to ask which document would have the info and where it is. |
| SOME GOOD GUIDES, LIKE THE E-LINKS GUIDE, THE LISTS OF DATABASE GUIDES FROM THE VARIOUS UC'S, ETC |
| Haven't really used it so I can't comment. |
| all of the above |
| Most of the stuff above except info about new packages, which I can get from CDLINFO. |
| I don't know, I'd love to be educated about it though. |
| Publisher/Database Information (CDL business models) |
| license info, use statistics |
| Staff changes. |
| i never use the Libstaff website. I either didn't know it was there, or had forgotten. |
| I'm not familiar with it. I get so much information from and about CDL, not to mention my own campus and library groups, plus ALA and CARL and consortia groups... It's impossible to keep it all straight. |
| I never use it. |
| All the internal things relating to licenses, publishers, working groups, etc. |
| don't remember |
| don't know |
| not sure |
| I've never used it |
| I had never used the Libstaff site before, now that I've bookmarked it I will probably use it quite a bit. I'd already found the sites I needed (and bookmarked them individually), but there are links for all of them on the current staff page. |
| password protect shared collections items |
| I have not used the site yet for other purposes. |
| I think it's all there, just not always arranged logically. I often have to call CDL Helpline mainly for help in finding something on the site. |
| Everything listed under #2 above. |
| info about licenses and negotiations |
| I don't know, I have not used it. |
| contact info; background infor for each admin. team member |
| Not sure. |
| UC customized database user guides, FAQs on transition & news |
| Easy access to instructional materials created by other UC librarians for CDL-licensed resources, all linked on one page. |
| I go here first, so don't know what I could have found through another route. I do get committee minutes routed to me, but like that this is the place for the archive so I don't have to keep them. |
| status of projects |
| Not sure. |
| I have no idea |
| Resource Liaisons, status of vendor agreements |
| current status of in-process resources, usage statistics information |
| What UC wide activites are going on. |
| CDL planned acquisitions, data bases - to be purchased/leased/licensed; resource liaisons |
| PIR statistics |
| Minutes |
| current information |
| Phone numbers |
| all of the above |
| See #2 |
| It's a handy directory to CDL |
| most of what I need--status of current CDL licensing negotiations, CDL surveys, JSC minutes, |
| latest developments, although these do appear in your newsletter |
| I've never looked there. |
| see no. 2 above. |
| ejournal contracts/interlibrary loan allowed |
| Contact information for CDL staff, information about projects and working groups organized by CDL |
| updates on system-wide projects. for example, during the time that the cdl a&i databases transition project was very active, i checked the information about the project frequently to keep up with current vendor negotiations, etc. although i am no longer actively involved in collections (this is Cathy Palmer from UCI, by the way), i think the information provided about consortial priorities for new products is useful. |
| licensing information |
| have never used the Libstaff website - how is it publicized? |
| project/committee information, access to stats |
| I have no idea - I've never used it. |
| design of site reflects organization of CDL & committees (hard to keep track); "authorized/official" CDL text for mission of committees, etc. |
| Don't know |
| licensing status, usage data |
| n/a |
| ? |
| link to the "public" what's new. |
| see above |
| I've tried to find directory information - specific phone numbers for specific staff when I have questions that seem better addressed by phone than email. It might also be helpful to have some sort of org chart or overview so as to know the most appropriate person to ask question X to. |
| A GOOD SITE MAP! SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND A SPECIFIC THING I AM LOOKING FOR. ALSO, BETTER NAMING OF WHAT'S ON THE PAGE. WHAT DOES "SERVICES" MEAN? |
| Ditto |
| Information about CDL listservs. CDL contact information. |
| 1) You might not want this :-), but it would be nice to have a list of CDL staff and whom to contact for what. 2) Here's something very specifici and it might be UCSF specific, but I would love a document that lists the resources (journal packages as well as databases - could be 2 docs), ILL status, access limitations, and who subscribes (including who's thrown in for free). There are 2 documents that are close (the Licensed Content docs and and the "Licensed Resource Participants" document |
| News and Developments is a joke - the latest news on Melvyl-T is a year old. The last Progress Report was posted two years ago. |
| Short cut URL lists to multiple branch libraries of all UC campuses. |
| Not sure. Seems to be a lot there. |
| "" |
| Sometimes the sub-sub-sub committees and working group things are hard to find, especially when all you know is what the group is working on and not what it's a sub-sub-subgroup OF. Things that are HOPS-related, SOPAG-related, CDL-related all kind of run together and can be hard to find. |
| it has happened, but don't remember specifics |
| don't know |
| not sure |
| I've never used it |
| I think that everything I currently use is already there. |
| directory of all the CDL staff with emails, telephone numbers, areas of responsbilitiy and org chart [unless it's there and I just haven't seen it] |
| One thing I don't think is there, but that would be useful: an alphabetical list of all vendors/publishers of electronic information with whom CDL has a contract, with links to those publisher/vendors' homepages. Also, some information hasn't been recently updated: I think the list of Bibliographers' groups and conveners is over a year old; some places where Mary Engle is mentioned still give her Oakland phone number; etc. |
| It is hard for me to find contact info for CDL people(names AND phone numbers AND emails) indicating who to contact with what problem. |
| directory of CDL staff |
| See #3 above |
| a link/email address which make direct contact easier to that specific contact person |
| Status reports of database or feature (e.g. SFX - UC-eLinks) down-time or performance |
| Detailed, easy to use list of handy information re CDL-licensed resources. The current page is very wordy, yet not specific enough about the kinds of information we might get to quickly that would be useful--e.g., instructional materials. |
| I was trying to find the name and date of a CDL-sponsored workshop I attended so I could add it to my CV. I couldn't find it. I finally had to be satisfied with the info in an issue of CDL-Info which had enough info that I could kind of fake the exact name and date. Not exactly what you are asking, but I heard about ElMel Tells but then when I went to the CDL Libstaff site I couldn't find it for the life of me. I think I finally found it thru a search of the site, but I didn't know how it was spelled (was told about it on a conference call). I don't understand why it isn't more prominently featured on the site. Maybe it wasn't up in the Melvyl transition section yet when I looked for it - it is there now of course. |
| Not sure. |
| I don't really look at this page |
| Nothing major |
| coinvestment formula, redacted license agreements |
| Augward to use ...to find things below the top level of the tree. |
| when vendor systems are down; system maintenance; when MELVYL is down |
| background discussion papers or information on decisions |
| Individual CDL staff telephone numbers |
| A decent directory of CDL staff by name and unit or responsibility. For example, recently I wanted to contact the person in charge of copyright/licensing, and could not remember her name, though I probably would have recognized it if I could have glanced at it. Every campus has good directories, and the staff parts of library sites usually allow you access by name and department. CDL should do the same. |
| This may seem antithetical but I would really like to have contact links to the PEOPLE involved in the various initiatives, projects, and sites when they are listed. I feel more comfortable addressing a query to an individual. |
| a handy link to the slp site, where a lot of the other stuff about systemwide committees and policies seems to reside. I realize this isn't really CDL territory, but since a lot of information resides there and not on CDL, it would be a handy link. |
| Prompt notifications concerning vendor/CDL access problems. This is now done via e-mail, which seems to be a hit-and-miss method. |
| status of the different dbases, are the up and running, is there a problem with access. What problems have already been reported, requested upgrades/enhancements, etc. Who the liasons are to report various CDL, dbase, SFX, PIR problems to. |
| One centralized CDL staff directory with names and email addresses and phone numbers (if possible) of all CDL staff members. |
| information about cdl staff: who to contact for what. I realize this information is available on the CDL page, but it would be useful to have it available as a link from the staff page also. |
| have never used the Libstaff website |
| (I don't use the site enough) |
| What would be nice is if you could have an alert service telling people if there are problems with connecting to CDL for the time being, what the problem is, and how long the downtime is. |
| n/a |
| Looks good enough to me and I don't have enough time to sit down, test, and see what doesn't work perfectly. Nothing seems 'broken.' Sorry, that's not what you wanted . . . |
| More robust searching of CDL site. Seems like whenever I use CDL Site Search I don't find what I'm looking for. |
| The names need to be logical. Fewer documents are better than more. Its hard to know what's included where. Where should I look to see the status of particular deal? |
| See above (#4) |
| Get some greater visibility for the site |
| SITE MAP! A BUTTON OR LINK TO GET TO THE STAFF PAGE (LIKE ON THE UCB LIBRARY HOME PAGE) |
| Ditto |
| simplify, simplify, and keep it simple |
| Update more often. |
| easier to find |
| 1) one problem I have with the site is that it all looks the same, so I find myself lost. For example, I was on Shared Collections homepage and I clicked on Collection Development docs and there's similar info but not exactly. And how do the two differ from each other? 2) improve the search engine. I rarely find what I'm looking for when I search the site even if I know it's there. Also (sneaking a 2.5 in), make it default to only search the libstaff section when you click on "Search Library Staff". Right now when you click on it, it has "CDL Web Site" chosen as well as "UC Library Staff Info." 3)Add metadata to the PDF and Word docs to aid in searching or include descriptions on the page. I think one reason why I can't find stuff when I search is because the real content is in a nonsearchable form, and I don't know the name of the document. Having a description on the page or having searchable metadata might help (or might not!). |
| Easier access to it - how about a QuickLink? Even when I remember that there is such a site, I can't easily find it and end up looking somewhere else. |
| Easier access to it - how about a QuickLink? Even when I remember that there is such a staff site, I can't easily find it and end up looking somewhere else. |
| educate, educate, educate... if I could add one extra thing, it would be "raise awareness about what already exists." |
| Put a link on the libstaff page for the CDL directory updates archives. |
| streamlined organization, make it easier to find things |
| Staffing notes are nearly unintelligible; severly lacks length or modifiers. |
| Stop using the RTF format and stick to html or pdf. |
| make it easier to find from CDL main site |
| "" |
| I'll be nice and just say two: 1. CURRENT title lists for e-journal packages. Keep the archival ones there too for comparison, but get the CURRENT ones up. Excel is a good format. 2. Maybe time to change the password? It's been the same for at least four years. |
| more organizational structure info.: where does CDL fit at UCOP, org. charts |
| add information (or make easier to find) on CDL interface information (ftp instructions, problems with passwording, etc.) |
| Pls. put a link to the libstaff site from the CDL home page--password if necessary |
| I think it is VERY confusing that the section prominently marked "User Guides" on the CDL site doesn't include the user guides that are prepared by Resource Liaisons. For example, why is there a PubMed guide via NLM on the CDL site (User Guides / UC Library Created Guides) when all the other database-specific guides are on the libstaff site under Adaptable Outreach and Instructional Materials? If there is a reason for this division, where is it explained? Why have a separate "libstaff" site at all? To me, "libstaff" should simply be a directory of the library staff, not a separate division of information. How about having just one site, with the first page having a prominent "Information for UC Librarians" and "Information for CDL Users"? But I would think that users would appreciate having links to guides to resources from their site, not having them buried in the libstaff site. |
| Add the contact info listed above, or make it easier to find if it already exists. |
| I would have to use the site in order to give you legitimate feedback, my apologies for the lack of help. General remarks about what I like in websites: fast loading, clear instructions, high contrast/NO yellow, NOR orange, NOR red font--prefer Garamond personally. That the search I do is not erased so that I don't have to retype it every time I use the back button. The fewer mouse clicks, the better. |
| same as 4 |
| Work with campus webmasters to make sure that the CDL staff website is linked from the campus library staff pages. |
| 1. Less dense layout for easier to find links/topics 2. More basic "table of contents" or main index of items in the site 3. Keep up the addition of campus shared resources like database guides |
| Publicize it - I never heard of it before this survey. |
| -Delete unnecessary text -Provide a site map -Provide a max of 5-7 specific useful links, tested for usability on library staff |
| 1. Navigation options are too limited. The current projects and other things in the right box are nice, but they go away as soon as I go past that main page. The breadcrumbs don't help me because I don't know what things like "Shared Collections" mean. Is that where I want to look? 2. The site assumes that people using the site are familiar with the names of the committees and working groups. You have to know under what group stuff will be located. I'm at a small campus where I am somewhat involved in CDL activities, and I still don't really understand the names of things. |
| Not sure. Maybe since I don't know that much, the site fould be more publicized. |
| Make it really clear what's on the site. Publicize the site more. |
| Update information more frequently |
| The labels currently used aren't intuitive for what I'm looking for (education and strategic initiative, for example)--it takes me a while sometimes to find the right place to locate the information I need; incorporate an overview of the organizational structure of CDL and campus reps. (like John Ober's SOPAG illustration of systemwide structure); maybe add pages for types of library staff: reference (include adaptable outreach, system status, who to contact, etc.), acquisitions, etc. |
| Good keyword search Good orgaization charts Good people functional roles list with email links |
| search feature for certain functions; index of topics; organization chart of staff and functions |
| 1)better layout (presently it is too choppy, too may lists to consult), 2) use some color in design, 3) fill the screen with the page |
| Currently, the main staff telephone number is listed under "About the CDL", and then under "Links" ("Staff"). It would be helpful to have this info displayed on the main page without having to navigate further. |
| sometimes I have trouble finding the information I am looking for. For example, the subject liaisons to JSC and the list of bibliographer groups is similar and should be linked somehow. I always have trouble finding these. the search engine is not always that helpful. |
| adding a search capability to the site would really help. |
| Simplify the navigation of the site. Often it's hard to find the info. you're looking for. |
| I always have difficulty finding information on the site.... If an announcement was made in the newsletter, it's time consuming to find the specific issue, easier to ask someone else... |
| - Make the site less hierarchical or lay out a more complete site on the main page. For example, someone looking for status of MELVYL-t user testing needs to know to look under "Education and Strategic Innovation" then under "Evaluation". And still, I swear I've seen a page that details the user testing process that I can't find anymore. - Organize the site into functional categories rather than administrative units. For example, I assumed the adaptable outreach materials would be under "education" rather than communication. - Have a good search engine |
| review, update and date stamp information on a regular basis. sometimes the information has not been updated in a while and it's hard to tell if that is because nothing as changed, or because the web site isn't being maintained. |
| outreach materials in more intuitive spot |
| One-stop navigation for the various CDL committees and working groups (currently they are individually listed under subject headings (e.g., shared collections) |
| 1. uncomplicated pages with lots of open space are easiest to navigate 2. make an easy to access link to Libstaff from CDL homepage 3. keep pages up to date |
| (I don't use the site enough) |
| 1) Alert service for unscheduled downtime; can't think of anything else. |
| Better labeling! It is very difficult to find things on the website. I spend way too much time looking for things over and over again. |
If you never use the CDL Libstaff site, why not?
| don't know much about it |
| basically I don't really know what's there |
| Did not know of its existence |
| Usually the information I need is elsewhere... |
| Not sure. |
| Maybe a combination of laziness and forgetfullness. :( |
| See #5 - it's too hard to find if you don't use it on a regular basis |
| See #5 - it's too hard to find if you don't use it on a regular basis |
| I didn't know about it, it's impressive though... |
| didn't know it was there. |
| It's not essential to my day-to-day work, so it's easy to forget that it exists until I do need something and then go straight to the main CDL site. |
| I didn't know it existed (even though I use the CDL site quite frequently)! |
| never needed any information/don't work reference. |
| I have never needed to find out anything about CDL. |
| 1. For policies & procedures: I cannot connect the relevance of the CDL Libstaff site to my daily job. 2. For current awareness: My campus tends to assign responsibility to 1 person to monitor CDL information dissemination and forward items of interest to staff to avoid the need for all staff to have to look at the same information. |
| more technical than is necessary for my position and needs. |
| When I've tried to get information from the page in the past I was unable to find it. |
| I don't know what it is |
| Haven't bookmarked it (I have now!) so it's invisible--can't to it from CDL home page |
| I hadn't seen it before. |
| I keep very busy at my normal work, which has not taken me there as yet. |
| no need |
| I did not know it existed. |
| didn't know it was there. is there an obvious link from the home page? |
| It has not occured to me that it would be useful. |
| I can usually find answers to CDL questions from colleagues or listserv messages (e.g., CDL-Info) |
| It's not really on my radar. I have now bookmarked it so I'll be better able to answer this question in 3 months. |
| I get the info from colleagues |
| I didn't know it had anything I'd be interested in. |
| My work in the Gifts & Exchange Division rarely, if ever, requires it. |
| did not know about it |
| Didn't know it existed |
| n/a |
| Didn't know it existed |
"Other" responses:
| UC LLNL |
| LLNL |
| Lawrence Livermore National Lab |
Please share any further comments or suggestions, e.g., opinions on how the CDL Libstaff site could be integrated with your campus library intranet; ideas how CDL can improve the ways it publishes information; workshop ideas; anything else you think we might like to know.
| Workshops for technical services folks on: MARC21 holdings in the Melvyl catalog; resource integration for public service workers; larger instructional forums for staff training |
| I often have trouble finding the information I need because of the way the areas are labelled, some of the headings are less than descriptive of the content. |
| The reason I'm slightly dissatisfied with the site is because it's hard to find stuff. I'm often pretty sure that the info I'm looking for is somewhere on the site (i.e., "hmm, I know I've seen that somewhere") but then I can't put my hands on it. So it's frustrating because the content is so rich but hard to find. The CDL is doing a great job of making information available, it's just hard to find it sometimes. |
| Put the CDLINFO Newsletter in a more accessible or more prominent place. |
| educate, educate, educate... if I could add one extra thing, it would be "raise awareness about what already exists." |
| I used to be able to search for students. Librarians need to be able to find their customer's on-line listings. |
| Maybe each campus could get a page or folder on Libstaff that we could have write access to, which would be indexed by your search engine and where we could put notes like our own Collection Update. It's often hard to tell what individual campuses have licensed by just looking at their Websites and OPACs. |
| We are an off-campus affiliated library. (Richmond Field Station-Forest Products)I would like to see the CDL Libstaff linked to our Intranet. |
| Like any publication, information is constantly going out of date. Appoint someone on the CDL staff with the primary responsibility to look at all information on the site once a week for information that is incorrect or outdated. |
| Again--I would have to have used it to make any cogent comments, and I have not had the time/opportunity to do so. |
| post workshop minutes with title of workshop indexed on the web site; impact of current event on libraries--ie the US Patriot Act; Offer library classes for enrichment purpose; ETC |
| Thank you very much for all your work on the site, and for asking us for input. Keep up the good work & keep us informed. ;-) |
| Thanks for this opportunity to comment. I'd suggest that the entire CDL Directory be reviewed to delete unnecessary text and make it much more user-friendly. Please test it on naive users and get their comments. It would be nice to use this approach as a model for a workshop on how to do usability testing for a library web site. |
| We have been linkint to CDL pages on our intranet during the A&I database transitions. That has been helpful because we can identify the pertinent pages and then point our staff directly to them. |
| More help guides for databases. It would be nice to have a help guide on the database search interface, or give the campus the ability to have a link to a help guide that they've created. Database help is not always helpful. |
| The libstaff site has grown tremendously in its usefulness in the time I've been using it. It's a wonderful starting point to answer lots of my questions and help me instruct others. My suggestions above are to help the new librarian/staff person to navigate the complexity of CDL and campus relationships that are represented on the libstaff page. Thanks for being responsive to our needs. Stefanie Wittenbach |
| thanks for helping us - we want to work with you as a team - it is more difficult across the miles in Calif. |
| How about giving a "introduction to CDL" for new staff? |
| links between the SLP site and the CDL libstaff site, especially showing relationship between shared digital content, escholarship, etc. and the SLASIAC committees, e.g., CMPG |
| CDL staff do a great job and are very helpful. My only complaint about the site is the lack of a decent staff directory. |
| More structure/organized into various sections in non-librarian language. |
| I like receiving the CDL Info newsletter. This is good place to make us aware of new or updated information available on libstaff. For example, that is how I found out about this survey! |
| Encourage campuses to inform staff better about its existence. (granted, I don't read all the email I get - but still it needs to be more obvious) One of the things I would have loved during the transition would have been a list of the pid's so I wouldn't have to find them one at a time to change all the direct links on my web pages. Most of the stuff you have on there's ok, but maybe it needs to be divided up more as to stuff that's useful directly for public services vs. all the committee stuff, which I'd almost never use. |
| A minor pt. (and CDL usually does this)-include dates/rev. dates on all documents and webpages. Does CDL have plans to "archive" past reports/data permanently? I would recommend that very little be deleted - if it was worth posting on the CDL website, it's [usually] worth maintaining permanently in an online archives. The UC Archivists Council/UCAC could advise CDL on what to keep. [can you tell I'm an archivist?] |