CDLINFO Newsletter, February 24, 2005 Vol. 8, No. 4
CONTENTS
- eScholarship Repository: One Million Downloads Reached; Postprints Service Launched
- New Resources Available
- ASM Handbooks Online
- Vendor Interface Changes
- H. W. Wilson Upgrades the Interface and Improves Features
- UC Libraries Digital Preservation Repository Pilot Released
- Counting California: New Datasets
- New Web Page: "Information Literacy: What the UC Libraries Are Doing"
- For More Information
- News and Publications
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- About CDLINFO
1. eScholarship Repository: One Million Downloads Reached; Postprints Service Launched
The eScholarship Repository has reached one million full-text downloads, a remarkable achievement given the repository's short life.
On Wednesday, the eScholarship program announced the launch of its new eScholarship Repository postprints service, which provides scholars with another option for regaining control of their scholarship and maximizing its availability and influence. See the press release at http://www.cdlib.org/news/press_releases/postprints_final_20050223.doc.
The postprints feature allows UC faculty who have retained the appropriate copyrights or who obtain permission from their publishers to easily deposit previously published articles into a publicly accessible online repository.
The postprints are fully searchable, available free of charge, and are persistently maintained in a centrally managed database. UC faculty interested in joining the eScholarship Repository and depositing papers via the new postprints service can find more information on the eScholarship Repository web site at http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/about.html.
2. New Resources Available
a. ASM Handbooks Online
By Camille Wanat (UC Berkeley), Resource Liaison
The ASM Handbooks Online is a new Tier 2 acquisition negotiated on behalf of six participating campuses: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, and UC San Diego. Access is via IP authentication for the six participating campuses at http://products.asminternational.org/hbk/index.jsp.
The online product contains all the data in the 21 volumes of the ASM Handbook, as well as the two ASM desk editions, the Engineered Materials Handbook and the Metals Handbook. The set is a well-known source of information on metals and materials technology.
Until 1992, the series title was Metals Handbook. Under the new title, ASM Handbook, the coverage has been broadened to include coverage of nonmetallic structural materials including plastics, ceramics, and composites.
The data includes articles, tables, and graphs on materials properties, processes, performance, and selection. Together, these volumes provide an enormous amount of practical information and data about the selection, processing, performance, and analysis of structural materials.
Both browsing and searching are available. Users can browse through the table of contents and drill down to the section level. Searching is always available via a search box in the top right of the screen; an advanced search mode enables users to limit searches for finer retrieval. Search tips are also available at http://products.asminternational.org/hbk/tips.jsp.
Help for the ASM Handbooks Online is available at http://products.asminternational.org/matinfo/help.html#ghbo3. The help button at the top right of every screen will provide help on all the ASM International Online products, not just the ASM Handbooks online.
The system requires the use of either Netscape 6.0 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 or higher.
3. Vendor Interface Changes
Many vendors of CDL-licensed resources have changed or will be changing their interfaces in the near future. (Note that these are not changes in vendors, but simply changes in the interfaces of our current vendors.)
A list of the interface changes from December 2004 through June 2005 can now be found on Inside CDL at http://www.cdlib.org/inside/resources/licensed/interface.html.
The chart indicates the name of the vendor, the type of change, if the change requires campus action, and the target date for the change. When possible, the vendor name links to a vendor-hosted information web page where further details can be found.
Thanks to the Resource Liaisons who informed the CDL of upcoming changes to their resources.
4. H. W. Wilson Upgrades Its Interface and Improves Features
By Susan Moon (Resource Liaison), UC Santa Barbara
The H. W. Wilson Company has released an improved interface with upgrades to a number of features. The first change is in the section where the user chooses the database or databases to be searched. The database selected by the user is shown, but user has the option of clicking on the "Open Database Selection Area" link and selecting additional databases to be searched during the current session.
Another new feature is hit term highlighting. The search term is highlighted wherever it appears, whether it is in the article title, the abstract, or the subject field. This feature will make it easier for users to see where the term is being used in order to better determine if the article is pertinent.
Wilson's presentation of UC-eLinks has changed. Instead of being embedded in the frame, UC-eLinks now opens in a new window. Once the preferred option is selected, the screen has to be closed to get back to the result/search screens. This is similar to how UC-eLinks works in most of our databases.
Collected citations can now be formatted for citation management software (EndNote, ProCite, etc.). Once citations have been selected for addition to such a package, the user selects the "Print Email Export" box, then selects "email" and fills in the address and subject, if desired. Once the types of fields are chosen or the default is picked, then the user clicks "Format for exporting to Bibliographic Software" and any other options. The email is then sent to the user in a field-delimited format.
Lastly, access to the journal directory is now a single click link rather than a two-step process. The user selects a database and can then choose to modify the type of journal sought or simply look at the entire list.
If you have additional suggestions, please email them to me (Susan Moon) at moon@library.ucsb.edu.
CDL note: Susan is the Resource Liaison for Art Fulltext and Art Retrospective. The other RLs with databases on the Wilson platform are Diane Childs for Education Full Text and Library Literature and Ken Firestein for Reader's Guide Retrospective.
5. UC Libraries Digital Preservation Repository Pilot Released
After months of innovative and collaborative work, we are pleased to announce the pilot release of the UC Libraries Digital Preservation Repository (DPR). The DPR is a set of services that support the long-term retention of digital objects for the benefit of the UC libraries, their affiliates (e.g., campus museums), and their users.
Four pilot campuses (UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC San Francisco) began testing the digital preservation repository in January. Conversations about the digital preservation repository with UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Santa Cruz are also underway. When the pilot phase concludes, the DPR will be formally launched for all campuses.
The DPR provides for the controlled, orderly deposit and dissemination of objects between authorized users and reliable, long-term storage. The digital preservation repository is designed to interact with a variety of campus services. More information on the digital preservation repository is available at http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/preservation/dpr/.
6. Counting California: New Datasets
As a result of collaboration with Berkeley's UC data staff, Ilona Einowski and Fred Gey, Counting California now has two new datasets:
- Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [California] Summary Tape File 3
- Census 1980 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
The Census of Population and Housing dataset contains 100 percent counts and unweighted sample counts of persons and housing units. Population items tabulated for each person include demographic data and information on schooling, ethnicity, labor force status, and children, as well as details on occupation and income. Housing items include the size and condition of the housing unit as well as information on value, age, water, sewage, heating, vehicles, and monthly owner costs.
The Census 1980 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) dataset provides data on the workforce by detailed occupational category, cross-classified by race/ethnic origin, occupation by industry, earnings, educational attainment, and by age. It contains two tables. Table 1 (Tab1) is detailed occupation (514 categories) by sex. Table 2 (Tab2) is years of school completed by age and sex. Both of these tables appear for 12 race/ethnic groups.
Search tip: From the advanced search page you can limit your search to particular dataset(s) or choose from the topics pull-down menu to search by assigned subject topic(s).
Coming soon: The 1970 2nd Count contains demographic items tabulated for each person including data on age, race, ethnicity, sex, marital status, family composition, and information on schooling, labor force status, and children, as well as details on occupation and income.
7. New Web Page: "Information Literacy: What the UC Libraries Are Doing"
A new web page, "Information Literacy: What the UC Libraries are Doing" is now available at http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/infolit/.
The purpose of the site is to link to information literacy resources, to provide an overview of information literacy activities on UC campuses, and to link to national, state, disciplinary, and accreditation sites that provide additional context for initiatives on the UC campuses.
The site will be maintained by the UC Heads of Public Services Information Literacy Common Interest Group (HOPS IL CIG).
Please share this announcement with others on your campus who are interested in information literacy.
8. For More Information
a. News and Publications
News and events, press releases, reports and guidelines, and articles published by CDL staff are posted on the CDL web site. Please share news of this resource with your colleagues!
In addition, status information about CDL resources, reports, and working documents of particular interest to library staff are available on the Inside CDL web site.
b. Contacts for Questions or Problems
If you have problems accessing CDL resources or have questions, including questions about the status of electronic journal collections and Internet resources, contact the CDL:- For immediate assistance, call the CDL Helpline at 510-987-0555. Callers with TDD equipment, please call 1-800-735-2929 in California for the telephone relay operator.
- Or, send an email to cdl@www.cdlib.org.
For information about whether your UC campus has access to a particular electronic journal or Internet resource, contact your local collection development officer.
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