CONTENTS
- Web Site for Best Practices Workshop
- Reminder: July 19 Release Information
- Co-Library Staff
- Roy Tennant Joins CDL
- California Counts
- Departures
- For More Information
- CDL News
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- Information about CDLINFO
1. Web Site for Best Practices Workshop
As mentioned in CDLINFO previously, the UC Libraries Heads of Public Service (HOPS) and the Education Working Group of the CDL (EWG) are hosting a one-day workshop on instruction and reference for digital resources. The workshop is designed to collaborate and share methods, tools, and materials for instruction and reference for digital resources in the UC context, and to discuss and develop sustainable, continuing mechanisms for UC collaboration in instruction and reference for digital resources. HOPS members at each campus are coordinating attendance. The agenda for the workshop, which is being hosted by the CDL, is online at: http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/education/ewg/.2. Reminder: July 19 Release Information
This is a reminder that the tests and mockups for the CDL July 19 Release are available at http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/july2000/.The following tests will be announced this week:
- Test versions of links to books and other monographs from BIOSIS, INSPEC and PsycINFO
- Links to Digital Dissertations
- Changes to Online Access and Print Access displays
We encourage all library staff to test and comment on the proposed changes. The last day for comments is June 15. Please send your comments or suggestions to cdl@www.cdlib.org.
3. Co-Library Staff
a. Roy Tennant Joins CDL
Roy Tennant, who has been working on a part-time basis for the CDL's eScholarship initiatives, will join us full time beginning June 1, 2000. As the Manager - eScholarship Web and Services Design, Roy will lead the efforts to design the web site and specify services for the e-print repositories, online publications, and other innovations in scholarly communication for disciplinary communities that eScholarship will serve. Roy comes to the CDL with an extensive record and reputation for service to the digital library community and a stellar career at the UC Berkeley Library. Roy's accomplishments include managing the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE, founding the Web4Lib and DigLibns electronic discussions, and creating the popular "Current Cites" publication in 1990. He has been a CDL collaborator from the beginning, serving on the Tools and Services Working Group. Please join us in welcoming Roy to his new CDL position, which is fortunately both physically and organizationally close to his former one at Berkeley.Learn more about the Scholarly Communication Initiatives at: http://escholarship.cdlib.org/
b. California Counts
Fred Gey from UC Data (UCB) has joined the California Counts team. The California Counts project - see CDLINFO vol 3 no 6 (http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlinfo/cdlinfo051600.html) - is pleased to be able to draw upon his extensive expertise in converting social science data sets for online use. For more information on California Counts see: http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/gii/CDP/.c. Departures
CDL Technologies will miss the expertise and extraordinary good will and energy of Lynne Grigsby-Standfill and Sal Gurnani, both of whom have left in May for programming positions in the private sector. Lynne contributed to and witnessed an amazing range of UC-wide library development during her 19 years of service to UCOP. During his three years Sal brought focus for the CDL in several important areas, including security and authentication issues. We wish them success and happiness in their new endeavors.4. For More Information
a. CDL News
Several items of interest, including "Milestones," "Highlights 1997-1998," "What's New," and previous issues of CDLINFO are posted on the CDL web site (http://www.cdlib.org/) under News and Developments. Please share news of this resource with your colleagues!Remember also that reports, working documents, and status information of particular interest to library staff, are all available at http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/.
b. Contacts for Questions or Problems
If you have problems accessing or using the 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 the CDL Helpline at (510) 987-0555. Callers with TDD equipment, please call 1-800-735-2929 in California for the telephone relay operator.
- Send an e-mail message to cdl@www.cdlib.org.
- Click on "News" at http://www.dbs.cdlib.org/ (also known as http://www.melvyl.ucop.edu) for information about system outages, problems with particular databases, the status of a resource, etc.
For information about whether your UC campus has access to a particular electronic journal or Internet resource, contact your local collection development officer.
c. Information about CDLINFO
CDLINFO is designed to inform UC Librarians, and the UC community, about the progress of the CDL, policy issues under discussion, and newly available electronic resources. We hope that subscribers from the UC libraries will pass on selected information from the newsletter to faculty, staff, and students on their campuses, as appropriate. More complete information about the CDL, as well as the Directory of Collections and Services which leads to digital resources, is available at the CDL website at http://www.cdlib.org.
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CDLINFO is also published on the web at http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlinfo/
Frequency of publication: Biweekly, or as new information warrants.
Communicating with the Listserv: While the CDL Listserv does not accept submissions, subscribers are encouraged to send suggestions, thoughts, and comments on material in the Listserv or on related issues to the CDL at cdl@www.cdlib.org.