CDLINFO Newsletter, June 9, 2005, Vol. 8, No. 11
CONTENTS
- Resource Wranglers
- New Resource Available
- 2004 Database and Revised Ejournal View Statistics Now Available
- For More Information
1. Resource Wranglers
In 2004, the CDL formed a new internal team called the Resource Wranglers to proactively handle issues and tackle problems related to CDL-licensed article databases and ejournals. The team communicates UC's needs to vendors, tracks vendor issues, and follows up on these issues to ensure that they are resolved.
The group meets monthly and is comprised of CDL staff responsible for Resource Liaisons issues; CDL Helpline and user feedback; outreach, instruction, and education; business and licensing issues; linking technology and IP authentication; and database and ejournal issues as reported by the Resource Liaisons.
Some examples of activities include:
- Surveying to determine whether vendors offer campus-level "branding," and to determine preferred "official" campus library names.
- Working with vendors to improve the user interface and functionality of databases.
- A critical review of information presented on the Inside CDL web site, such as sections for Resource Liaisons and Collection Development.
- Creation of guidelines and principles documents such as the User Interface Principles for Vendors
More information about the Resource Wranglers can be found at http://www.cdlib.org/inside/groups/resource-wranglers/index.html
2. New Resource Available
a. Optics Infobase
By Karen Andrews (UC Davis), Resource Liaison
Optics InfoBase, the digital version of the Optical Society of America's publications, is now available to all UC campuses at www.opticsinfobase.org .
Optics InfoBase contains OSA's seven signature journals as well as two co-published titles. The digital archive backfile is included, and is fully searchable by author, title, or keyword. Other features include automatic reference linking between articles, a personal library service, and a tailored alerting service. OSA is also contributing one print copy for the UC Shared Print Archive.
Beginning 2005, Optics InfoBase includes proceedings papers from TOPS, the " Trends in Optics & Photonics series ". OSA's signature journal, JOSA, is digitized from 1917-1940, and soon its successor, " JOSA A," will be available back to 1950. "Applied Optics" has feature issues devoted to optical technology and biomedical optics, information processing, and lasers, photonics and environmental optics. Recent discoveries quickly appear in "Optics Letters," and OSA pioneered a free, all-electronic, peer-reviewed journal, "Optics Express" as another rapid delivery journal. Non-scientists can enjoy "Optics & Photonics News", which covers optics research applications in areas such as art and medicine without the scientific jargon.
3. 2004 Database and Revised Ejournal View Statistics Now Available:
- Database searches by campus: Report for January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2004. Includes consortium-level data for calendar year 2003 as well. [password-protected]
- Ejournal articles viewed by campus: Report for January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2004. Includes consortium-level data for calendar year 2003 as well. Revised. [password-protected]
Available at
http://www.cdlib.org/inside/assess/usage_statistics.html .
If you have any questions, please contact Jacqueline Wilson at jacqueline.wilson@ucop.edu.4. 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.
c. About CDLINFO
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