CDLINFO LISTSERV, June 12, 2003, Vol. 6, No. 9
CONTENTS
- Melvyl-T Information
- New Services Available: New "Ask-A-Librarian" Links in Ovid and OCLC Databases
- Over 1000 UC Press eScholarship Editions Now Available
- CDL Technical Requirements for Vendors
- For More Information
- CDL News
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- Information about CDLINFO
1. Melvyl-T Information
CDL has created several documents to aid libraries in preparing for the transition to the new version of Melvyl.
a. Melvyl-T Access Changes
A document on Melvyl Transition Information on Access to Melvyl-T has been sent to the campuses via Users Council. It details access methods that will change when legacy Melvyl retires, causing libraries to update the URLs on web sites that link to Melvyl. For example, subject-related pages, course pages, etc. may need to be updated.
As you plan to revise links into Melvyl, consider this an opportunity to re-think how the campus refers to and links to the CDL. Some campus sites, for example, refer to "CDL/Melvyl"; others include a prominent link into the CDL web site. The CDL encourages you to refer explicitly and link directly into the particular CDL services (e.g., "Melvyl Catalog", "eScholarship Repositories", "Searchlight"), from your campus library site, rather than mention "CDL" or link into the CDL web site. In the coming weeks, the CDL will issue linking guidelines that will address this topic in greater detail.
b. Melvyl-T Service Details
Information on Melvyl-T services such as linking, Request, Updates, etc. can be found at http://www.cdlib.org/news/servicedetails.html#melvyl .
c. Legacy Melvyl and Melvyl-T Content Compared
A chart ( http://www.cdlib.org/news/content.html ) comparing the content of the Legacy Melvyl/Periodicals Titles databases and Melvyl-T, which also links to Background Information: Content Contributors to Melvyl-T ( http://www.cdlib.org/news/contentbg.html ) is available.
2. New Services Available: New "Ask-A-Librarian" Links in Ovid and OCLC Databases
The Ask a Librarian feature will be activated on June 17 in the Ovid databases (BIOSIS Previews, Ei Compendex*Plus, Current Contents, INSPEC, MLA International Bibliography) for all campuses except UC Berkeley.
This feature will also be implemented in OCLC FirstSearch some time after the FirstSearch user interface redesign, scheduled for July 13, again, for all campuses except UC Berkeley.
3. Over 1000 UC Press eScholarship Editions Now Available
The collection of UC Press eScholarship Editions ( http://escholarship.cdlib.org/ucpress/ ) available to the UC community continues to grow. Over 1000 titles are now available; an additional 500 titles will be published by the end of the calendar year. About 400 of the books are available to the public. Titles just released include Athenian Democracy in Transition, Early Daoist Scriptures, and Workin' Man Blues: Country Music in California.
The titles, which are served in XML, are fully searchable. All titles are listed in Melvyl within two weeks of release. A group of approximately 100 books is made available every 6 weeks. A complete schedule of releases can be found at http://escholarship.cdlib.org/ucpress/schedule.html; lists of forthcoming UC Press eScholarship Editions books are at http://escholarship.cdlib.org/ucpress/upcoming.html. Linking assistance (http://escholarship.cdlib.org/ucpress/linking.html) includes a MARC download of all available public titles for inclusion in the OPACs of non-UC institutions.
The UC Press eScholarship Editions are the result of a partnership between University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program ( http://escholarship.cdlib.org/ ).
4. CDL Technical Requirements for Vendors
The CDL has made available two documents: "California Digital Library Technical Requirements for Database Vendors" and "California Digital Library Technical Requirements for E-Journal Vendors" on our Information for Content Providers web page.
These documents explain our technical requirements for the delivery of licensed materials, including our standards for access and services, the major technical issues of our decision-making process, and offer vendors insight into our preferred solutions, why they're important to UC, and what the implications are for prospective vendors.
The databases document was originally created as part of the A&I Transition project. We have recently created a document for e-journal vendors. These documents are now available on the CDL Content Provider Information Resource Page in the technical requirements section ( http://www.cdlib.org/about/publisher_info_pub/ ).
5. For More Information
a. CDL News
Several items of interest, including "Milestones," "Progress Reports," "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 "What's New" 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.Eligible subscribers: UC library employees
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