CDLINFO LISTSERV, June 13, 2002, Vol.5, No.10
CONTENTS
- CDL Database Transitions
- RLG's Eureka Interface has Changed; UC-eLinks to be Activated on RLG Databases
- UC-eLinks to be Activated on PubMed
- SearchLight Upcoming Changes
- Ovid BIOSIS
- Ei Compendex via Ei Village retiring as of June 27, 2002
- MLA Continues on SilverPlatter
- New Resources Available
- Index of Christian Art (Judith Herschman, UCLA)
- HarpWeek Gilded Age and the Reconstruction Segments
- New OAC Interface
- Library Staff News
- Susan Starr Completes JSC Service
- Lena Shelton Joins the CDL
- Phyllis Baker Joins the CDL
- For More Information
- CDL News
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- Information about CDLINFO
1. CDL Database Transitions
a. RLG's Eureka Interface has Changed; UC-eLinks to be Activated on RLG Databases
As of June 3, the interface to the RLG Eureka databases has changed. According to RLG's publicity, "The new Eureka offers a cleaner, more compatible, more straightforward interface, without changing the underlying searches, displays, or database. Eureka will work in almost any size browser window." Changes have been made to the Home page, searching, browse lists, headings results, record displays, special displays and features. From the Eureka page, click on, "Welcome to the new Eureka! See what's changed…" for detailed information on the changes.Another upcoming change to Eureka will be the activation of UC-eLinks on the
RLG databases beginning in early July. This will enable users to link to the
full electronic text of articles when they're available in the RLG databases;
to link to library catalog holdings; and to link to Request for interlibrary
borrowing, including from RLIN, RCAT. As a reminder, these changes will have
an impact on Anthropological Literature (ANTH), Avery Index to Architectural
Periodicals (ARCH), Bibliography of the History of Art, Chicano Database, English
Short Title Catalog, Francis, History of Science & Technology (HSCI), Index
to 19th Century American Art Periodicals, Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
(FLEG), RLIN Bibliographic File (RCAT), and SCIPIO.
b. UC-eLinks to be Activated on PubMed
After discussion with the campus PubMed liaisons, it has been decided that UC-eLinks will be activated on PubMed beginning June 12.The liaisons recommended that the CDL:
a. Remove CDL titles from LinkOut
b. Add UC-eLinks to Outside Tool to provide links to all CDL ejournals, holdings
in Melvyl/PE, and Request.
c. Campuses will use LinkOut only for the ejournals to which they subscribe.
The CDL and campuses are working on a plan for campuses to add their subscriptions to UC-eLinks. The CDL will provide two more updates of CDL titles to LinkOut, and will turn on UC-eLinks in PubMed's Outside Tool on June 12.
Campus libraries can choose to configure LinkOut:
Option 1: to include CDL plus their own titles
OR
Option 2: to include just their own titles and use Outside Tool to turn on UC-eLinks
UCSF and UCSD have chosen Option 1, which they will stay with until the campuses
can add their subscriptions to UC-eLinks.
c. SearchLight Upcoming Changes
As of early July, SearchLight will search the new vendor versions of the formerly CDL-hosted databases. For a list of the databases involved, check the Detailed Status of the Journal Article Databases Transition Chart, http://www.cdlib.org/news/databasestatus.html.For some databases for which there is now "instant gratification", that is, where the search links users directly to the list of references, users may now have to conduct the search again once they are led to a particular database. An example of a database that does not currently have instant gratification is WorldCat.
d. Ovid BIOSIS
Ovid has completed its reload of BIOSIS, and the BIOSIS Resource Liaison, Beth Weil (UCB) is reviewing the reloaded database. BIOSIS on Ovid should be released to the public within the month. This, then, will be the final database of the transitioning journal article databases to be released in its new vendor interface.e. Ei Compendex via Ei Village retiring as of June 27, 2002
The free access Ei Village version of Ei Compendex*Plus is retiring on June 27. The Ovid version of Ei Compendex*Plus will now be the sole version of this database available to the UC Community. For the time being, some of the older citations will be missing. Ei Page One records (an older set of somewhat less relevant records) are available only via the Ei Village version of Compendex, so these will no longer be accessible. CDL and the Resource Liaison for Ei Compendex*Plus, Michele Potter, will be investigating solutions to this issue.The Ei Village was part of the A&I transition evaluation, the subject specialists strongly recommended the OVID interface despite the additional content in the Ei Village version.
Later this summer, UC-eLinks will be activated in the Ovid version of Ei Compendex*Plus. At that time, users will be able to:
1. Follow links to full-text electronic holdings or our library collections
2. Request materials that are not available electronically or on a campus
3. Search Inspec, Compendex, and Current Contents at the same time
4. Create AutoAlerts of new articles that are saved permanently in a particular
Ovid database and are executed whenever the specified database is updated.
f. MLA Continues on SilverPlatter
It was announced in the March 28, 2002 issue of CDLINFO that the Ovid version of the MLA International Bibliography would have an overlap period with the SilverPlatter version of MLA through June 18, 2002, at which time the MLA Directory of Periodicals via Ovid was expected to be available.Ovid's timeline for incorporating the Directory has slipped again, so we have asked Ovid to continue running the SilverPlatter version of MLA through the end of summer 2002. The Z39.50 CDL-hosted version of MLA will also be running through summary 2002. After that date, the Ovid (native) version will be the sole interface of the MLA International Bibliography.
2. New Resources Available
NOTE: New resources listed below are not yet in the CDL Directory of Collections and Services; they will be added within the next 2 weeks. You can access them directly from the URL provided.
A list of recently added content is always available at: http://www.cdlib.org/news/whatsnew.html
a. Index of Christian Art (Judith Herschman, UCLA)
Sharon Farb, Digital Licensing Librarian (UCLA) and Judith Herschman, Art Librarian (UCLA) representing the UC Art Librarians Group have completed a Tier 2 license for Index of Christian Art [http://uclibs.org/PID/9563]Six campuses are participating: UCB, UCSB, UCSC, UCLA, UCI, UCSD
Index of Christian Art is a database of medieval art with records for over
23,000 works of art dating from early apostolic times to A.D. 1400. It contains
images, iconographic and bibliographic information.
b. HarpWeek Reconstruction and Gilded Age Segments
Building on the contract originally negotiated by the CDL with HarpWeek, the campuses purchased sufficient subscriptions to HarpWeek's Reconstruction for that portion of the HarpWeek database to become a system-wide resource.Once again, a number of UC campuses purchased all segments of the Gilded Age (Segments I-VI), providing the opportunity for the CDL to purchase the final subscription that opens the Gilded Age to all UC campuses. On the recommendation of the Joint Steering Committee, the CDL has licensed all Gilded Age segments [http://uclibs.org/PID/1554].
UC campuses now all have access to all segments of the HarpWeek Database, including:
The Civil War Era: 1857 - 1865
Reconstruction I: 1866 -1871
Reconstruction II: 1872 - 1877
Gilded Age I: 1878 - 1883
Gilded Age II: 1884 - 1889
Gilded Age III: 1890 - 1895
Gilded Age IV: 1896 - 1901
Gilded Age V: 1902 - 1907
Gilded Age VI: 1908 - 1912
The last three segments are currently accessed through the use of Searchable Full-text (coupled with full page images). The Thesaurus-based indexing is being completed at the rate of about one volume ("year") per month, scheduled for completion in 2003.
Access to all segments is available via full-text searching. Full-text searching also allows you to restrict your search to words in particular categories, such as editorials, cartoons, advertising, or illustrations - or to carry out a compound proximity search. Once you have chosen the text in ASCII, it also provides the user an option to see the article in context of the whole page, either in ASCII or as a page image (complete with illustrations, of course).
The Thesaurus-based index search option will provide access to the first six segments of the database, and will continually by updated as the years are completed.
3. New Online Archive of California (OAC) Interface
The Online Archive of California (OAC) Web site has been redesigned. On July 15, 2002, its new interface will be released to the public. During the next month, the UC community will have the opportunity to explore the new web site, gain familiarity with its functionality, and to begin to incorporate it into reference services and training.The CDL would also like to get your feedback on the new interface before its public release. We are interested in ANY and ALL feedback (big picture issues and details).
Please visit the OAC Release Page [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/oac/release2002.html] to access the new version of the OAC.
Timeline
Open for Review to Library Staff: June 13, 2002
Feedback Due: June 30, 2002
General Public Release: July 15, 2002
Background
The Online Archive of California (OAC) is undergoing major improvements. First, a new home page is currently being designed to provide the OAC with its own unique identify. Second, Dynaweb, the software package that first launched OAC when it was known as the UC-EAD project is being retired as the finding aid delivery system and replaced with DLXS (Digital Library eXtension Service) software. In order to provide a smooth transition for users and reference staff, Dynaweb OAC is scheduled to remain online until December 31st, 2002.
Thanks very much for taking the time to visit the new web site and provide
us with feedback.
4. Library Staff News
a. Susan Starr Completes JSC Service
Susan Starr's completion on June 30, 2002, of a three-year term on the CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) marks the end of an era. Susan, currently AUL for Sciences at UCSD, has nurtured the CDL shared digital collections since before there was a CDL. She participated in early negotiations with publishers and campus consultations as staff to the Library Planning and Action Initiative in 1996-97 and was a key architect of the Science, Technology, and Industry Collection (STIC). She led the STIC Committee in an extensive, systematic faculty consultation program and chaired the STIC committee until 1999, when its work was subsumed by the JSC. She has never tired--of investigating, communicating, encouraging--in her dedication to provide the University's faculty and students with the resources they need to do their work.The CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections advises the CDL on shared
content from a systemwide perspective and identifies and manages appropriate
consultative mechanisms for building the shared digital collection (see [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/jsc/].
Continuing members are: Cindy Shelton (UCLA), Lucia Snowhill (SB), Lorelei Tanji
(I), Camille Wanat (B), and Beverlee French (CDL); staff: Mary Engle (CDL) and
Terry Vrable (CDL).
b. Lena Shelton Joins the CDL
Lena Shelton joined the CDL as a Bibliographic Analyst in the Digital Library Services group. Lena will be working primarily on updating the CDL Directory and the SFX database for UC-eLinks along with some other analysis and database maintenance tasks.Lena holds an MLIS from San Jose State University and a BA in Art History from
UCB. She worked with Howard Besser at SIMS on a Mellon project related to visual
arts, and was a Kress Fellow in the Arts Library at Yale. Her other experience
includes a stint as an information architect at 2Bridge Software. Prior to attending
library school, she was the executive assistant for the San Francisco Symphony
where she created databases to keep track of auditions and musicians' availability
for performances.
c. Phyllis Baker Joins the CDL
The CDL is pleased to announce that Phyllis Baker will be joining the CDL on June 24 as Executive Secretary to Dan Greenstein. Phyllis brings to the CDL extensive experience providing high-level executive support within the Office of the President and in the private sector. Phyllis has served as executive secretary to the Executive Director of Laboratory Operations in Laboratory Administration since 1998. In that role, she coordinated Lab Administration's annual review/reporting process and served as liaison to the Secretary of Energy's office. Prior to joining the Office of the President, Phyllis served as Executive Secretary and Administrative Supervisor in the Walnut Creek Office of Grubb & Ellis Commercial Real Estate for eight years.
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 "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
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