CDLINFO Newsletter, July 13, 2006, Vol. 9, No. 11

CONTENTS

1. Calisphere Web Site Launched
2. 7train METS Generation Tool Released
3. New Resources Available
   1. ATLA Religion Database, Index Islamicus, Philosopher's Index
   2. Bentham Science Journals
4. For More Information
   1. News and Publications
   2. Contacts for Questions or Problems
   3. About CDLINFO

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1. Calisphere Web Site Launched

Calisphere is now available at: http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu.

Calisphere is a free public gateway to thousands of digitized primary sources - including photographs, documents, newspaper clippings, works of art - from UC museums and libraries and other cultural heritage institutions across California. The site is a significant redesign of the CaliforniaDigitalLibrary.org web site (for background information, see the CDLINFO February 13, 2006 article at: http://www.cdlib.org/inside/news/cdlinfo/cdlinfo022306.html#3, and has a special emphasis on serving California teachers and librarians.

Overview of Calisphere's features

Themed Collections are primary source sets created specifically to help educators easily find images aligned with the California State Board of Education Content Standards. Currently, the Themed Collections include 30 topics organized into six historical eras, from the Gold Rush to the 1970s.

California Cultures organizes Calisphere's images into subsets related to four historically undocumented ethnic groups (African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans). This organization gives educators another route to access compelling images that illustrate California's diversity. Also included are teacher-created lesson plans, offering complete units or inspiration for educators. California Cultures was created by 13 University of California repositories in response to H.R. 1905, which made funds available to digitize archival materials relating to the ethnic groups of California.

Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives, a separate web site accessible through Calisphere, includes more than 10,000 governmental and personal resources that illustrate the story of Japanese-American internment during World War II.

Browse A-Z is a search option tied to selected key terms in California's History-Social Science Content Standards. It allows educators to find even more primary source sets on specific topics for classroom use.

UC Web Sites on Calisphere

In addition to these features, more than 300 UC web sites created or maintained by UC libraries, museums, academic departments, and research units are easily accessible through Calisphere. These sites cover a wide range of topics and provide thousands of additional primary sources and other resources for educators and students.

The web sites in the original public site were selected and cataloged by the Librarians Internet Index (lii.org) based on criteria that the CDL provided. We are working again with LII to find new sites.

Go to the UC web sites home page to view, by campus, the sites that are currently in Calisphere: http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/ucsites.html.

If you would like to suggest additional sites of interest, please send an email to LII at: cdlreccs@lii.org.

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2. 7train METS Generation Tool Released

The California Digital Library (CDL) is pleased to announce the release of "7train", an XSLT 2.0-based tool for generating Metadata and Encoding Transmission Standard (METS) files from standardized XML inputs. Version 1 of the open-source, platform-independent tool is available via Sourceforge at http://seventrain.sourceforge.net.

7train was designed to transform XML documents into METS files conforming to a specific METS profile. This initial implementation was designed with the goal of transforming exports from the CONTENTdm digital asset management tool (Version 4.0 and higher) into the CDL 7train METS profile, available at http://www.loc.gov/mets/profiles/00000010.xml, which is suitable for inclusion in CDL repositories. However, the tool can be customized to produce METS files from any kind of standardized XML document (e.g, OAI records).

The tool was developed through the CDL's work in the "California Local History Digital Resources Project", a multi-year LSTA grant-funded project that explores a model to aggregate, preserve, and provide permanent public access to digitized local history content via a statewide online access point.

The CDL invites METS implementors and CONTENTdm users to utilize and comment on the toolkit. The Sourceforge web page contains contact information for feedback.

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3. New Resources Available

a. ATLA Religion Database, Index Islamicus, Philosopher's Index

By Jan Carter, UC Berkeley

The CDL is pleased to announce access to three new databases in philosophy and religious studies available from CSA.

The ATLA (American Theological Library Association) Religion Database indexes journal articles, book reviews and collections of essays in all scholarly fields of religious studies. All of the major faiths are represented including a wide selection of Christian traditions (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical, and Pentecostal), Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism and Confucianism. Subject coverage is broad, making this a useful resource not only for those interested in religious studies but also for those doing historical, cultural, and area studies research. Over 600 journals are currently indexed. Coverage extends back to 1949. The database is updated quarterly.

Index Islamicus is an extensive bibliography of materials written in European languages on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Included are works about the Middle East, the Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, and Muslim minorities elsewhere. Subject coverage ranges broadly over the history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages and literatures of the Muslim world. Journal articles, books, reviews, and essays are indexed. Over 3000 journals are monitored for inclusion. Coverage is 1906-present. The index is updated annually.

The Philosopher's Index offers extensive indexing and author-written abstracts for scholarly research appearing in journal articles, books, book contributions, and reviews in all areas of philosophy, including aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, political and social philosophy, and the philosophy of disciplines such as anthropology, education, history and science. 550 journals from more than 40 countries are indexed. Coverage begins with 1940. The database is updated quarterly.

b. Bentham Science Journals

By Mary Ann Mahoney, UC Berkeley

Six UC campuses (UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCSD, and UCSF) recently signed a Tier 2 license for online access to eight journals published by Bentham Science:

• Current Organic Chemistry (Volume 10, Issues 1-18, 2006-)
• Current Medicinal Chemistry (Volume 13, Issues 1 - 30, 2006-)
• Current Pharmaceutical Design (Volume 12, Issues 1-36, 2006-)
• Current Protein and Peptide Science (Volume 7, Issues 1-6, 2006-)
• Current Molecular Medicine (Volume 6, Issues 1-8, 2006-)
• Drug Targets CNS & Neurological Disorders: (Volume 5, Issues 1-6, 2006-)
• Current HIV Research (Volume 4, Issues 1-4, 2006-)
• Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening (Volume 9, Issues 1-10, 2006-)

More information about Bentham is at http://www.bentham.org/. UCB’s Mary Ann Mahoney led the negotiation process for this Tier 2 license.

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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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