CDLINFO LISTSERV, July 24, 2003, Vol.6, No.12
CONTENTS
- Melvyl Transition
- Melvyl Retiring
- CSL Records in Melvyl-T
- Library Staff News
- Mary Engle Retiring
- For More Information
- CDL News
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- Information about CDLINFO
1. Melvyl Transition
a. Melvyl Retiring
This will be our last issue of CDLINFO before legacy Melvyl retires on August 1, 2003. As of that date, Melvyl-T will become the union catalog of the University of California libraries. If users go to the current URLs for legacy Melvyl, they will be redirected to the new URL.The URL that should be used for bookmarking and linking is: http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file_file_name=find-b; a shorter URL that re-directs to the longer one that can also be used is: http://melvyl.cdlib.org
The benefit of using the longer URL is that it allows users to be taken directly to Melvyl rather than being re-directed and allows the browser back button to function correctly.
Telnet legacy Melvyl users will be sent to the new address for Melvyl: telnet://melvyl.cdlib.org
The T will be removed from Melvyl-T, as it formally becomes the new union catalog.
Welcome Melvyl-T, farewell, Melvyl!
b. CSL Records in Melvyl-T
The CDL now anticipates that California State Library (CSL) records will not be completely loaded into Melvyl-T until early 2004. We will notify Melvyl users when they are completely loaded.
In the interim period, a link to the CSL library catalog (http://www.lib.state.ca.us/) is available by clicking the Other Catalogs link at the top right corner of the Melvyl screen.
Please share this information with library staff and other users, particularly users of government documents and information.
2. Library Staff News
a. Mary Engle Retiring
Mary Engle has announced her intention to retire as of September 1, 2003, after 24 years working on UC systemwide library automation projects at the Office of the President. Hired by the Division of Library Automation (DLA) in 1979 after completing her MLS at Berkeley, Mary filled a number of roles in her UC career. She managed the internal systems documentation group, staffed the Computer Files Committee (a joint committee of the Collection Development Cte and Heads of Public Services), served as editor and photographer for the DLA Bulletin, and worked for over a decade on special projects for DLA Director Clifford Lynch. She was a major contributor to the NISO Z39.80 standard on bibliographic downloading formats as chair of the NISO Z39.80 Committee, and advised the UC community on downloading from Melvyl databases through the DLA Bulletin and other forums.
In the 90s, Mary did the lion's share of work for the Computer Files Committee--researching content and negotiating with database producers before they knew how to sell data files to libraries. She was well known by vendors and UC librarians for these skills long before there was a CDL or any library consortium. As a result, Shared Content had an instant, experienced staff when the CDL was formed in 1998. More recently, she negotiated favorable terms for all of the A&I databases recently transitioned to other platforms. Since moving to southern California last fall, Mary continued on a part-time basis in her primary role until a recruitment was complete, graciously oriented and introduced her successor, and completed several projects for Shared Content.
We will have an opportunity to wish her well in early September.
4. 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
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