CDLINFO LISTSERV, July 25, 2002, Vol.5, No.13
CONTENTS
- CDL Database Transitions
- MLA Via SilverPlatter to Retire
- UC-eLinks in ABI/INFORM Global Via Proquest
- New Resource Available
- Oxford Reference Online
- UC Press NetLibrary Titles Coming
- New Online Archive of California (OAC) Interface
- CSA Re-Load of PsycINFO Database
- Circulation Status Now Available for UCSB
- CDL Shared Cataloging Program in Print
- Library Staff News
- Annita Auyang - New Database Administrator for the CDL
- For More Information
- CDL News
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- Information about CDLINFO
1. CDL Database Transitions
a. MLA Via SilverPlatter to Retire
Rob Melton, Resource Liaison for MLA International Bibliography, has consulted with the UC Literature Bibliographers regarding the retirement of MLA via SilverPlatter. They have advised the CDL to retire the SilverPlatter version at the end of August. We will be making the change on August 29, at which time the Z39.50 CDL hosted version of the database also will retire.
As of August 30, the Ovid (native) version will be the sole interface for the MLA International Bibliography. Please share this information with all staff who will be affected by this change.
b. UC-eLinks in ABI/INFORM Global Via Proquest
ProQuest has informed the CDL that in its upcoming launch of ProQuest version 6.0 scheduled for July 28, 2002, in which several enhancements will be made, ProQuest will also implement UC-eLinks in ABI/INFORM Global.
2. New Resource Available
A list of recently added content is always available at: http://www.cdlib.org/news/whatsnew.html
a. Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online [http://uclibs.org/PID/9817] is a Tier 2 resource licensed by Irvine, Santa Barbara, San Diego and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
The Core Collection, the first database to be available as part of Oxford Reference Online, brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource. It contains over 1.5 million dictionary definitions, facts, figures, people, places, dates, and quotations across 20 broad subjects from the humanities and social sciences to science and medicine.
3. UC Press NetLibrary Titles Coming
On behalf of the UC community, the CDL purchased netLibrary files for almost 1500 University of California Press titles. The books will join other UC Press titles available in XML through the eScholarship program (http://texts.cdlib.org/ucpress/). Titles will be released in stages, beginning with 500 books in October 2002.
All faculty, staff, and students at UC will have access to the titles, with the exception of a few that UC Press is temporarily withholding from the program. Three hundred of the titles, which are out of print, will be available to the general public, along with the 66 titles currently available.
These titles represent about one-third of the UC Press backlist and cover a range of topics in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The URL for each title will appear in Melvyl along with the rest of the cataloging information for that book. All text will be fully searchable.
The release of these electronic titles represents another element of the continuing partnership between the CDL and UC Press.
4. New Online Archive of California (OAC)Interface
On July 15, 2002, a new version of the Online Archive of California (OAC) was released to the public at www.oac.cdlib.org. The Online Archive of California (OAC) describes and provides access to over 6000 collections of primary source materials such as manuscripts, photographs, and works of art held in libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions across California. The OAC and this latest enhancement could not have been accomplished without the hard work of many UC staff serving on the OAC working groups and producing and contributing finding aids. The resource truly is a product of extensive collaboration, back to its origins at Berkeley.
The new OAC homepage simplifies browsing and searching the finding aids of the collections and, in many cases, digital versions of the photographs, manuscripts and other objects themselves. The new interface is based upon software from the University of Michgan's Library's Digital Library eXtension Service (DLXS) for the provision of EAD encoded finding aids.
The OAC has finding aids for collections as diverse as the Japanese American Relocation photograph collection from the University of Southern California and the Keystone-Mast stereoscopic collection from the California Museum of Photography, among the thousands of collections from over 60 libraries, museums, and historical societies.
What's the impact?
Compared to the already widely used interface for OAC, the new presentation
of finding aids features improved searching, better access to finding aids that
have online images, enhanced display options and faster delivery of content
with the DLXS software. For those familiar with the content or with the structure
of finding aids, advanced search functions allow targeting a search to the title
of finding aid, its full-text, including overview notes, or only the specific
descriptions of collection contents. While browsing finding aids or reviewing
search results, icons indicate when digital versions of the source materials
are available. Users will have the ability to limit a search to finding aids
that include online images.
In order to provide time for current OAC users to explore the new interface, the old interface (via Dynaweb) will continue to be available until December 31st, 2002. Since the OAC's 1993 origins as the Berkeley Finding Aid Project (BFAP), a form of the SGML-based publishing system known as Dynaweb has been the software foundation for the OAC finding aids.
Future enhancements
In future releases, the OAC team plans to offer users more direct searching
for the digitized source materials and increase the ability to search across
multiple formats (finding aids, online texts, online images, online multimedia)
at once. These enhancements to the discovery and use of these unique materials
are meant to complement the growth of the OAC itself, with many new collections
being prepared for addition.
The OAC is hosted by the California Digital Library and draws its support from the University of California, the California State Library, and dozens of partner universities, museums, and archives.
5. CSA Re-Load of PsycINFO Database
CSA has just completed reloading the PsycINFO database with new 2002 data from the American Psychological Association (APA). This reload provides several new features and enhancements:
Cited References -- Cited references are now displayed in the References (RE=) field. There are more than 4 million cited references, with most of the individual references displayed in accordance with the APA style manual. This implementation allows users to actively link to any cited reference present in PsycINFO and other records in PsycINFO that also cite the record. Furthermore, any data occurring in the references can be searched using the RE= field tag. A new Number of References (NR=) field precedes the References field, giving a summary count of the references that are displayed.
Consolidated Data -- All PsycINFO files have been consolidated into one complete database within IDS. It is now no longer necessary for users to mark multiple sections in order to search the complete range of years. Increased Coverage - The PsycINFO database now features increased coverage, beginning from 1872 and continuing through to the present. Previous coverage began from 1887.
Additionally, APA has added new records with older publication years from the Harvard Book List, Psychological Index, and other chapter records not previously released. Most of these older records range from 1929 to 1983.
Other changes include:
--Addition of a browsable and therefore searchable Journal Name field, JN=;
--Addition of the Contact Individual (CI=) field that displays the postal address
and e-mail address of the author who is taking inquiries about the article;
--An expanded Author Affiliation (AF=) field that now contains the affiliation
information of most of the authors indexed (previously, this field only contained
the affiliation information of the first author)
--A new Information Provider (IP=) field containing the web address of the publication
where the record appeared, but not necessarily the full text of the record;
--Reformatted full text linking data, which allows for more successful links
to the full text service providers.
More information about PsycINFO on IDS is available at: http://www.csa.com/csa/factsheets/psycinfo.shtml
(Adapted from: CSA News List)
Lorna Lueck, UCSB (lueck@library.ucsb.edu) is the Resource Liaison for PsycINFO
6. Circulation Status Now Available for UCSB
As of Wednesday, July 24, 2002, the Melvyl Catalog includes the circulation status information for items held by UC Santa Barbara. In the web version of the Melvyl Catalog, you can see the circulation status of a particular item by clicking the (UCSB+circ status) link in your record display, or by selecting "UC Santa Barbara (+circ status)" from the Display Options menu. In the telnet version of the Melvyl Catalog, type D CIRC UCSB to see the circulation status information.
With the implementation of "circ" for UCSB items, the circulation status of 8 of the 10 UC campuses is now available online. After July 24th, only UCLA and UC Merced will not have circulation status available in the Melvyl Catalog.
Circ links for UCLA should be available in the new Melvyl (Melvyl-T) when it becomes a production system in fall 2002.
Please note: circulation links are a critical component of the Request service by allowing for the borrowing of items from other campuses if that item has been checked out locally.
7. CDL Shared Cataloging Program Article
Members of the CDL Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Steering Committee [Pat French (UCD), Lai-Ying Hsiung (UCSC) and Becky Culbertson (UCSD)] have authored a recently published article describing the SCP program. The article describes the formation, ongoing practices and future developments of the SCP Program.
The full citation is: French, Patricia Sheldahl; Culbertson, Rebecca; Hsiung, Lai-Ying. "One for Nine; The Shared Cataloging Program of the California Digital Library." Serials Review, Spring 2002, Volume 28, Issue 1, Pg. 4-12. Available online at: http://uclibs.org/PID/2216
8. Library Staff News
a. Annita Auyang - New Database Administrator for the CD
Annita Auyang joined the CDL on July 1, 2002 to assume responsibilities for database administration, which were last covered by Fathilah Kamaluddin before she left the CDL.
Annita most recently worked for Charles Schwabb, responsible for all aspects of database administration and assisting in that role on software development. She has worked extensively with 3rd party applications, notably PeopleSoft software. She has particular expertise in Oracle but has worked also with IMS, INGRES, and SQL Server.
9. 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.
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