CONTENTS
- Request/PIR News -- Extending to Articles
- Multi-Resource Search Tool
- Elsevier Journals Now Available via the CDL Directory
- Resource Liaisons (update)
- PREMEDLINE is Going Away
- CDL Outreach Tools
- Getting Started Guide for "Profile" Available
- CDL Welcomes Sherell Holcomb
- CDL Milestones
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- Information about the CDLINFO-L Listserv
1. Request/PIR News -- Extending to Articles
A report is available with details on plans for extending the present books-only Request function to include journal articles. The report is being used in discussions with SOPAG, University Librarians, and others about the timing and implementation of the extended service.Extending Request to Articles in CDL-hosted Databases: An Assessment of Issues and Potential Impacts [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/projects/pir/PIRArticleRequest.pdf]
Articles documenting the history of the PIR project can be found at [http:/www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/projects/pir].
2. Multi-Resource Search Tool
Campus librarians and CDL staff met on July 13 to plan the CDL-hosted multi-resource search tool, a function being planned for implementation in January 2000.Attendees were Roy Tennant and Camille Wanat (UCB); Steve Mitchell and Margaret Mooney (UCR); Ann Hubble (UCSC); Marsha Fanshier, Christy Hightower, and Susan Starr (UCSD); and Laine Farley, Sherry Willhite, Lynne Grigsby-Standfill, and Nancy Gusack Crawford (CDL).
The primary purpose of such a tool, as defined in the "Project Plan for Multi-Resource Search Tool, January 2000 Release of the CDL Web Site" [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/system_services/projects/], is to move toward "one-stop shopping" for users. Both inexperienced users and proficient researchers can be overwhelmed or misdirected by the profusion of databases, catalogs, search engines, directories, web pages, and other discovery tools offered via the CDL Directory. An initial method of discovering relevant material across a variety of formats and locations will not only get beginning users off to a coherent start, but will direct accomplished users to the most relevant material without forcing them to conduct a long series of separate but possibly redundant searches.
The original path towards resource integration began with the Melvyl Union Catalog and Periodicals database. The later linking of abstracting and indexing databases to serials holdings and then to full-text of articles were the next steps in the evolution of UC's systemwide library. CDL now offers access directly to electronic journals and OAC finding aids. The multi-resource search tool will permit searches across several resources simultaneously.
The following resources have been identified for Phase I. They are a stable representation of CDL's core electronic resources, and support the technical underpinnings that will enable the search tool. Some of the external abstracting and indexing databases and reference tools will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis to determine their technical adaptability to the multi-resource search tool.
- Melvyl Catalog
- California Periodicals Database
- CDL-hosted abstracting and indexing databases
- External abstracting and indexing databases (including those licensed by individual campuses)
- CDL Directory
- OAC
- Infomine
- Reference tools (Encyclopedia Britannica, Gale Associations Unlimited, CIS, LION, etc.)
Discussions of UCSD's Portal Project using DBA (DataBase Advisor) and of UCSC's and UCB's versions of this software produced lists of design, weighting/sorting, resource, technical, and campus issues that will define the structure and scope of CDL's multi-resource search function. There was agreement that phase one of the new tool should retain the functionality of the latest version of Database Advisor.
Information gathered at this meeting will be shared among all the campuses and with the Tools and Services Working Group. Comments are welcome, and may be directed to Laine Farley or other members of the Digital Library Services group or the project team.
3. Elsevier Journals Now Available via the CDL Directory [http://www.cdlib.org/]
Readers are reminded that the CDL's "Collections Update" document (available at [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/docs/]) is updated regularly with information about resources being negotiated and expected times for availability. Campus Collection Development Officers also have current status information.Online versions of the nearly 900 Elsevier journals for which one or more UC libraries has a print subscription are now available to the entire UC community via that publisher's ScienceDirect service. They are also represented in the CDL's Directory.
Elsevier Science publishes nearly 2 million pages of scientific information in more than 1,000 English-language scientific journals annually and this collection forms the basis of the ScienceDirect offering.
The CDL 3-year agreement with Elsevier includes the ability to exchange print subscriptions for electronic only, and to address quality control issues quickly. Links from CDL-hosted abstracting and indexing databases to the Elsevier full content are expected to be ready in the next few weeks. Adaptable press information announcing the availability of Elsevier content to users will be made available at that time.
For more details consult the "Elsevier" section of the libstaff -- shared collections page under publisher information [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/sharedcoll/protected/publisher_info/].
4. Resource Liaisons (update)
Resource Liaisons met Monday, July 26 in Oakland to discuss their charge. Liaisons will 1) monitor technical and content performance; 2) identify enhancements that producers might make; 3) coordinate input on their respective databases from colleagues; 4) review online and vendor-provided educational material and recommend CDL educational activities for the databases; 5) communicate enhancement requests and performance failure reports to producers under the auspices of the CDL and make quarterly reports to User Services Analyst Sherry Willhite (Digital Library Services, CDL); and 6) review and compile use and other performance data. Among the many related topics addressed, the liaisons talked about the kind of use data they would like to collect from database vendors and how such data would be useful for activities such as license renewals and collection decisions, and identifying instructional issues. Notice of the Resource Liaison program and initial appointments appeared in the July 13, 1999 issue of CDLINFO [http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlinfo/cdlinfo071399.html].Below is the current list of Resource Liaisons and the databases for which they will be responsible. Please join us in welcoming them to this important program, and thanking them in advance for their collaborative work.
Electronic journal packages:
Academic IDEAL Julia Gelfand, UCI
ACM Digital Library Fred Yuengling, UCSC
American Chemical Society Mary Ann Mahoney, UCB
American Physical Society (via AIP) Kathryn Kjaer UCI
Company of Biologists Barbara Schader, UCLA
Elsevier Karl Kocher, UCD
Highwire titles Julia Kochi, UCSF
IEEE/IEE (soon via IHS) Camille Wanat, UCB
JSTOR Sylvia Curtis, UCSB
Kluwer Julia Gelfand, UCI
Project MUSE Jim Spohrer, UCB
SIAM Deborah Kegel, UCSD
Wiley Christina Campbell, UCB
Databases, reference tools, etc.:
ABC/CLIO Ellen Broidy, UCI
Academic Universe (aka Lexis-Nexis, CIS) Linda Kennedy, UCD
AGRICOLA (COS) Steve Mitchell, UCR
Bibliography of Asian Studies Catherine Lee, UCLA
CIAO: Columbia Int'l Affairs Online Beth Sibley, UCB
COMPENDEX (EI, via Silver Platter) Michele Potter, UCR
Congressional Universe (CIS) Sherry Dedecker, UCSB
Encyclopedia Britannica Dawn Anderson, UCI
ERIC (Cambridge, Stanford, OCLC) Christina Woo, UCI
Ethnic NewsWatch Dan Tsang, UCI
Gale Associations Unlimited Sharon Baker, UCD
HarpWeek Ellen Broidy, UCI
ITER: Gateway to the Renaissance Kati Radics, UCB
LION (Chadwyck-Healey) Nancy Kushigian, UCD
MathSciNet (AMS) Ann Jensen, UCB
NLM databases (PubMed, etc.) Janice Contini, UCLA
PCI (Chadwyck-Healey) Myrtis Cochran UCB
Soc Abs (Cambridge) Sally Weimer UCSB
STAT-USA (Dept. of Commerce) Elizabeth Cowell, UCSD
Web of Science (ISI) Beth Weil, UCB
OCLC and RLG resources
One Resource Liaison for each grouping, except as noted:
*Art Resources
-Art Abstracting and Indexing resources Lorelei Tanji, UCI
-RLG - Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals
-RLG - Bibliography of the History of Art
-RLG - SCIPIO
-OCLC - ArtAbstracts
*Architecture
-RLG - Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Elizabeth Byrne, UCB
*Catalogs
-RLG - SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs Lyn Korenic, UCSB
*Music Judy Tsou, UCB
-OCLC - RILM Abstracts of Music Literature.
*General Article indexes and catalogs Judy Lee, UCR
-OCLC - Article1st.
-OCLC - Contents1st.
-OCLC - WorldCat.
-OCLC - OCLC Union Lists of Periodicals.
-OCLC - PapersFirst.
-OCLC - ProceedingsFirst
-RLG - Inside Information *Plus*
-RLG - RLIN Bibliographic File.
-RLG - Blackwell's Table of Contents.
-RLG - Russian Acad. of Sciences Bibliographies Alan Urbanic, UCB
*Social Sciences & government Carol Womack, UCI
-OCLC - PAIS Intl.
-OCLC - GPO U.S. government publications.
-RLG - Chicano Database
-RLG - History of Science and Technology
-RLG - Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
-RLG - Anthropological Literature Suzanne Calpestri, UCB
* Humanities John Bloomberg-Rissman, UCR
-RLG - English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)
-RLG - FRANCIS (International humanities & social sciences)
-RLG - Hand Press Book file
*Reference Sharon Baker, UCD
-OCLC - R. R. Bowker's Books In Print.
* Pending assignment
-OCLC - MLA
5. PREMEDLINE is Going Away
The National Library of Medicine will discontinue its Z39.50 server to the MEDLINE data (back to 1966) and the PREMEDLINE data effective December 13, 1999. MEDLINE/HealthSTAR is offered to UC users as a CDL-hosted database and will not be affected by this change. PREMEDLINE, however, will be discontinued.NLM provides free Web access to all its databases and users have been encouraged to transition to the Web for more than a year. PubMed, Internet Grateful Med, LOCATORplus, and TOXNET on the Web provide free access using state-of-the-art search engines [http://www.nlm.nih.gov]. Please direct questions to NLM Customer Service at: custserv@nlm.nih.gov.
Users will also note that Pubmed is listed in the CDL Directory.
6. CDL Outreach Tools
Two new outreach tools are available that will be useful to describe the CDL, its collections and services, and its relationship to local campuses as a co-library. Acting on discussion in many different venues, including the Spring DL Strategies Forums, the Education Working Group, the Heads of Public Services, the Systemwide Operations and Planning Advisory Group, and among the CDL evaluation liaisons, CDL is making available 1) a set of adaptable electronic materials (via a Web page) and 2) print materials -- a poster and campus-customized bookmarks.Adaptable Electronic Materials
A new page has been added to the CDL Libstaff site -- Adaptable Outreach Materials. It is available in the Communications and Publications page of the Libstaff section of the CDL or can be reached directly at [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/comm/outreach/].
The site contains CDL materials that can be adapted and incorporated into locally produced resources such as instructional items, brochures, signage, etc. The types of materials include an RTF version of the CDL brochure and screen captures of the main CDL pages and sequences of screen shots that capture use of features such as Request, Profile, and Update. Many instructional librarians and others have expressed an interest in having these types of materials readily available.
CDL Posters and Bookmarks
CDL has received many requests, both within and outside of UC, for visual materials to help explain the CDL and establish its identity as a partner. The posters and bookmarks follow the CDL brochure as a response to these requests. They list the primary CDL resources and provide contact information. The posters are designed so that they can be used as a tool to explain how the CDL relates to local resources. There is room at the left or right edges to mount an 8 1/2" by 11" page with local news or information about new resources. On the Adaptable Outreach Materials Web site, there is one example of a page that could be put on the poster. Each campus will be receiving posters and bookmarks in the next few weeks.
If you have questions/comments about the web page or the posters and bookmarks, please contact Rosalie Lack at Rosalie.Lack@ucop.edu.
7. Getting Started Guide for "Profile" Available
A new overview of the "Profile" service for CDL-hosted databases is now available in the "Guides" section of the CDL web [http://www.cdlib.org/guides/]. The guide includes step-by-step instructions and screen shots for Profile. As with similar "Getting Started" guides for Request and Update, this guide is separate from, and meant to complement the detailed instructions available when using or setting-up those services.8. CDL Welcomes Sherell Holcomb
Sherell Holcomb reports to Joan Gargano, Director, CDL-Technologies. She assists in the creation of project plans and reports and participates in the weekly review of project planning and management reports. She assists Joan with the creation of operational schedules and report formats and tracks and follows up on operational schedules. Sherell prepares and disseminates documents with California Digital Library workgroups and advisory bodies. She reviews budget and expense reports and assists in the preparation of budget reports. Sherell is the point of contact for the California Digital Library Technologies organization, and we warmly welcome her to CDL.9. CDL Milestones
CDL Milestones are now posted on the CDL informational web site10. 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/ 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.
11. Information about the CDLINFO-L Listserv
The CDLINFO-L Listserv is designed for UC library employees as a first step in CDL efforts to build an active communications program to inform the UC community about progress in creation 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 Listserv to faculty, staff, and students on their campuses, as appropriate. Other descriptive information about the CDL is available at the www.cdlib.org web site.
Eligible subscribers: UC library employees
To subscribe: Please send the following line to listserv@listserv.ucop.edu: SUBSCRIBE CDLINFO-L (your name)
Frequency of publication: Biweekly, or as new information warrants.
Communicating with the Listserv: While the CDL Listserv does not accept submissions, subscribers are encouraged to send suggestions, thoughts, and comments on material in the Listserv or on related issues to the CDL at cdl@ucop.edu.