CONTENTS
- New Resource Available
- Wilson Art Fulltext
- New BIOSIS Previews URL; bookmark that PID!
- New Resource Liaisons Appointed
- Library Staff News
- Mary Engle's Retirement Party
- For More Information
- CDL News
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- Information about CDLINFO
1. New Resource Available
a. Wilson Art Fulltext
Wilson Art Fulltext (http://uclibs.org/PID/33002), is an upgrade to Art Index, a systemwide centrally-funded database (SCAP fund).
Art Fulltext was a high priority for UC art selectors. CDL wishes to thank Susan Malkoff Moon of the Arts Library at UCSB for her valuable time and insights during the evaluation period.
Art Fulltext offers full text of 111 publications back to 1997 plus abstracts and indexing of an international array of 378 peer-selected publications back to 1984, now with expanded coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. Features include: subject thesaurus, indexing of art reproductions, and links to websites. The list of titles can be found at http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artindex.htm. However, as an aggregator, Wilson does not have perpetual rights for the material.
Art Fulltext recently added an additional 51 journals that significantly broaden its coverage. Emerging areas of art research are also expanded, including non-western art, contemporary art, feminist art criticism, crafts, costume, and textiles. Traditional areas of art research--archaeology, architecture, and art history--will receive broader coverage through the addition of these important new titles.
2. New BIOSIS Previews URL; bookmark that PID!
Beth Weil, the BIOSIS Previews Resource Liaison, recently uncovered a problem with access to Ovid's BIOSIS Previews database.
In reviewing the statistics from Ovid for this database, it became clear that all UC campuses have a significant number of sessions going to the wrong Biosis file. Back in January 2003 it was necessary to switch from a URL which included "bioz" as part of the URL construction to one with "b3oz" included in order to access the 2003 data. At that time CDL created a PID with the correct URL for the Ovid 'jumpstart' to this database. It now appears that all UC campuses still have sessions that use the previous URL and consequently these end-users aren't seeing any data beyond 2002.
In May 2003, UCB had 193 sessions, UCD 346, UCSB 136, UCSC 121, UCSD 85, UCLA 128, UCSF 254, UCI 1007, UCR 167 using the previous URL rather than the new one, which includes the current data. Since all of the CDL and campus library web sites use the PID ("Persistent ID" for the new URL), the most likely answer for this high number of sessions is that end-users have bookmarked our earlier jumpstarts (URLs). For most campuses the number of sessions using the incorrect URL are slowly decreasing.
Correct PID: http://uclibs.org/PID/10348 (actual URL: http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&PAGE=main&NEWS=n&DBC=y&D=biopcdl --in case you need it for troubleshooting purposes)
This would be a good time to review all of your campus' BIOSIS Previews links to make sure that they are using the PID mentioned above. For those who bookmark web sites, the best solution is to bookmark the PID; this will prevent any future version issues--if/when there are changes, the PID will be updated automatically to go to the new version.
Below are instructions on how to bookmark a PID:
PC Users: Internet Explorer:
1. Open BIOIS using the PID
2. Click on Favorites (to display bookmarks)
3. Right-click on the bookmark and choose "Properties"
4. Under the "Web Document" tab, change the URL to the PID in the URL box
5. Click OK
PC Users: Netscape 7:
1. Open BIOIS using the PID
2. Under Bookmarks, choose "Manage bookmarks"
3. Right-click on the bookmark and choose "Properties"
4. Under the "Info" tab, change the URL to the PID in the Location box
5. Click OK
MAC Users: Internet Explorer:
1. Open BIOIS using the PID
2. Select Windows / Favorites (to display bookmarks)
3. Select bookmark
4. Click and hold mouse until menu displays
5. Select "Edit Address", then change the URL to the PID
6. Click Enter
MAC Users: Netscape 7
1. Open BIOIS using the PID
2. Under Bookmarks, choose "Manage bookmarks"
3. Highlight the bookmark and click the "Properties" button
4. Change the URL to the PID
5. click OK
Special thank you to Renee Chin in UCSD Acquisitions department for providing information on bookmarking PIDs.
3. New Resource Liaisons Appointed
CDL is pleased to announce the appointment of the following new Resource Liaisons:
Paul Machlis, UCSC -- RISM (International Inventory of Musical Sources)
Sheila O'Hare, UCSC -- Early American Imprints (Evans Digital Edition)
Jenny Reiswig, UCSD -- Blackwell Science Journals
Jim Ronningen, UCB -- EconLit
CDL Resource Liaisons continue to be essential to our success in ensuring that our licensed resources meet the highest standards for quality. Please welcome the new Resource Liaisons.
4. Library Staff News
a. Mary Engle's Retirement Party
As reported in a previous CDLINFO issue (http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlinfo/cdlinfo072403.html#2) after over 24 years working on UC systemwide library automation, Mary Engle is retiring.
Mary's retirement party will be held Friday, September 12th, 3 PM in downtown Oakland. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Juanita Jones at 510.987.0425.
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 "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
CDLINFO is designed to inform UC Librarians, and the UC community, about the progress 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 newsletter to faculty, staff, and students on their campuses, as appropriate. More complete information about the CDL, as well as the Directory of Collections and Services which leads to digital resources, is available at the CDL website at http://www.cdlib.org.Eligible subscribers: UC library employees
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Frequency of publication: Biweekly, or as new information warrants.
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