CONTENTS
- CDL OPAC Request For Proposal Steering Committee
- January 2000 Release Description Available
- New Resources: Company of Biologists; Digital Dissertations
- CDLINFO Released Simultaneously on the Web
- For More Information
- CDL News
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- Information about CDLINFO
1. CDL OPAC Request For Proposal Steering Committee
The CDL Technical Architecture and Standards Workgroup is charged with creating a technical plan and unifying structure for the components of the CDL. One of the tasks of the workgroup is to review legacy CDL systems and to determine how they might be incorporated into the highly distributed environment of the future, in which interoperability between systems will be critical. In support of this work, CDL Technologies initiated two studies, identified by the Coordinated Bibliographic Systems Task Force, to evaluate technologies that are in use at many libraries and may provide opportunities to enhance the functionality of legacy systems.
It has now been recommended, and endorsed by the University Librarians, that the CDL move forward with a Request for Proposal (RFP) process that will build upon this work to create: 1) a more detailed analysis of the functional requirements for the CDL OPAC; and 2) a framework for assessing the ability of vendors to meet those requirements. A CDL OPAC RFP Steering Committee has been created as an advisory group to CDL University Librarian Richard Lucier to develop and coordinate an all-campus review of the RFP. The Steering Committee's charge, which includes background information about work done to date, is available at: http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/technology/projects/unioncat/
The Steering Committee members, chosen by their University Librarian, include:
Cynthia Clark (UCI)
Laine Farley, Chair (CDL)
Cheryl Gomez (UCSC)
Jon Good (UCOP IR&C)
Bernie Hurley (UCB)
Julia Kochi (UCSF)
Catherine Nelson (UCSB)
Terry Ryan (UCLA)
Susan Starr (UCSD)
Juri Stratford (UCD)
John Tanno (UCR)
CDL-T Director (To be named)
Mike Berger, CDL-T Staff Support
Bob Brandriff, CDL-T Staff Support
Karen Clyle, CDL-T Staff Support
2. January 2000 Release Description Available
In preparation for the January 5, 2000 release of the CDL web sites and services, and a November period of review and testing, a brief description of expected enhancements, changes, and new services is now available at: http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/.
The page describes changes to CDL-hosted databases via the web, the CDL Web site, the Directory of collections and services, and the Online Archive of California. Links to test and review versions of the changes will be added as they are available, with a full review period expected in early November.
3. New Resources: Company of Biologists; Digital Dissertations
Company of Biologists journals
Availability of the following electronic journals is the result of negotiations, and a trial access agreement, with the Company of Biologists (COB). Although licensing is still in progress, COB access has been activated for the rest of 1999. The CDL will proceed with licensing and investigating linking from abstracting and indexing databases pending COB's further development of its technical staff. The titles have been added to the CDL Directory.
- Development http://www.biologists.com/Development/
- Journal of Cell Science http://www.biologists.com/JCS/
- Journal of Experimental Biology http://www.biologists.com/JEB/
Digital Dissertations
The Digital Dissertations database provides access to the full-text of all dissertations from University of California campuses since 1998. The first twenty-four pages from all other dissertations is also available. Also included, with more than 1.5 million entries, is the Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI) database, the authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester; those published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. The Dissertation Abstracts and Digital Dissertations databases are produced by the Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company (formerly University Microfilms, UMI).
4. CDLINFO Released Simultaneously on the Web
Starting with this issue CDLINFO will be released simultaneously as a Web document, in addition to its distribution through the CDLINFO-L email listserv. Responding to requests for an immediately available web version (historically the web version has followed email release by 1-2 days) users may now use the URL at the top of the issue to access a web version.5. For More Information
a. CDL News
Several items of interest, including "Milestones," "Highlights 1997-1998," "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 "News" 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.
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CDLINFO is also published on the web at http://www.cdlib.org/news/cdlinfo/
Frequency of publication: Biweekly, or as new information warrants.
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