CDLINFO Newsletter, September 22, 2005, Vol. 8, No. 18
CONTENTS
- Expanded Academic ASAP Gets a New URL And a New Look
- Library Staff News
- Ivy Anderson Appointed as Director of Licensed Content
- For More Information
- News and Publications
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- About CDLINFO
1. Expanded Academic ASAP Gets a New URL And a New Look
At long last Gale has everything in place the switch to the new Expanded Academic ASAP platform, will now occur on September 21. This is the switch that was previously scheduled to happen on August 15, and was delayed so that OpenURL support would have the same level of functionality as it does now. See the earlier announcement in the August 11 issue of CDLINFO.
Expanded Academic ASAP is the only Gale database that needs to use a new URL. Gale will map the old URL to the new platform so users will go to the new Gale interface on Wednesday, September 21, even if using the "old" URL for access. However, users will not get the full benefit of the fixes that come with the platform change until they use the new URL. We encourage the campuses to update any URLs that are on campus web pages.
Why we need to make the change to the new URL:
- The new platform makes access to items via InfoMarks more reliable for multi-user access, e.g., when used in a class web page or reading list. This should resolve the issue of multiple clicks to get an InfoMark to work that campuses have reported (a.k.a multiple cookies issue) and result in better access.
- Users will now see all Gale databases available for their campus on the Gale database list regardless of their starting point, resolving the appearing/disappearing database problem some users have experienced when using campus licensed Gale resources and systemwide licensed records.
- Search results are numbered.
- Z39.80 support (the draft NISO standard for formatting items for citation management software).
- Upgraded usage statistics.
2. Library Staff News
a. Ivy Anderson Appointed as Director of Licensed Content
The CDL is very pleased to announce the appointment of Ivy Anderson, currently of Harvard University Library, to the position of Director of Licensed Content, effective January 2, 2006. The appointment concludes an international recruitment effort led by a team of UC collection development officers and CDL representatives.
Anderson, who is assuming the role of retiring and founding director of licensed content Beverlee French, will coordinate and provide leadership to systemwide efforts to buy and license digital content. In that guise, she will continue to build the UC libraries´ shared digital collection — one of the largest in the world — while also playing an important part in the University’s strategic goal of addressing the profound problems in the marketplace for scholarly publications.
Anderson will also take on a new leadership role at the CDL designed to help coordinate systemwide collection efforts that extend beyond licensed digital information to the acquisition and management of select printed materials and the digital reformatting of existing library holdings. The libraries’ aim in coordinating these shared collection development efforts is simple: to continue supporting the University’s world-class research and teaching by cost-effectively broadening and enhancing access to the information on which it depends.
At Harvard, Anderson is currently the program manager for electronic resource management and licensing, where she developed a digital acquisitions program as part of Harvard's Library Digital Initiative. She is known for her work in the International Coalition of Library Consortia, for her contributions to the development of e-resource tools and services through the Digital Library Federation Electronic Resource Management Initiative, and her efforts to promote acceptable licensing standards through the Northeast Research Libraries Consortium.
Please join us in welcoming Ivy to the CDL and to the UC library community.
3. For More Information
a. News and Publications
News and events, press releases, reports and guidelines, and articles published by CDL staff are posted on the CDL web site. Please share news of this resource with your colleagues!
In addition, status information about CDL resources, reports, and working documents of particular interest to library staff are available on the Inside CDL web site.
b. Contacts for Questions or Problems
If you have problems accessing CDL resources or have questions, including questions about the status of electronic journal collections and Internet resources, contact the CDL:- 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.
- Or, send an email to cdl@www.cdlib.org.
For information about whether your UC campus has access to a particular electronic journal or Internet resource, contact your local collection development officer.
c. About CDLINFO
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