CDLINFO Newsletter, October 28, 2004 Vol. 7, No. 19
CONTENTS
- CDL Joins RLG
- New Resources Available
- PCIFT Collection 4
- Metasearch Infrastructure Project Update
- Library Staff News
- Bill Landis Joins the CDL
- For More Information
- News and Publications
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- About CDLINFO
1. CDL Joins RLG
The CDL has recently become a member of RLG, a not-for-profit organization of universities, libraries, archives, and museums who are working to improve access to the information that supports research and learning: http://www.rlg.org/
Membership in RLG will provide the CDL with access to strategic and technical information related to information discovery and will allow the CDL to contribute to the development of new standards.
2. New Resources Available
a. PCIFT Collection 4
By Myrtis Cochran (Resource Liaison), UC BerkeleyPursuant to advice from the Collection Development Committee and UC bibliographers, the CDL licensed perpetual rights to a new collection of Periodicals Contents Index Full Text (PCIFT), the leading index for periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. It is scheduled to go live in November with the new Collection 4.
One million articles are drawn from the 14.5 million article citation records in the Periodicals Contents Index with access to more than 300 scholarly journals. Indexed titles date back as far as 1770, complete with links to current full text JSTOR holdings.
Currently, there are three complete collections in PCIFT. PCI Collection 1 and 2 each contains 100 journals with full-page images and index records. Collection 3 also includes 100 journals with full-page images and index records; 50 of these journals have searchable full text. When complete, Collection 4 will feature 75 journals, all with searchable full text.
Several UC librarians contributed to the list of journal titles that will be included in Collection 4. See the spreadsheet showing the titles that are currently confirmed for inclusion: http://www.cdlib.org/inside/news/cdlinfo/pcift.xls
There are 69 titles confirmed. Of these, 36 titles (53 percent) were ranked as either 1 or 2 in preference for the CDL (identified in the next to last column in the spreadsheet). Titles that appeared in the first release are noted in the final column. Some of these titles were not ranked because many of them were not on the list at the time of the evaluation, including nine titles from the University of California Press.
Also keep in mind that the publisher of PCIFT is making every effort to include as many of the titles suggested by CDL member libraries as possible, including English and foreign language titles. The goal is to create a resource that will be used by international consortia as well as consortia in the U.S.
Thank you to those who suggested titles to be considered for Collection 4. If the titles you suggested are not on the confirmed list or if titles you think are important are not on the list and should be considered for a future release, please email them to mcochran@library.berkeley.edu and they will be forwarded to Chadwyck-Healey.
3. Metasearch Infrastructure Project Update
Work on the Metasearch Infrastructure project (http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/metasearch/) is progressing. The Ex Libris MetaLib software has been installed at the CDL, and CDL staff completed software training in mid-September. Staff are currently experimenting with the software and customizing MetaLib to UC's desired specifications.
User interface testing on a prototype version aimed at undergraduates beginning their research will take place in late October at UC Santa Cruz. A focus group session will also be conducted there; the testing will help inform decisions such as labeling, navigation, and value-added services. Christy Hightower (UC Santa Cruz), one of the campus members of the Metasearch team, has helped with the planning and arrangements for these tests.
Another team of library staff at UCLA, working with the UCLA Center for European & Eurasian Studies, is developing a Metasearch version oriented to research within the broad subject area of political, cultural, and economic integration in Europe.
Other early versions of Metasearch will be used in support of the American West (http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/amwest/) and National Science Digital Library (http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/metasearch/nsdl/) grant projects.
4. Library Staff News
a. Bill Landis Joins the CDL
On November 1, Bill Landis will join the CDL staff as Metadata Coordinator for the Documenting the American West Project, a three-year project funded by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/amwest/
Bill is well known to many CDL staff as a member of several working groups, including the CDL Tools and Services Working Group. Bill has also served on the OAC Working Group and contributed his metadata expertise to developing OAC's best practices documents.
Bill comes to CDL from the UC Irvine Library Special Collections and Archives where he has served as the Manuscripts Librarian since 1998. Bill has also been instrumental in the work of several Society of American Archivist groups, including the Canadian-U.S. Task Force on Archival Description which produced the publication "Describing Archives: A Content Standard" (2004) http://www.archivists.org/catalog/pubDetail.asp?objectID=1279
Please join us in welcoming Bill to the CDL!
5. 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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