CDLINFO LISTSERV, November 8, 2000, Vol.3, No.16
CONTENTS
- Web of Science (WoS) Increase Simultaneous Users; Additional Journals Linked (Beth Weil, UCB)
- Request News: A Consortial Borrowing System Request for Proposals
- CRL Displays in Periodicals Titles
- CDL Staff News
- Richard Lucier Named College Librarian at Dartmouth
- Rae McCallum Joins the CDL
- For More Information
- CDL News
- Contacts for Questions or Problems
- Information about CDLINFO
1. Web of Science (WoS) Increase Simultaneous Users; Additional Journals Linked (Beth Weil, UCB)
Effective November 1, 2000 UC access to Web Of Science (WoS) increased from 40 simultaneous users to 120 simultaneous users, thanks to additional funding commitments from the campuses in 2001 and more favorable port pricing negotiated by CDL; CDL will fund the remainder of 2000.
WoS has activated links to some Highwire titles, Catchword titles and the Royal Society of Chemistry titles.
ISI and HighWire Press will initially link 32 journals (listed below). These titles are Science, PNAS, Clinical Chemistry and all of the Annual Review titles. ISI also has plans to add links to the HighWire Press free archive. Stanford's HighWire Press division provides advanced online publication and access services to publishers and societies owning more than 200 of the world's leading peer-reviewed scholarly journals in science and medicine. For information about HighWire Press visit http://highwire.stanford.edu.
Highwire Press Titles:
Science (0036-8075)
Proceedings of the National Academy Of Sciences Of the United States of America (0027-8424)
Clinical Chemistry (0009-9147)
Annual review of Anthropology (0084-6570)
Annual review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (0066-4146)
Annual Review Of Biochemistry (0066-4154)
Annual Review Of Biophysics And Biomolecular Structure (1056-8700)
Annual Review Of Biophysics And Biophysical Chemistry (0084-6589)
Annual Review Of Cell And Developmental Biology (1081-0706)
Annual Review Of Cell Biology (0743-4634)
Annual Review Of Earth And Planetary Sciences (0084-6597)
Annual Review Of Ecology And Systematics (0066-4162)
Annual Review Of Energy (0362-1626)
Annual Review Of Energy And The Environment (1056-3466)
Annual Review Of Entomology (0066-4170)
Annual Review Of Fluid Mechanics (0066-4189)
Annual Review Of Genetics (0066-4197)
Annual Review Of Immunology (0732-0582)
Annual Review Of Materials Science (0084-6600)
Annual Review Of Medicine (0066-4219)
Annual Review Of Microbiology (0066-4227)
Annual Review Of Neuroscience (0147-006x)
Annual Review Of Nuclear And Particle Science (0163-8998)
Annual Review Of Nutrition (0199-9885)
Annual Review Of Pharmacology And Toxicology (0362-1642)
Annual Review Of Physical Chemistry (0066-426x)
Annual Review Of Physiology (0066-4278)
Annual Review Of Phytopathology (0066-4286)
Annual Review Of Plant Physiology And Plant Molecular Biology (0066-4294)
Annual Review Of Psychology (0066-4308)
Annual Review Of Public Health (0163-7525)
Annual Review Of Sociology (0360-0572)
CatchWord was formed in 1994 and provides publishers with comprehensive, tailored, Internet publishing services. CatchWord currently has over 800 journals from over 55 publishers available on the Web. In the first phase, ISI will link over 350 journals. Contact: Chris Beckett, chris.beckett@catchword.com or visit: http://www.catchword.com.
The Royal Society of Chemistry is a leading publisher and provider of information specific to the field of chemistry. There will be 13 journals linked as a result of this partnership with ISI. For details about this Society see http://www.rsc.orgs.
2. Request News: a Consortial Borrowing System Request for Proposals
The California Digital Library has just released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new component of the Request system. 'Request' allows Library patrons on any of the University of California campuses to send requests to libraries for the loan of materials contained in the union catalog (Melvyl) and several hosted databases.
The CDL would like to expand the Request service with the addition of a Consortial Borrowing System that would create a single workflow for requests, provide temporary tracking functions for materials while they are in the loan process, and support a wide range of administrative reports.
When fully implemented this system will replace OCLC and DOCLINE for materials routed within the University of California and integrate requests from a number of sources including the CDL Request Resolution Service and other external sources such as OCLC, RLIN, and DOCLINE. It will also direct requests to other external systems when appropriate.
The deadline for vendor responses is November 17. Members of the evaluation team that will review bidders proposals, and who will also have the assistance of a non-UC consultant, are Tammy Dearie, Mary Heath, Michael Thwaites, Sherry Willhite, Marlayana Gates, Claire Bellanti, Gail Nichols, and Karen Butter.
3. CRL Displays in Periodicals Titles
When the CDL expanded displays in the California Periodicals database to include the CULP and SERHOLD locations, a feature was added that allows users to display holdings within a geographic region of California defined by the Library of California. The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) located in Chicago, Illinois is the only institution that does not have a logical regional location in this model. CRL lends to member libraries and the University of California is a member of CRL; thus, CRL is included with any of the regions that also include a UC campus. Items with only CRL holdings will show up in all of the regions that contain UC campuses. At times CRL is the only location for a region.
4. CDL Staff News
a. Richard Lucier Named College Librarian at Dartmouth
CDL founding University Librarian Richard Lucier announced on November 1 that he has accepted a position as College Librarian of Dartmouth College effective February 1, 2001.
In announcing his decision Richard remarked that "Dartmouth is a unique institution, in a very special setting, with an emphasis on quality and community. I will be pleased to return to New England, its unique, and for me compelling, combination of tradition and values, its 'common good' model of politics, and its cultural life. I have given the University of California some of the best work of my career and am grateful for having had the opportunity to work with so many outstanding colleagues."
In sharing news of Lucier's departure, Julius Zelmanowitz, Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives for the university, noted that "Under his leadership and in partnership with UCOP and campus colleagues, the CDL opened its digital doors in January 1999, making available an integrated web gateway to digital collections, services and tools at http://www.cdlib.org/... [The CDL] has continued to pioneer innovative approaches to the electronic archiving and dissemination of scholarly and research resources.
"Richard has served UC with great distinction, beginning with his initial appointment as the University Librarian at UC San Francisco in 1991. His vision has placed the CDL at the forefront of digital library development and his leadership on library policy issues has resulted in greater cooperation and collaboration among the campus libraries. I have greatly valued his insights and advice on a variety of topics such as intellectual property, copyright and digital technologies. UC's loss is indeed Dartmouth's gain."
Richard's leadership and vision will be deeply missed by his colleagues at the CDL. They ask you to join them in wishing him well in his future endeavors.
Among the top priorities for UL Lucier's attention between now and February 1 are completion of the catalog RFP process and systemwide decision for new CDL technology and the establishment of a transition team and plan for the CDL.
b. Rae McCallum Joins the CDL
Rae McCallum will be joining the CDL as the new Management Services Officer on November 27th. Rae will be assuming the duties formerly performed by Ellen Dunn; she will assume responsibility for managing the CDL's budget and personnel actions, administering grants, and managing the Administrative Services staff.
Rae is currently the Operations Manager at UC Davis Medical Center's Department of Surgery and brings with her extensive UC experience in financial, administrative and personnel management. A UC Santa Barbara alumna, Rae served as a budget analyst in UCSB's Campus Budget Office and as Budget Manager and Business Manager in Student Affairs and Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach Services on the Davis campus before joining UCDMC.
Please join us in welcoming Rae to the CDL.
5. For More Information
a. CDL News
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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.
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