CDLINFO Newsletter: 2001
Vol. 4, No. 22, December 13, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: Reminder - Access to OCLC Database Changing; Reminder - MEDLINE/HealthSTAR Retiring - PubMed is Enhanced; TSC Recommendation; Updated Library Staff Briefing Sheet |
| • | New Resources Available: Current Protocols (Jeff Williams, UCSD); Encyclopedia Britannica; Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute |
| • | Silverlinker |
Vol. 4, No. 21, November 29, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: PsycINFO and PAIS via CSA Available for Testing; Ovid Test Site Available |
| • | New Resources Available: Nature; Additional Content from MIT Press |
| • | Usability Testing Workshops Held |
| • | New Resource Liaisons Appointed |
| • | IEEE adds Alert feature (aka Update) (Camille Wanat, Resource Liaison) |
| • | Library Staff News: Jason Newborn and Margaret Tapper Join the CDL Request Team; Felicia Poe Joins the CDL |
Vol. 4, No. 20, November 8, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: MLA's Retirement from SilverPlatter |
| • | New Resources Available: Cambridge University Press |
| • | Request Update |
Vol. 4, No. 19, October 25, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: Ovid Chosen as Replacement Vendor; All Transitioning CDL-Hosted Databases Now Have New Homes |
| • | New Resources Available: The American Civil War Letters & Diaries; Oxford University Press; Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins; American Meteorological Society |
| • | Jobs at the CDL Web Page |
| • | UC Faculty Read about the CDL |
Vol. 4, No. 18, October 11, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: WorldCat Retires from CDL-hosted Versions December 13, 2001; Expanded Academic ASAP, National Newspaper Index, and CompComputer Database Changes (Frank Gravier, Resource Liaison) |
| • | ContentsFirst and ArticleFirst Changes as of October 14, 2001 |
| • | Usability Testing Workshops Scheduled for November |
| • | Instruction Workshops Rescheduled |
| • | CDL's eScholarship Program and Berkeley Electronic Press Partnership |
Vol. 4, No. 17, September 27, 2001
| • | CD Database Transitions: CDL-Hosted MEDLINE/HealthSTAR Updates to Retire; MELVYL Staff Survey Results |
| • | New Resource Liaisons Appointed |
| • | Library Staff News: Suzanne Samuel Joins the CDL |
Vol. 4, No. 16, September 13, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: Planning for the New Melvyl: Good News on the Personal Author Front; GeoRef Changes (Peter Brueggeman, Resource Liaison for GeoRef); MEDLINE Changes (Janice Contini Resource Liaison for MEDLINE) |
| • | New Resources Available: BioOne; JSTOR's Arts & Science II Collection |
| • | The CDL Office Have Moved |
| • | ABC-CLIO Adds Value to America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts (Ellen Broidy, UCLA) |
| • | Academic Universe Update (Linda Kennedy, UCD) |
Vol. 4, No. 15, August 23, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: RILM Changes (Michael Colby, Resource Liaison for RILM); ABI/Inform Changes (Michael Oppenheim, Resource Liaison for ABI/Inform); Updated Web Pages; Status of Vendor Negotiations |
| • | New Resources Available: Blackwell Academic Publishing Journals; American Mathematical Society Journals; Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology; Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry; American Institute of Physics Journals |
| • | California Digital Library Standards Documents |
Vol. 4, No. 14, August 9, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: Change in Transition Steering Committee Roster; Change in vendor for GeoRef; Changes in Access to ArticleFirst (JRNL) and ContentsFirst (JRNLT); Changes in RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Access; SFX is Coming to the CDL |
| • | Periodical Contents Index (PCI) Full Text No Longer Available |
| • | Online Surveying Software Renewed |
| • | Ellen Meltzer Appointed CDL Staff Liaison to the Users Council |
| • | Library Staff News: Raymund Ramos Joins the CDL; Debra Bartling and Pamela Daniels Join the Melvyl Transition Team; Gabriela Montoya Joins the CDL; Debora Boyd Leaving the CDL; John Kupersmith Returns to UCB; Donna Kaiser Leaving the CDL |
Vol. 4, No. 13, July 26, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: Database Vendors Chosen, Melvyl Telnet Access Continues |
| • | New Resources Available: Springer LINK Books/Book Series |
Vol. 4, Special Issue, July 23, 2001
| • | July 2001 Release of Content and Services: Counting California Release; New Titles Available via eScholarship; PubMed Enhancements |
Vol. 4, No. 12, July 12, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: ERIC (Telnet) via Stanford No Longer Available; GeoRef Available on CSA; Mevyl Survey for Library Staff |
| • | New Resources Available: The Index to Current Urban Documents (ICUD) (Julia Gelfand, UCI); Accessible Archives/Scholarly Resources (Joan Ariel, UCI); American Civil War: Letters And Diaries Prototype |
| • | Evolving User Instruction - CDL-Hosted Workshop Coming |
| • | Company of Biologists (COB) Now Available on Highwire Press (Barbara Schader, UCLA) |
| • | Nature Update |
| • | CDL Statistics Report |
| • | Library Staff News: CDL Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections |
Vol. 4, No. 11, June 28, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: Access to OCLC Databases Changing Soon; Melvyl-T Update |
| • | Access to Kluwer Full-Text (Julia Gelfand, UCI) |
Vol. 4, No. 10, June 14, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: GeoRef Vendor Chosen; Transition Steering Committee (TSC) Makes Recommendations; Some Vendor Interfaces Are Available Now; UC Library Staff Briefing Sheet |
| • | Update on the Request Service: Special Collections Pilot; Relation to A&I Databases Transition; Staffing Changes; Consortial Borrowing System |
| • | Robots or Intelligent Agents and IEEE Xplore System |
| • | Library Staff News: Request Service Staff Appointments and Departures |
Vol. 4, No. 9, May 31, 2001
| • | CDL Database Transitions: Advisory Group Roles for Catalog and A&I Transitions; Policy decisions for the Catalog Transition |
| • | Counting California, eScholarship and PubMed to be featured in July 2001 Release |
| • | Elsevier ScienceDirect Access to Some "Non-Subscribed" Journals Now Available |
Vol. 4, No. 8, May 17, 2001
| • | Melvyl® Union Catalog and Database Transitions: Melvyl® Catalog Name; Melvyl® Catalog Transition Teams Begin Their Work; CDL-Hosted Databases Test Accounts Extended; A & I Staff FAQ |
| • | SciFinder Scholar Adds More New Content (Marion Peters, UCLA) |
| • | New Publications Page |
| • | Library Staff News: John Kunze Joins the CDL |
Vol. 4, No. 7, April 26, 2001
| • | Melvyl® Union Catalog and Database Transitions: Melvyl® Catalog Libstaff Web Site; MEDLINE Timeline (Alison Bunting, UCLA); CDL-Hosted Databases Test Accounts Reminder |
| • | New Resource Available: The Ethnic NewsWatch: A History |
| • | IEEE Journal-level Links (Camille Wanat, UCB) |
| • | eBook Task Force Final Report Complete |
| • | Library Staff News: California Cultures Project Manager |
Vol. 4, Special Issue, April 18, 2001
| • | Melvyl Union Catalog Vendor Chosen |
Vol. 4, No. 6, April 14, 2001
| • | Melvyl and Database Transitions: Melvyl Public Information Page Available; CDL-Hosted Databases Transition Update |
| • | New Resource Available: ERIC E*Subscribe |
| • | CDL Users Council Meeting |
| • | Library Staff News: Joyce Rawlins leaving the CDL |
Vol. 4, No. 5, March 29, 2001
| • | CDL-Hosted Databases Transition Update |
| • | New Resources Available: Mary Ann Liebert Journals; MD Consult |
| • | MEDLINE/HealthSTAR Regeneration 2001 |
Vol. 4, No. 4, March 14, 2001
| • | New Resources Available: Periodicals Contents Index; North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial-1950 (NAWLD); Congressional Universe - Congressional Indexes, 1789-1972 (Sherry Dedecker, UCSB) |
Vol. 4, No. 3, February 28, 2001
| • | Melvyl and Database Transitions: CDL-Hosted Databases Transition Steering Committee (TSC) Meeting |
| • | CDL's Response to the Nature Publishing Co.'s Licensing Model |
| • | Proxy Servers |
| • | Co-Library Staff News - Melvyl and A&I Transition Positions: Ellen Meltzer; Chrisina Campbell; Ann Jensen; Karen Coyle |
Vol. 4, No. 2, January 24, 2001
| • | Melvyl and Database Transitions: CDL-Hosted Databases Transition Steering Committee Appointed |
| • | New Resource Available: Society of Automotive Engineers Standards and Publications Database (Karen Andrews, UCD); Human Relations Area File (HRAF) Collection of Archaeology |
| • | SciFinder® Scholar Client Provides Search Enhancements (Marion Peters, UCLA) |
| • | Access to PAIS International via Z39.50 ends January 28 |
| • | MyLibrary@CDL Progress Report |
| • | Co-Library Staff News: Karen Cargille Sr. Associate for Shared Content |
V.4, Special Issue, January 19, 2001
| • | January 2001 Release of the CDL |
Vol. 4, No. 1, January 10, 2001
| • | Melvyl and Database Transitions: Senior Associate for Education, Usability and Outreach; Melvyl Project Manager |
| • | New Resource Available: Alexander Street Press; JSTOR Ecology & Botany Collection; JSTOR General Science Collection Completed; Poole's Plus Tier 2 agreement (Nancy Kushigian, UCD); Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd edition (John Tanno, UCR); MagazinePlus; Books in Print; Ulrich's Periodicals Directory |
| • | Access to Blackwell's Table of Contents Ended on December 31, 2000 |
| • | Artbibliographies Modern Provider Became CSA on January 1 |
| • | OAC Best Practices Guidelines for Encoding New Finding Aids |
| • | CDL Staff News: Beverlee French Named Interim University Librarian; Steve Toub Joins the CDL |