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Vol. 5, No. 21, December 12, 2002

CDL Database Transitions: A Final Farewell: CDL-Hosted Journal Article Databases; Wilson Databases Running in Parallel; Latest Version of El Mel Tells Available Online
New Resource Available: Chemical & Engineering News (Mary Ann Mahoney, UCB)
Library Staff News: Michele Manuel Joins the CDL as Business Services Specialist; New Resource Liaisons Appointed


Vol. 5, No. 20, November 14, 2002

CDL Database Transitions: Reminder: Eureka Telnet Access to RLG Databases to Retire November 29; New CDL Updates No Longer Available; The End is Nigh!; Multi-Item Services for PubMed
New Resource Available: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group (SIG) Newsletters (Fred E Yuengling, UCSC)
Migration to Web of Knowledge (Beth Weil, UCB)
Library Staff News: Curtis Lavery Returns as Licensing Coordinator; Chuck Eckman Joins the CDL as Content Specialist for the Mellon


Vol. 5, No. 19, October 31, 2002

CDL Database Transitions: A & I Database Transition "Canned" UC-eLinks Activated on NISC Databases: El Mel Tells October Issue Answers
New Resources Available: University of California Press eScholarship Editions
Image Searching and Browsing in OAC
Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) Migrated to GaleNet Interface (Linda Kennedy, UCD)


Vol. 5, No. 18, October 17, 2002

CDL Database Transition: Digital Dissertation Links in Ovid MLA; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) - Version 6.0; Tightened Threshold Implemented for UC-eLinks Requests
New Resource Available: Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data in Science and Technology (Diane Fortner, UCB); American Civil War: Letters and Diaries; Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI)
Summary of September 2002 ICOLC Meeting
Joint Steering Committee 2002 Survey Responses Available on the Web
Library Staff News: Jacqueline Wilson - CDL Senior Associate for Shared Content; Adrian Turner - Manager of the OAC Clearinghouse


Vol. 5, No. 17, September 26, 2002

CDL Database Transition: CDL Updates Retirement Notices Sent; UC-eLinks Enhancements; September Issue of Ex Libris Melvyl Tells
New Resource Available: BioMed Central Journals
$1 Million in New Grant Funding for CDL-led UC Library Projects
Library Staff News: Linda Gallaher-Brown Retiring from the CDL; Garland Giles - New CDL Office Manager


Vol. 5, No. 16, September 12, 2002

CDL Database Transition: UC-eLinks Pop-Up Window Version 1.3 Coming Next Week; Eureka Telnet Access to RLG Databases to Retire November 29
New Resource Available: CRCnetBASE - 12 New Titles
Open Access Ejournal Content
UC TLtC Seeks Librarian Input (Paula Murphy, TLtC)
eScholarship Repository Update
Library Staff News: Mary Engle Moves to Part-Time


Vol. 5, No. 15, August 29, 2002

CDL Database Transition: Timeline for Notifying Users; MLA on SilverPlatter Retiring; CDL Passwords Retiring 12/31/2002
New Resource Available: ACS Journal Archives (Mary Ann Mahoney, UCB)
CDL Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Status Page
Barriers to Licensing Journal Packages
SearchLight Results Page Edits
Library Staff News: Job Openings at the CDL


Vol. 5, No. 14, August 15, 2002

CDL Database Transition: UC-eLinks Icon Coming in Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; AutoAlerts and Enhanced AutoAlerts in Ovid; Changes in the Welcome Page for CDL-Hosted Databases; Ex Libris Melvyl Tells
UCIAS Digital Collection Debuts
California Cultures Workshop Held August 6-7
Library Staff News: Maria Figueroa - New Addition to CDL Acquisitions


Vol. 5, No. 13, July 25, 2002

CDL Database Transition: MLA Via SilverPlatter to Retire; UC-eLinks in ABI/INFORM Global Via Proquest
New Resource Available: Oxford Reference Online
UC Press NetLibrary Titles Coming
New Online Archive of California (OAC) Interface
CSA Re-Load of PsycINFO Database
Circulation Status Now Available for UCSB
CDL Shared Cataloging Program in Print
Library Staff News: Annita Auyang - New Database Administrator for the CDL


Vol. 5, No. 12, July 11, 2002

CDL Database Transition: Melvyl-T Prototype Catalog Now Available!; A&I Update
New Resource Available: 10 Proquest Databases; MLA Directory of Periodicals on OVID; ASM International Journals
New Online Archive of California (OAC) Interface Release
OCLC Combining NetFirst with WorldCat
UC Digital Library Developers Forum
Library Staff News: Melvyl Transition Team


Vol. 5, No. 11, June 27, 2002

CDL Database Transition: BIOSIS Previews in Ovid (Beth Weil, UCB)
New Resource Available: Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period (Rob Melton, UCSD)
Library Staff News: Rae McCallum (MSO for the CDL) retires


Vol. 5, No. 10, June 13, 2002

CDL Database Transition: RLG's Eureka Interface has Changed; UC-eLinks to be Activated on RLG Databases; UC-eLinks to be Activated on PubMed; SearchLight Upcoming Changes; Ovid BIOSIS; Ei Compendex via Ei Village retiring as of June 27, 2002; MLA Continues on SilverPlatter
New Resources Available: Index of Christian Art (Judith Herschman, UCLA); HarpWeek Gilded Age and the Reconstruction Segments
New Online Archive of California (OAC) Interface
Library Staff News: Susan Starr Completes JSC Service; Lena Shelton Joins the CDL; Phyllis Baker Joins the CDL


Vol. 5, No. 9, May 09, 2002

CDL Database Transitions: UC-eLinks Goes Public on OCLC
New Resources Available: Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982; Six NISC Databases; Scientific American Archive Online (Anna Gold, UCSD)
Web Delivery of Articles Now Available (Claire Q. Bellanti, UCLA)
Library Staff News: David Walker Moving On; John Ober Named Interim Director of Technologies; Mark Reyes Joins the CDL


Vol. 5, No. 8, April 25, 2002

CDL Database Transitions: Round One of Usability Testing Completed on Melvyl-T Interface
Information Literacy Article
Library Staff News: Kirk Hastings


Vol. 5, No. 7, April 11, 2002

CDL Database Transitions: Current Contents and INSPEC via Ovid now Available; IEEE Journals now are Linked via UC-eLinks
eScholarship Repository Launched
Online Archive of California (OAC) Usability Testing
Counting California New Content--Census 2000 and Vital Statistics
Library Staff News: Karen Cargille Retires; Three New Members of Melvyl-T Team
Detailed Description Of New Vendor Versions Of Transitioning Databases: INSPEC via Ovid (Diane Fortner, UCB; Resource Liaison); Current Contents via Ovid (Beth Weil, UCB; Resource Liaison)


Vol. 5, No. 6, March 28, 2002

CDL Database Transitions: Usability Testing Begins on the CDL Interface of Melvyl-T; MLA Update
New Resources Available: Marcel Dekker Journals (Julia Gelfand, UCI); American Society of Agricultural Engineers Technical Library (Bob Heyer-Gray, UCD)


Vol. 5, No. 5, March 14, 2002

CDL Database Transitions: Article Level Links Now Available for Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals via UC-eLinks; CDL-Hosted Journal Article Databases FAQ Updated
New Resources Available: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Digital Library (Karen Andrews, UCD); Bepress Journals
Announcing New CDL Resources: Access, Timing and Timeliness
Library Staff News: Alan Ritch Retires from Joint Steering Committee; Camile Wanat Appointed


Vol. 5, No. 4, February 28, 2002

CDL Database Transitions: UC-eLinks: Permeating the Databases; PsycINFO on CSA; Ovid Database Releases
SciFinder® Scholar Update: New Client and Historic Content Back to 1907 (Marion Peters, UCLA)
GPO Gate Ceasing Production
Library Staff News: David Sidlo Joins Melvyl-T Team


Vol. 5, No. 3, February 14, 2002

Daniel Greenstein to become CDL University Librarian
CDL Database Transitions: Melvyl-T Catalog Unveiling Rescheduled For Fall 2002; Functional Acceptance Testing of the Ex Libris System; MLA and Ei Compendex*Plus Now Available Via Ovid
New Resource Available: The Royal Society Journals; Iter Italicum; CHEMnetBase; Chinese Journal Network/Chinese Academic Journals
NSF Funds CDL to Coordinate Planning Effort In Digital Library "Actors"
Request Update
Instruction Workshops Report
New Status of Services Page
Library Staff News: Jon Solomon Joins Melvyl-T Team


Vol. 5, No. 2, January 24, 2002

New Resource Available: Literature Resource Center (LRC)
Library Staff News: Alvin Pollock Joins the CDL


Vol. 5, No. 1, January 10, 2002

CDL Database Transitions: Reminder - PAIS Available Via CSA; Medline Retires; UC SFX Service Named
New Resources Available: Music Index (Paul Machlis, UCSC); RIPM: International Index to Nineteenth-Century Music Periodicals
Licensing Status Information
Statistics Summary Report Available
Library Staff News: Cecily Johns Joins the CDL; Fathilah Kamaluddin Leaves the CDL