Month: September 2000
New Resource Available
a. Harcourt Health Sciences Collection Harcourt Health Sciences Collection of 64 medical and scientific journals is now available through Academic Press [http://www.idealibrary.com/]. A complete list of journals published now on IDEAL is viewable at http://www.idealibrary.com/links/journals. NOTE: The Harcourt Health Sciences […]
CDL Staff News
a. Kelcy Shepherd Joins the Online Archive of California Kelcy Shepherd joins the CDL as a project archivist for the Online Archive of California. Kelcy will be working on a number of projects through May 2001 that include creating an […]
Statistical Information Available
The Usage Statistics page on Libstaff has been updated [http://www.cdlib.org/libstaff/stats/]. There are several new 1999 and 2000 usage data reports that include usage data “by campus” and “by journal title.”
MyLibrary@CDL Prototype Reminder
This is a reminder that the MyLibrary@CDL prototype is available for testing. During the test phase (July-December 2000) feedback through evaluation activities and directly from library staff is being gathered. While the service is not yet ready to offer to […]
Request for Undergraduates Available September 21
On September 21, the Request service will be extended to all UC Undergraduates. Undergraduates may request 5 items per day from the Melvyl Catalog and a combined total of 5 items from all other abstracting and indexing databases (Faculty and […]
Desktop Delivery Task Group (Claire Bellanti, SRLF/UCLA)
In August 2000, the University Librarians appointed a task group to make recommendations on software and hardware for “Desktop Delivery.” UC has defined “desktop delivery” to mean secure web delivery of scanned documents directly to UC faculty, students and staff. […]
CDL Staff News
a. John Ober Appointed to Open Archives Initiative Steering Committee John Ober (CDL Director for Education and Strategic Innovation) has been named to the steering committee of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI). The OAI was originally sponsored by the Council […]
Government Information Initiatives Advisory Group Appointed
The CDL has appointed a Government Information Initiatives Advisory Group to be convened by Beverlee French, Associate University Librarian and Director for Shared Content for the CDL. The expected term of service is July 2000-June 2002. Background In 1999 the […]
Publicly Accessible CDL Resources
A new 2-page listing and summary of CDL-hosted resources and services that are available for public use is available on the “adaptable outreach materials” and Instructional Materials web page at http://www.cdlib.org/services/info_services/instruct/.
Union Catalog RFP Update
As you know, the CDL has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to determine if the Melvyl Union Catalog and CDL-hosted Databases can be moved from their aging technology infrastructure to a commercial vendor’s system [see CDLINFO February 14, 2000, […]