Month: January 2001
Co-Library Staff News
a. Karen Cargille Sr. Associate for Shared Content Karen Cargille, Head of Acquisitions at the UCSD Library and already serving CDL’s Shared Content efforts at 20% has been appointed as a Senior Associate for Shared Content, effective January 15, 2001 […]
MyLibrary@CDL Progress Report
After extensive evaluation of the MyLibrary@CDL prototype and a review of CDL’s emerging priorities, active development of this system is being suspended indefinitely. The prototype will remain available for use on an experimental and “as-is” basis. At the same time, […]
Access to PAIS International via Z39.50 ends January 28
Access to the OCLC version of the PAIS International database via Z39.50 for both the web and telnet interfaces for the CDL hosted databases will cease on January 28th. OCLC has recently made extensive changes to the file structure for […]
New SciFinder® Scholar Client Provides Search Enhancements (Marion Peters, UCLA
SciFinder® Scholar 2000, released Fall 2000 by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), offers UC users several search enhancements. Scholar2000 adds access to 11 million records from OLDMEDLINE and MEDLINE for searching in conjunction with the 16 million Chemical Abstracts CAplus (1967- […]
New Resource Available
a. Society of Automotive Engineers Standards and Publications Database (SAE) (Karen Andrews, UCD) Karen Andrews (UCD) negotiated the license for the Tier 2 resource, Society of Automotive Engineers Standards and Publications Database (SAE) [http://www.elecpubs.sae.org/PLDatabase/Database.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&2.0]; the web version is now available […]
Melvyl and Database Transitions
a. CDL-Hosted Databases Transition Steering Committee Appointed A Transition Steering Committee has been appointed as an advisory committee to the DL University Librarian as the first step in this critical undertaking of investigating alternatives for the provision of CDL-hosted abstracting […]
January 2001 Release of the CDL
The January 2001 release, marking the beginning of the CDL’s third year of operation, includes new content and enhancements of existing services. The release is possible through the efforts of CDL and campus staff. We are very grateful to our […]
CDL Staff News
a. Beverlee French named Interim University Librarian Beverlee French, CDL Director, Shared Content, has been named Interim University Librarian for the CDL and Systemwide Library Planning effective February 1, 2001. The recruitment for a permanent UL will begin immediately. The […]
OAC Best Practices Guidelines for Encoding New Finding Aids
The CDL OAC Working Group (OACWG) subcommittee on Metadata Standards has recently developed and released two important documents: the OAC Best Practices Guidelines for Encoding New Finding Aids Draft 11/28/00 (BPG) and the Minimal Level OAC MARC Record for CDL […]
Artbibliographies Modern Provider Became CSA on January 1
Effective January 1, 2001, the Tier 2 resource, Artbibliographies Modern, changed providers from ABC-CLIO to CSA. Artbibliographies Modern is available to five campuses: Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara.