Month: March 2004
Library Staff News
a. Laura Fosbender Joins the CDL The CDL is pleased to announce that Laura Fosbender joined the office this month on a two-year staff contract as a Library Data Analyst. In this role, she will provide data management and analytical […]
EndNote Version 7: Connection Files for the Melvyl Catalog
Users have reported that the connection file dated 6/6/03 that shipped with EndNote’s Version 7 release does not work for the Melvyl Catalog. However, the Melvyl Catalog connection file dated 6/8/04 available on the EndNote Connection Files web page (http://www.endnote.com/support/enconnections.asp) […]
Database Services: More Information About Alerts
Two new web pages will help you and your library users find useful information about Alerts/Updates and the presence of UC-eLinks and other services in databases. The first page, “Creating Updates/Alerts in Vendor, Commercial, Society, eJournal Publisher and University Press […]
Alerts in Web of Science
By Beth Weil, Head Librarian, Marian Koshland Bioscience and Natural Resources Library, UC Berkeley We now have access to a new method for keeping up-to-date on the impact of your research. As a result of CDL negotiations with ISI, you […]
One–Day CDL Workshop Coming: Digital Library Services for UC’s Libraries
Prompted by suggestions from many UC library staff, and with the advice and input of the Systemwide Operations and Planning Advisory Group (SOPAG), the CDL is hosting one-day sessions designed to: Increase your awareness of how you and your library […]
ProQuest User Interface Trial
The UC was one of only a handful of institutions selected to evaluate a new interface and search features being developed by ProQuest. UC librarians voiced their opinions via an online survey and several conference calls. On the UC Irvine […]
Metasearch Infrastructure: User Needs Assessment Activities
The needs assessment has been designed to help the project designers understand current usage patterns and user needs, discover similarities and differences across a variety of audiences, find out which features users find most valuable, and identify any unmet user […]
UC’s eScholarship Repository Adds Peer-Reviewed Publications
University of California faculty can now use the eScholarship Repository to provide free, open access to peer-reviewed series and journals online at http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/peer_review_list.html. The eScholarship Repository’s new peer-review capability provides UC faculty with several benefits. By publishing a journal or […]
ILL Requests for Electronic Resources Now Available Through UC-eLinks
The Systemwide Operations and Planning Advisory Group (SOPAG) has approved a recommendation from the Resource Sharing Committee (RSC) that interlibrary loan (ILL) requests for items with electronic copy no longer be blocked. The CDL implemented this recommendation on Monday, March […]
Reed-Elsevier: Title Lists Available
Effective January 1, 2004, the UC community has had access to a selected list of approximately 1,200 of Reed-Elsevier’s scholarly journals, including titles produced by Harcourt Health Sciences, Academic Press, and Cell Press. The Reed-Elsevier titles and their status in […]