Recent Deselections of CDL Collections

The University of California Resource Sharing Fund was cut substantially for 2003/2004 and subsequent years. The University Librarians asked the Collection Development Committee (CDC) to review the databases funded by the Shared Collections and Acquisitions Program (SCAP) for possible cuts.

The CDC asked the Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) to do an initial review, set deselection criteria and guidelines, and provide preliminary recommendations. The JSC then conducted a study of several possible databases for deselection.

After extensive campus input on the JSC recommendations was gathered, the University Librarians endorsed the recommendations to cancel the Computer Database (Gale) and the National Newspaper Index (Gale) in 2004. Current Contents will be cancelled in January 2005. These databases were chosen because their content is largely duplicative of other licensed digital resources available systemwide.

The Computer Database and National Newspaper Index were deselected as of July 1, 2004. Current Contents will be deselected in January 2005. See frequently asked questions.