CDL Resource Liaisons
Resource Liaisons are campus-based subject experts who monitor and conduct ongoing evaluation of databases and e-journals licensed by the CDL.- Roster of all CDL Resource Liaisons
- CDL Resource Liaisons' Official Charge
- CDL Resource Liaisons' Webinar Series
- Resource Liaison Collaboration Space [password protected]
- Resource Liaison Annual Survey Results
Resource Liaisons' Toolkit
Key overview documents:- A Walk Through the Charge [HTML]
- Resource Liaison Listservs: List of all listservs used by the group for communication, including vendor-specific lists. [HTML]
Tools for major responsibilities, see sections below:
Monitoring Your Resource
Communicating With CDL
Communicating With Vendors
Communicating With Colleagues
Providing Educational Materials
Monitoring Your Resource
- Resource Selection and Evaluation Criteria: This sample document is useful as a checklist for identifying specific aspects to consider when evaluating your resource. [RTF]
- Vendor Evaluation Report form [DOC]
- Redacted licenses: Redacted views of many of our licenses. [HTML]
- Renewal dates: Renewal dates for many of our licenses. [password-protected] [XLS]
- Information About CDL Licensed Resources: Links to database transition tools and other information surrounding licensed resources. [HTML] Some key documents from the page:
- Services available for journal article databases: This listing currently covers databases from core vendors. More vendors and databases will be added in the future. [HTML]
- Upcoming and recent vendor interface changes: Overview of the upcoming and recent changes to licensed resource vendor interfaces. [HTML]
- Location and Availability of Statistics: Please see the Guidelines for Resource Liaisons and Statistics. [HTML]
- Project COUNTER Statistics Guidelines: (Excerpt) Ideal standard for vendors' reporting of statistics. [HTML]
Communicating With CDL
- To report urgent or critical problems (such as the unavailability of major databases or web sites) call the CDL Helpline at (510) 987-0555 Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., otherwise, please follow these procedures. You may also want to refer to the CDL Helpline FAQ for Resource Liaisons
- Contact CDL staff: RLREPORT-L Listserv reaches all CDL staff who work with licensed resources, primarily the CDL Resource Wranglers team.
- Resource Liaisons Listservs: List of all listservs used by the group for communication, including vendor-specific lists. [HTML]
- Contact the CDL Resource Liaison Coordinator: Holly Eggleston
Communicating With Vendors
- Vendors and Content Providers page: What vendors see on CDL's public site. [HTML]
- Technical requirements for vendors: Includes information about major technical issues, CDL's preferred solutions, and the implications for prospective vendors. Database vendors [RTF] and ejournal vendors [RTF]
- Metadata requirements for OpenURLs: Explains the information that vendors need to send to the CDL SFX server. [PDF]
- Linking requirements for publishers: Technical information publishers must provide so the CDL can link to information on a publisher's site. May 2003. [RTF]
- How to request the current UC systemwide IP address list: Explains how to get the most current list of UC systemwide IP addresses. [HTML]
- Some key documents from the vendor page:
Communicating With Colleagues
- Roster: Complete listing of contact information for all Resource Liaisons, including Tier 2 contacts. [HTML]
- Resource Liaisons Listservs: List of all listservs used by the group for communication, including vendor-specific lists. [HTML]
- Bibliographer Group Chairs and Liaisons to the JSC and CDC: Current list of university-wide group chairs and liaisons, by subject. [RTF]