Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL)

RLG - The Research Libraries Group

Updated 8 January, 2008
CAUL Subscriptions and current pricing

FirstSearch (formerly RLG Eureka) migration information (17/9/07) Subscriber IDs available from the CAUL Office (17/9/07)
NEWS 20/6/07:  We have additional information about plans for migrating the Eureka databases to FirstSearch.  It is available here   http://www.oclc.org/services/reference/rlg/advanceinfo_0507.pdf   As more information becomes available, we will send out further notices and continue to post information on the Current Transitions page http://www.oclc.org/community/rlg/transitions/default.htm
9/6/06: RLG Membership approves proposal to combine with OCLC. An FAQ that includes information on the combined organization as well as updates on some specific products and services is at http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/oclcrlgfaq.htm.  The FAQ is updated as information becomes available.
28/2/06:  ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching through family histories, political papers, and historical records held in archives around the world. Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid. Scholars searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.  ArchiveGrid is being developed by RLG, a not-for-profit membership organization of over 150 universities, national libraries, archives, historical societies, and other institutions with remarkable collections for research and learning. In addition to a range of collaborative activities that address members' shared goals for these collections, RLG develops and operates databases and software to serve the information needs of all libraries, museums, and archives. Access to ArchiveGrid is free from March 1 through May 31, thanks to a funding grant to support wider use by the academic community and general public.

CAUL Subscriptions and Pricing

Implementing Open URL with RLG databases.
Institutions need to complete the OpenURL form on the web (which requests account information).  Here's a link both to the PDF form - http://www.rlg.org/openurlform.pdf - and to additional information about using Open URL in Eureka - http://www.rlg.org/openurl.html.


Error reporting (message from RLG)
Please use the address in the RLG Information Center.  It is better not to direct it to a particular person, since someone could be away and not get the e-mail.

The RLG Information Center is staffed from 6 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday (US Pacific Time).  Outside those hours, you can call 650-691-2333 and leave a message.  Someone will be paged, and will try to verify if the system is up.  You should try to make sure that the problem does not originate elsewhere before doing this, as our off-hours support is limited to verifying that the system is up during scheduled hours.

Regarding accounts and passwords, all accounts are in the format gg.uuu -- they all have a '.'  A password can be changed if you like -- it must have 5 - 8 characters.  If people don't like entering the account and password, and are using web access, it could be scripted in.  RLG can do a script  if necessary.

Setup.  These pages explain how to configure Eureka® for access to RLG databases

Trials

Training
When dates for the training are known, just contact the RLG Information Center at bl.ric@rlg.org.  They will make a temporary adjustment to the account user level so the training can be accommodated.  Here's what we need:

- Notice of the session at least a week in advance
- Session date and time
- Which file
- How many will need access including both students and instructors

RIC sets up a separate temporary account for the appropriate number of users and emails the account and password the day or so before.   It is not set up by IP address.

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