Spring/Summer 2017 UPDATE
NC State Publica􀆟􉽯ons Clearinghouse
New Web Site
The State Library of North Carolina is in the process
of migrating our website (statelibrary.ncdcr.gov) into a
content management system (CMS) called Drupal.
We are using a customized version of Drupal called
Digital Commons that was developed for government
institutions. One of the intentions of this project is to
create a more standardized look and feel for the differ-ent
departments and agencies throughout the state.
The website will have a “responsive design,” meaning
that it will adapt to the size of the user’s screen and
will be easy to use on a phone, tablet, or full size desk-top
monitor. Work on this project started more than a
year ago with the Web Team’s strategic planning for
the Government and Heritage Library web site rede-sign.
Today the soft launch version of the site is ready
for testing http://statelibrary2.ncdcr.gov
We are expecting the “Go Live” to be April 10, 2017.
New Catalog!!
The State Library of North
Carolina joined the NC Cardi-nal
consortium on January 19th.
North Carolina state publica-tions
are now more visible to
participating public libraries through the exposure of our
catalog records in the Cardinal Catalog. There are currently
30 public libraries with more than 150 branches sharing the
Cardinal catalog, with more libraries to be added in the
next year. The new OPAC URL is: http://
ncgov.nccardinal.org/eg/opac/home. Unfortunately, since
the migration to NC Cardinal, the Clearinghouse has been
unable to produce the Checklist of North Carolina State
Publications and the New Born Digital State Publications
list. Our systems librarian, Irene Patrick, along with April
Durrence from NC Cardinal are working to recreate these
reports as soon as possible.
The Clearinghouse team said goodbye and good luck
to T.K. Adkins, the State Documents Library Assis-tant,
in the middle of January. He has taken a new po-sition
as Serials & Metadata Librarian at Boston Uni-versity’s
School of Law. While working with the
Clearinghouse, T.K. handled check-in and processing
of print and digital state publications, sent materials to
depository libraries, wrote blog posts, and compiled
the newsletter. So who is doing what now? Becky
Forbes handles the print publications check-in and
sends out the materials to the depository libraries every
other week. Eve Grünberg handles the digital publica-tions
check-in, with help from our liaison, Denise
Jones.
Good Luck in Boston . . .
Farewell to NC MOSAIC
On March 31 NC MOSAIC was sunset. NC MOSAIC was
created in 2008 as part of the State Library’s early efforts
to identify and make NC state government information
more accessible. Today it is much easier to find govern-ment
information through search engines. In addition,
there are more than 20,000 state publications available in
the NC State Government Publications Collection—http://
ncgovdocs.org/. Many North Carolina government web-sites
have been redesigned in the last few years resulting
in many broken links in NC MOSAIC. Unfortunately staff
no longer have the time needed to regularly update this
resource. An archived version of NC MOSAIC is availa-ble
through the North Carolina State Government Web
Site Archives.
North Carolina’s Blue Economy
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/298319
North Carolina’s Ocean Economy: A First Assessment and Transitioning to a
Blue Economy
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/298314
Two new publications from North Carolina Sea Grant examine the impact of the ocean
on North Carolina’s economy. Seafood, commercial fishing, shipping, tourism and
recreation all provide vital contributions. The underlying ecological systems and natu-ral
resources also play an important role in supporting this economy.
Consumer’s Guide to Disaster Preparedness
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/295638
From the Department of Insurance’s Consumer Services Division, this publication ex-plains
the various types of insurance and what each covers. It advises on what should
be done ahead of time, in case of a disaster, and what to do after disaster strikes.
Prescription and Drug Overdoses
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/300110
This factsheet from the NC Department of Health and Human Services contains de-tailed
statistics on the number of unintentional medication and drug overdose deaths in
North Carolina 1999-2015.
Noteworthy New State Publications