Press Releases
2024
New open access agreement between the University of California and Taylor & Francis, September 19, 2024
California Universities Partner with Wiley on Landmark Open Access Agreement , January 11, 2024
2023
New pilot open access agreement between the University of California and Frontiers, August 22, 2023
University of California agreement with Wiley expands to all 10 UC campuses: New agreement quadruples the number of UC articles eligible for free and open access in Wiley journals, April 11, 2023
2022
Cell Press and The Lancet titles now included in UC-Elsevier open access publishing agreement, August 29, 2022
IEEE and University of California Sign Transformative Open Access Publishing Agreement, July 27, 2022
Nature portfolio now included in UC-Springer Nature open access agreement, July 27, 2022
SAGE Publishing and the University of California announce a transformative agreement to expand reach of UC research, June 7, 2022
Institutions partner with ACS to advance first California-wide transformative open access agreement, May 17, 2022
2021
The CDL, CRL, & HathiTrust Shared Print Collaboration launches a free collection comparison tool to advance equity of collection decision making, January 22, 2021
2019
- Next Gen Library Publishing partnership awarded $2.2M Arcadia grant to improve scholarly publishing infrastructure, August 29, 2019
- Cambridge University Press and the University of California Agree to Open Access Publishing Deal, April 10, 2019
2018
Letter to the Community: CDL and Dryad Partnership, May 30, 2018
2017
Make Data Count: Building a System to Support Recognition of Data as a First Class Research Output, May 24, 2017
UC Irvine Book Featured as HathiTrust’s 15 Millionth Volume, March 30, 2017
2016
WEST libraries achieve 500,000 volumes, June 7, 2016
California Digital Library announces new leadership, February 1, 2016
2015
John Chodacki Named Director of the University of California Curation Center at the California Digital Library, October 28, 2015
Groundbreaking University of California policy extends free access to all scholarly articles written by UC employees, October 26, 2015
UC Davis, CDL to Lead Major Project to Build Open Access Financial Model, March 20, 2015
UC Press and the CDL Receive $750K Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, March 5, 2015
2014
CrossRef and California Digital Library Agreement Extends Discoverability of Scholarly Publications, August 5, 2014
Data management tool meets researchers’ needs, June 3, 2014
DPLA Welcomes CDL and UC Libraries Participation: Content Hub Launch, April 17, 2014
2013
UC Libraries receive grant to support Phase 2 of the Western Regional Storage Trust, October 21, 2013
University of California Faculty Senate Passes Open Access Policy, August 2, 2013
2012
California Digital Library and partners launch DataUp, October 2, 2012
Archiving milestone for journal repository program, August 30, 2012
UC names winners for technology innovation awards, August 6, 2012
Portal for Earth science data exploration, July 23, 2012
California Digital Library joins Public Knowledge Project, February 7, 2012
2011
Libraries launch data management tool, November 1, 2011
UC Libraries expand access to orphan works, August 24, 2011
Further documentation on Japanese Americans in WWII, June 29, 2011
Data management planning tool in development, February 15, 2011
UC libraries get grant to implement storage trust, January 1, 2011
2010
Libraries partner in digital stewardship alliance, November 16, 2010
Digital library’s global, local services, November 10, 2010
eXtensible Text Framework site launched, September 29, 2010
DataCite boosts visibility, access to research data, March 22, 2010
2009
UC Press, California Digital Library launch venture, December 8, 2009
Uncovering California’s environmental collections, December 3, 2009
DataONE to deal with data deluge, November 18, 2009
Librarians build Web archives on swine flu, wildfires, November 17, 2009
New look, enhanced services for eScholarship, October 19, 2009
Web archiving service preserves data for the future, July 21, 2009
University of California Libraries and Springer sign pilot agreement for open access journal publishing, January 21, 2009
2008
Laine Farley named executive director of the CDL, December 5, 2008
Universities see promise in Google Book settlement, October 28, 2008
UC libraries launch next-generation Melvyl Catalog, May 27, 2008
Chronopolis Project to preserve at-risk digital information, April 14, 2008
University of California to test new Google software that will provide greater online access to digitized books, March 13, 2008
University of California eScholarship® Repository exceeds 5 million full-text downloads, January 14, 2008
2007
UC libraries share the wealth, December 12, 2007
Mark Twain Project Online launched, July 11, 2007
University of California libraries collaborate with OCLC on next generation Melvyl® Catalog, June 22, 2007
2006
UC launches Calisphere web site, August 21, 2006
UC libraries partner with Google to digitize books, August 9, 2006
UC libraries highlight important initiatives and new digital services to Regents, May 18, 2006
2005
UC libraries partner with technology companies and non-profits to provide free public access to digitized books, October 3, 2005
CDL announces new director of licensed content for UC, September 6, 2005
UC launches postprints service to provide greater access to UC scholarship, February 23, 2005
2004
CDL receives $2.4 million Library of Congress grant to preserve online government and political materials, September 30, 2004
New eScholarship service expands UC effort to publish scholarship, September 14, 2004
Counting California web site wins prestigious award, June 28, 2004
UC’s eScholarship Repository adds peer-reviewed publications, March 9, 2004
2003
eScholarship Editions publishes innovative books from UC Press, November 24, 2003
UC libraries unveil new Melvyl® Catalog, April 24, 2003
CDL’s eScholarship repository reaches major milestones, March 12, 2003
Three hundred UC Press eScholarship Editions now available on the web, January 7, 2003
2002
UC Joins Forces with BioMed Central, November 6, 2002
New Director of the CDL, February 14, 2002
2001
New service provides free interactive access to California statistics, August 9, 2001
CDL and Berkeley Electronic Press announce partnership for scholarly communication initiatives, October 4, 2001
California Digital Library and UC Press Collaborate to Deliver Scholarly Books Online, July 31, 2001
Digital publications highlights new release of the CDL, January 19, 2001
CDL to partner with EBSCO on UC ejournal access, January 10, 2001
CDL acquires unique humanities databases for the UC from Alexander Street Press, January 10, 2001
2000
UC and state libraries agree to create new information services, June 12, 2000
One-stop scholarly searching unveiled in new release of the CDL, January 6, 2000
1999
California history and culture available online: $1.5 million supports the CDL’s Online Archive of California, November 6, 1999
California Digital Library Unveils Advances in Accessing Scholarly Information, July 8, 1999
California Digital Library Gets Extensive Online Databases for Literature & Periodicals from Publisher Chadwyck-Healey Inc., April 5, 1999
California Digital Library Acquires Data from the Web of Science, February 3, 1999
Electronic Doors Click Open on California Digital Library, January 19, 1999
1998
California Digital Library and UC Get Online Access to Academic Journals, September 15, 1998
1997
UCSF Librarian to Head California Digital Library, October 14, 1997
UC Announces Founding of the California Digital Library, October 14, 1997