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In memoriam ~ Lisa Mackinder
On March 19, 2025, CDL lost a beloved colleague and dear friend when Lisa Mackinder died after an extended illness. Lisa was the Assistant Director for Systemwide Licensing in the Shared Collections Program, a position she assumed in 2022 after […]
Deselection Deep Dive: Graduate Theological Union’s Library Alteration Project
Written with Beth Kumar (Director of Library Services, GTU) Setting the Stage What are the specifics of your project? Why are you deselecting / reviewing your journal holdings? In 2021 we began a library alteration project that required the GTU […]
New Resource: CloudRead Chinese Contemporary Newspaper Database
The UC campuses have started a new Tier 2 subscription to the CloudRead Chinese Contemporary Newspaper Database. Participating campuses include UC Berkeley (inc LBL), UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. This subscription […]
CDL Public Statement on Signing the Barcelona Declaration
California Digital Library (CDL) is proud to formally sign the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information and commit to supporting and participating in open, transparent and community-governed research information systems. The values articulated in the Barcelona Declaration – openness, transparency, inclusivity […]
SCP Update – April 2025
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in March 2025 Apabi Nian jian ku (Local-L): 101 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 119 China Statistical Yearbooks (CSYD 1949-) (Local-L): 1839 JSTOR Books: 364 Taylor & Francis eBooks Complete: 226 Wiley Online […]
New Presses at De Gruyter and De Gruyter Brill Merger
New ebook packages at De Gruyter The UCs have recently purchased titles from several University Presses at De Gruyter, which are new for systemwide access. These collections were purchased on behalf of all 10 UC campuses: University of Chicago Press […]
Alloy Phase Diagram transitions to Materials Platform for Data Science
ASM International’s Alloy Phase Diagram Database has recently transitioned to a new platform, now under the name Materials Platform for Data Science (MPDS). Subscribers of the Alloy Phase Diagrams at MPDS remain the same: UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, and […]
Save the Date for the 2025 WEST Member Meeting!
WEST will hold its 2025 summer member meeting virtually this year on Thursday July 24 from 10-11:30am PT. Please register in advance for this meeting. Information for joining the meeting will be shared automatically after registering.* Please share this information […]
Ebook Usability Report on Aggregator Platforms: A Case Study of EBSCO and ProQuest
Following the University of California Ebook Usability Common Knowledge Group’s (EUCKG) analysis of 3 publisher platforms (Cambridge, Elsevier, and Wiley) and the publication of an initial report, the EUCKG received feedback to evaluate ebook aggregators to see how they perform […]
Call for Cycle 14 Archiving Disclosures
The WEST Cycle 14 disclosure period is now open! The WEST project team recently sent out a call for WEST Archive Holders and Builders to submit records of all materials archived for WEST to CDL via the file upload tool […]