Author: CDL
Systemwide Library Planning Director
The Systemwide Library Planning (SLP) Director plays a key role in envisioning, positioning, and implementing policies and initiatives of strategic importance within the UC Libraries Advisory Structure, Systemwide Planning & Consultative Structure, and UC Office of the President. Systemwide initiatives […]
Two J-DAC databases (Socio-Cultural History Database)
The two databases are part of Shakai bunkashi dētabēsu 社会文化史データベース = Socio-Cultural History Database included in J-DAC and are found on the database homepage at: https://j-dac.jp/. The two new resources included are: Seifūzoku kishō zasshi korekushon 性風俗稀少雑誌コレクション (Collection of Magazines on […]
CDL office closure Dec. 23, 2022 – Jan. 2, 2023
This year, UC’s Office of the President (UCOP), including the California Digital Library (CDL), will be officially closed during the Winter and New Year holidays from Friday, December 23, 2022 through Monday, January 2, 2023. The Office of the […]
Chadwyck-Healey databases transition to ProQuest
According to Proquest’s informational webpage, several databases will be moving from their legacy Chadwyck-Healey interface to the ProQuest platform, throughout 2022. As a result, these databases will be more discoverable as users will be able to cross-search content along with […]
Staff Recruitment: CDL Acquisitions Coordinator
DESCRIPTION Primarily reporting within the Content Acquisitions and Resource Sharing (CARS) Program at UC San Diego Library, with an additional dotted line connection to the Library Business Services (LBS) Program, this position leads and coordinates the California Digital Library (CDL) […]
Fond Farewell to Felicia Poe
Please join the California Digital Library in bidding a fond farewell to our colleague, Felicia Poe, who will retire from the University beginning July 2022. Felicia began her UC career at CDL in late 2001 as a service design analyst. […]
Oxford Ebooks migrate to Oxford Academic platform
In July 2022, Oxford research books collections will move to the Oxford Academic platform (https://academic.oup.com/). This means that books will be available alongside journals in a single place for the first time. The Oxford Academic platform will be familiar to […]
New Tier 2 Resource: Artech House Ebooks
As part of a new Tier 2 agreement, four campuses plus LBNL now have access to Artech House ebooks via IEEE Xplore. UCB, UCI, UCLA and LBNL have access to the full backfile of nearly 700 ebooks back to 1999, […]
UC Davis Library and California Digital Library launch project to explore expanded lending of digitized books
Digitized books have become increasingly popular in recent years, and for university libraries and scholars, the first 18 months of the pandemic threw their value into sharp relief. As campuses across the country closed, many libraries began offering expanded access […]
CDL Job Opening: Finance & Operations Director
At the core of the California Digital Library (CDL) is a simple idea – by mobilizing the expertise and creativity of our diverse community and engaging in collaborative problem-solving, we can transform the way libraries and scholars work, thus furthering […]