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Category: Shared Collections

WEST Cycles 12 & 13 Archiving Proposals Now Available for Review and Commitment

Every other year WEST conducts an analysis of members’ print journal and serial holdings to identify archiving priorities for the next two years. In fall 2021 WEST members began the process for the next archiving cycles, Cycles 12 & 13, […]

SCP Update – September 2022

Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in August 2022 ACM Digital Library Complete: 150 Airiti Books (華藝中文電子書) (Local-L DDA): 414 American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE E-books and Standards 2022: 20 (New) CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 492 Cambridge […]

Welcome Miranda Bennett, CDL’s new Director of Shared Collections!

It is my great pleasure to announce that Miranda Bennett has been appointed as CDL’s new Director of Shared Collections, with a start date of October 3rd 2022. In collaboration with the ten University of California campuses, this program licenses […]

Cycle 11 (2022) Collection Comparison Reports Now Available

One of the many benefits of WEST membership is the regular collection analysis that feeds our archiving activity; we also share the results of our analysis with members in yearly collection comparison reports as well as the On Demand Comparison […]

SCP Update – August 2022

Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in July 2022 ACM Digital Library Complete: 133 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 166 Cambridge eBooks without Partner Presses: 2022 All Books: 676 (GOBI) JSTOR Books DDA: 241 National Academies Press: 6691 (brought […]

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) […]

Mat Willmott appointed first Assistant Director for Open Access Agreements

We are thrilled to announce that CDL’s Mat Willmott has been appointed the first Assistant Director for Open Access Agreements, a position that is responsible for stewarding California Digital Library activities related to publisher agreements for open access, including analysis, […]

Notes from WEST’s July 2022 Member Meeting

WEST’s 2022 summer member meeting was held virtually on July 19. Meeting participants included a number of returning and first-time attendees, and included staff representing WEST Archive Builders, Archive Holders, and Non-Archive Holders as well as WEST’s Rosemont Alliance partner […]

SCP Update – July 2022

Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in June 2022 ACM Digital Library Complete: 167 Airiti Books (華藝中文電子書) (Local-L DDA): 263 Cambridge University Press online books: 3157 (brought from CDL IZ) Cambridge eBooks without Partner Presses: 2022 All Books: […]

New Scholarly Communication Investments by CDL 2022

CDL’s Shared Collections team, in consultation and collaboration with the UC-wide Shared Collections Leadership Group (SCLG), is pleased to have been able to invest in several important open resources and tools in Fiscal Year 2021-22, reflecting our commitment to ’invest […]