Category: UC Curation Center (UC3)
Community-Owned Data Publishing Infrastructure
As a library community, we continue to struggle to find scalable approaches to offering open, shared, sustainable scholarly infrastructure. This is especially true in the data publishing and research data management space where institution-focused approaches to capturing and curating data […]
Greg Janée in Transition
Greg Janée, lead developer for the EZID service, has recently stepped up to be the Director of the Data Curation Program at the UCSB Library. Greg, who joined CDL’s UC3 team at 50% time 10 years ago, shifted to CDL’s infrastructure team […]
Stephen Abrams leaving CDL
As many of you know, Stephen Abrams will be returning to the Boston area in order to be in closer geographic proximity to family. His last day at CDL will be October 5, 2018. For over 10 years, Stephen has been […]
ARKs in the Open: Project Update #7, inaugural meeting of the Advisory Group
The ARKs-in-the-Open Advisory Group (AG) met for the first time July 17, 2018. This is the high-level group that will provide the means for transitioning the ARK infrastructure (specification, NAAN registry) from the California Digital Library (CDL) to a community […]
Cobweb Update: Establishing a Collaborative Collecting Project
Over the next few weeks, we will be conducting user testing of the Cobweb functional prototype along with a few high-fidelity wireframes to learn from potential users about what they’d consider most useful in a collaborative collection development platform. One […]
ARKs in the Open: Project Update #6, Advisory Group formed
The ARKs in the Open team is delighted to announce the formation of the ARKs-in-the-Open Advisory Group. The Advisory Group will provide a means for transitioning the ARK specification and registry from the California Digital Library to a community supported […]
CDL Job Opening for UC3 Product Manager (EZID) / Research Data Specialist
The California Digital Library (CDL) was founded at the University of California in 1997 to take advantage of emerging technologies that were transforming the way digital information was being published and accessed. Since then, CDL has built a strong portfolio […]
Letter to the Community: CDL and Dryad Partnership
CDL has invested considerable effort researching and building exemplars in research data management and data publishing. Like most institutions, we have had varying levels of success, especially when it comes to adoption and reach. While we have tried to convince […]
EZID Staff in Print: John Kunze and Greg Janée in Scientific Data
CDL’s John Kunze and Greg Janée contributed significantly to this new standard — a harmonized compact identifier system. Congratulations! —————————————————————– First big output of FORCE11 Data Citation Implementation Group – the harmonized compact identifier system. Paper published in Scientific Data […]
ARKs in the Open: Project Update #5, DuraSpace Summit and CNI engagement
The ARKs in the Open team has been out on the road, attending the DuraSpace Summit as well as the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Spring meeting in San Diego, California. Both events provided great networking opportunities, and, at the […]