Category: Grants
Melvyl Recommender Project Findings
The Melvyl Recommender Project http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/melvyl_recommender/, which explored next-generation services for library catalogs, has reached its conclusion. The project was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Popular commercial services such as Google, eBay, Amazon, and Netflix have evolved quickly over […]
National Science Foundation Grant Final Report
The California Digital Library was awarded a National Science Foundation grant in 2003 to build on and enhance the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). The work has been completed Update: (The metasearch infrastructure project is no longer active. For Metasearch […]
CDL Receives Grant for Melvyl Catalog Recommender Project
What if your library catalog was smart enough to offer good recommendations? The Melvyl Catalog Recommender Project is an experimental research and prototyping project that is investigating a number of technical strategies for making online public access catalogs easier to […]
OAC Local History Digital Resources Project Continues
The CDL is pleased to announce the continuation of the Online Archive of California (OAC) Local History Digital Resources Project. This multi-year project is supported by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered in California by the State Librarian. […]
CDL Receives $2.4 Million Library of Congress Grant
The CDL has been awarded a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Information and Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP). The award is for a project to develop web archiving tools that will […]
$1 Million in New Grant Funding for CDL-led UC Library Projects
The CDL and partners have been awarded the following grants: 1) The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has provided $374,000 in funding for a two-year demonstration project led by CDL and the Berkeley Library in the creation of […]
NSF Funds CDL to Coordinate Planning Effort In Digital Library "Actors"
The National Science Foundation approved a research planning grant for the CDL to coordinate a working group that will set an agenda for future research in the emerging area of digital library “actors”. These actors are persons, organizations, and instruments […]
Online Archive of California — New Support via Grants from LSTA, IMLS
A $360,000 grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered by the California State Library, will enable the creation of the Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive (JARDA). A cooperative project involving nine OAC participants — UC Berkeley, UCLA, […]
Grant Support Received for Online Archive of California
In September 1998, LSTA awarded funds to the California Digital Library (CDL) to continue development of its Online Archive of California (OAC). The Library Services and Technology Act states as an objective the promotion of innovative programs in the ever […]