Category: Newsletter
Got a question about Melvyl?
Technical questions Where do you inquire about Melvyl technical questions, configuration or customization requests? Send a message to MelvylOps@cdlib.org. Your question will be directed to CDL’s WorldCat Local operating team ticketing system and be viewed by the whole technical team. […]
HathiTrust January 2013 Update
By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization The January HathiTrust update was released on 2/15/13, and, in addition to the regular updates on ingest, projects, working groups and new development, the new bylaws have been adopted by the HathiTrust partners. As our year begins, […]
Do You Use Calisphere? Tell Your Story!
CDL’s Calisphere Website is a finalist for an IMLS National Medal Award. Calisphere will be featured on the IMLS Facebook page on February 22. If you’ve used Calisphere in your teaching, reference work, or research and found value in it, […]
DMPTool Service Update: January 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities As announced in last month’s update, the DMPTool partners were awarded $590,000 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for further development of the DMPTool. Specifically, the grant will fund enhancements and extensions to the […]
Merritt Service Update: January 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities We’ve just created a listserv, merritt-l@ucop.edu. We will use the listserv to communicate with Merritt users, particularly with information about scheduled or unscheduled maintenances. We’ve added many people already working with Merritt (and […]
California Digital Library Named National Medal for Museum and Library Service Finalist
We are honored to share that the California Digital Library has been named as a finalist for the 19th annual National Medal for Museum and Library Service for our work on Calisphere. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor […]
EZID Service Update: January 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities EZID’s Outreach Materials were updated with new content including a professionally designed flyer and an EZID poster for use at events and conferences. These join the EZID postcard on the EZID Outreach page (http://n2t.net/ezid/home/outreach). […]
WorldCat Local Knowledgebase for Melvyl? Not quite yet.
In fall 2012, members of the CDL WorldCat Local Operations Team completed a preliminary investigation of the WorldCat Local Knowledgebase (WCL KB). The result of the analysis was a decision not to implement the WCL KB at this time. The […]
UC Libraries Announce Open Access Publishing Fund Pilot
By Joanne Miller, Senior Analyst, Strategic and Project Planning The UC Libraries are pleased to announce new campus-based open access fund pilots to support UC faculty members who wish to make their research findings immediately and freely available to the […]
CDL’s Lisa Schiff Named as Co-Chair of ORCID Business Steering Group
Lisa Schiff, a Technical Lead in CDL’s Access & Publishing Group, has been named as co-chair of the ORCID Business Steering Group (BSG). ORCID ( Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is an open, non-profit, community-based effort to provide a registry […]