Category: Newsletter
Staff Retirements – June 2011
With very mixed feelings, we bid farewell to three of our colleagues this summer: Phyllis Baker, Bob Brandriff, and Randy Lai. Phyllis Baker, Executive Director Laine Farley’s Executive Assistant, has been one of the key people making sure that CDL […]
Perspectives from HathiTrust: John Wilkin on discovery
HathiTrust has launched a new blog, Perspectives from HathiTrust. The first post comes from John Wilkin, Associate University Librarian, University of Michigan, and Executive Director, HathiTrust, on the topic of discovery. The HathiTrust Communications Working Group welcomes your ideas […]
UC Librarians in Print – UC Library Homepages
“Academic library Web sites are complex mixes of information gateways and links to resources and services. Hours, staff directories, research guides, room reservation systems, catalogs, databases, and donor information are just a handful of the many things users look for […]
New versions of LibX are here
Updated versions of the LibX Browser Toolbar for Firefox and Internet Explorer (IE) are now available from the CDL website. The new versions of the UC Melvyl and Campus Libraries Edition (The UC Melvyl LibX Edition has been discontinued. Please […]
Position for Metadata Analyst at CDL
Job Opportunity at the California Digital Library (CDL): Be part of a metadata team shaping the future of discovery & delivery. Position: Metadata Analyst (2 positions: 1 filled, 1 open) About you You are a metadata analyst with the ability […]
UC Libraries Academic e-Book Usage Survey Report
In a period of economic challenges, the University of California Libraries must have high quality information and analysis to guide their collection decisions. A new report, UC Libraries Academic e-Book Usage Survey, presents the results of a 2010 survey of 2,569 […]
Ensuring Digital Formats Remain Usable: CDL Partnering on Unified Digital Formats Registry
The CDL, with funding from the Library of Congress, is working collaboratively to develop a Unified Digital Formats Registry (UDFR). A post describing this international project is on the LC digital preservation site. For those not familiar with the project […]
HathiTrust May 2011 Update: Orphan Works, New UC Members on Advisory Board and More
The May 2011 HathiTrust update has been posted on the HathiTrust website. This month’s top news items include research on orphan works and new UC members on the Strategic Advisory Board. Orphan Works Research With funding from HathiTrust, the University […]
CDL HathiTrust Staff in the News: Heather Christenson and Paul Fogel
In an in-depth interview in Library Journal with CDL’s Heather Christenson, Mass Digitization Project Manager and HathiTrust Project Manager, and Paul Fogel, technical lead for mass digitization and the co-technical lead for the HathiTrust at CDL, Char Booth, formerly of […]
bX Recommender Trial Ending 6/13/11
The UC Libraries hosted a 2-month trial of Ex Libris’ bX Recommender service, an academic library recommender service that displays in UC-eLinks. The trial will end on Monday, June 13. The UC Heads of Public Services (HOPS) appointed a small […]