Category: Newsletter
CDL Job Opening: Information Services Analyst
The California Digital Library (CDL) Information Services Team is recruiting! The ideal candidate for our Information Services Analyst position possesses a passion for researching and solving problems, a commitment to excellence in customer service, a desire to provide assistance to […]
New Systemwide Electronic Resources: Spring & Summer 2021
CDL is pleased to announce a group of new resources that have recently been acquired by the UC libraries for systemwide use by UC students and faculty. The selection of these resources was a collaborative effort involving all ten campuses, […]
New Scholarly Communication Investments by CDL
The CDL Shared Collections Program is pleased to have been able to invest in several important open resources and tools in Fiscal Year 2020-2021, reflecting our commitment to ’invest in open’ by allocating a portion of our collections funding to […]
Calisphere soars past two million digital primary resource items!
We are delighted to announce that Calisphere now provides access to over two million historical images, texts, recordings, and other primary resources from the state of California’s remarkable digital collections. Explore early maps of the world; photographs from historical newspapers; […]
Welcome, UC Library Search!
Today, the manner in which patrons and staff discover materials across the entire University of California has fundamentally changed with the introduction of UC Library Search. Replacing Melvyl, which has dutifully served as the UC union catalog since 1981, UC […]
Tran Ha moves on
We’re saddened, but also pleased, to report that Tran Ha, our Open Access Data Analyst, will be leaving CDL in the near future to embark on an exciting career shift toward the field of coffee. Tran will be reducing her […]
Colin Thompson joins CDL I&AS
Infrastructure & Application Support is pleased to welcome Colin Thompson as our newest member. Colin joins Joe Somontan and Martin Haye on the team that builds and maintains our technology infrastructure. Colin has strong ties with UC. He received a […]
Josh Maloney joins LBNL
Josh Maloney, CDL Business Operations Manager, has accepted a position as a Senior Financial Analyst with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. His last day with CDL will be July 2. Josh joined CDL at a time of great change just after […]
Michael Walmsley moves to Baker & Taylor
Michael Walmsley, CDL’s Assistant Director for Systemwide Licensing, will be leaving his position at CDL to take up an opportunity at Baker & Taylor and the Follett Corporation as Vice President of Academic Sales. His last day at CDL will […]
Enhancing Print Journal Analysis for Shared Print Collections
CDL’s WEST group published a paper in Code{4}Lib Journal; abstract and links are below. ****** Abstract: The Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST), is a distributed shared print journal repository program serving research libraries, college and university libraries, and library consortia […]