Category: Newsletter
Matthew McKinley transitioning from CDL to Omeka
Our colleague Matthew McKinley has accepted the role of Full-Stack Developer with Omeka, which provides open-source web publishing platforms for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits. He will be working with a team of colleagues primarily centered in […]
Morgan & Claypool Synthesis Digital Library Collection Ten is Available
Morgan & Claypool Publishers Synthesis Series (http://www.morganclaypool.com/page/browseLbS.jsp) has begun making its tenth collection of lectures available online. The basic component of the library is a 50 to 100-page electronic book that synthesizes an important research or development topic, authored by […]
CDL Job Opening: Licensing Analyst
The Licensing Analyst plays a vital role in CDL’s mission to provide students, faculty, and researchers at the University of California with broad access to an enriching and valuable collection of ebooks, journals, streaming video, and other content. As a […]
SCP Update – August 2020
SCP posted the distribution statistics report for the month of July 2020. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. They are color coded as: Net Increase (Green) — Net […]
“Building a National Finding Aid Network”: collaborative research and development initiative receives IMLS funding support
The California Digital Library is pleased to announce a $982,175 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS – National Leadership Grants for Libraries grant program) to conduct a two-year research and demonstration project designed to build the […]
SCP Update – July 2020
SCP posted the distribution statistics report for the month of June 2020. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. They are color coded as: Net Increase (Green) — Net […]
“They Were Really Us”: The UCSF Community’s Early Response to AIDS — A New Exhibition on Calisphere
When HIV/AIDS first seized the nation’s attention in the early 1980s, it was a disease with no name, known cause, treatment, or cure. Beginning as a medical mystery, it turned into one of the most divisive social and political issues […]
University of California Press ebook Collection Now Available
The UC libraries have acquired a comprehensive collection of ebooks from the University of California Press (http://uclibs.org/PID/432800). The acquisition, which was funded by CDL, gives UC libraries perpetual access to nearly every UC Press title published since 1928, including the […]
CDL, CRL, & HathiTrust Collaboration for Shared Print Infrastructure
In June, California Digital Library (CDL), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), & HathiTrust affirmed their commitment – first announced in January 2020 – to take the lead in building on the last decade of shared print efforts to realize […]
Alexander Street Historical Collections migrate to the LAZR Platform
According to ASP’s migration information webpage, several Alexander Street legacy products are moving to the LAZR platform effective June 30, 2020. Affected UC-licensed resources are: Early Encounters in North America http://uclibs.org/PID/31414; all campuses North American Women’s Letters and […]