Category: Newsletter
CDL office closure Dec. 21, 2018 (noon) – Jan. 1, 2019
This year, UC’s Office of the President (UCOP), including the California Digital Library (CDL), will be officially closed during the Winter and New Year holiday periods from Friday, December 21, 2018 at noon through Tuesday, January 1, 2019. The Office of […]
The Times Digital Archives moves to Gale’s new platform
As part of the continued transition of Gale resources to Gale’s Primary Sources platform (see https://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2018/11/01/new-platform-for-several-gale-databases/), The Times Digital Archive will be moving to this platform on the afternoon of December 20, 2018. http://uclibs.org/PID/112897 (All campuses; on Gale’s Primary Sources […]
ASM Handbooks Online transitions to a new platform
ASM International has rolled out a new Silverchair platform for ASM Handbooks Online. Six campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced and San Diego) participate in the ASM Handbooks license. http://uclibs.org/PID/61606 B, D, I, LA, M, and SD; on the […]
Alison Wohlers becomes UC/WEST Shared Print Program Manager
CDL is happy to announce that Alison Wohlers has accepted an appointment as Manager, Shared Print Programs for UC Libraries and the Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) effective December 10, 2018. Many of you have worked with Alison in her […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Call to action labels implemented
The WorldCat Discovery installation on December 11, 2018 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note that many of these enhancements do not have an impact on Melvyl since […]
ARKs in the Open: Project Update #8, 2018 Wrap-Up and Looking to 2019
The ARKs-in-the-Open (AITO) team made great strides in 2018 toward their goal to transition the ARK specification and registry from the California Digital Library to a community supported and managed activity. Some highlights of the work so far this year: The […]
SCP Monthly Update — December 2018
SCP has posted the distribution statistics report for the month of November. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. For serials distributions, SCP has been focusing on cataloging open […]
CDL Job Openings: Licensing Analyst & Shared Content Service Coordinator
The California Digital Library (CDL) is continuing to recruit for two outstanding openings on its licensing team. If you are passionate about building world-class collections to serve the needs of 21st century students and scholars, share our vision about the […]
Meet Ruchi Aggarwal – CDL’s new Finance Manager
Ruchi Aggarwal comes to CDL with a wealth of experience in finance and higher educations. She spent 16 years at the University of Washington in progressively senior roles, including as Finance Manager for the College of Engineering and as Assistant […]
Christine Kim joins CDL as OAC/Calisphere Service & Outreach Manager
We are delighted to announce that Christine Kim is joining the CDL as the OAC/Calisphere Service & Outreach Manager, effective January 15, 2019. Christine brings a broad array of advanced product management, marketing and outreach, and community support experience to […]