Category: Newsletter
SCP Monthly Update–October 2018
SCP has posted the distribution statistics report for the month of September. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. For serials distributions, SCP continued to focus on the major […]
HathiTrust Turns 10!
October 13 marks the 10th anniversary of the HathiTrust Digital Library. Ten years ago, HathiTrust was launched jointly by the 12-university consortium known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and the 10 university libraries of University of California system. The […]
Contemporary Women’s Issues moves to new Gale platform
Recently, Contemporary Women’s Issues moved from the RDS platform to Gale’s InfoTrac platform. Contemporary Women’s Issues offers comprehensive coverage of issues that influence women’s lives across the globe. The database provides access to current full text and pertinent backfile content covering […]
National Technical Information Library (NTRL) is now Open Access
The National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) has become an open access resource, following a decision made by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). NTRL was previously licensed as Tier 2 by five UC campuses. With the change of NTRL to […]
SCP Monthly Update — September 2018
SCP has posted the distribution statistics report for the month of August. This monthly report shows net the increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. For serials distributions, SCP continued to focus on the […]
CDL welcomes Brian David
CDL happily welcomes Brian David as CDL’s new Information Services analyst. Most recently, Brian spent 3+ years at bepress as a consultant and team manager. Before then, his career included work within the non-profit and agriculture sectors, among other positions. […]
China Data Online Cancellation
The China Data Online product is no longer available through UC’s Tier 2 subscription vendor. According to the China Data Center website (http://www.chinadatacenter.org/closed/): “Effective immediately, this China Data Center (CDC) website and associated CDC websites will no longer be available. […]
CDL receives additional LSTA grant funding to expose more cultural heritage collections through Calisphere and DPLA
CDL is pleased to announce that we have received an additional year of grant support from the California State Library, enabling us to aggregate and provide even more comprehensive access to unique digital resources from cultural heritage organizations throughout the […]
Stephen Abrams leaving CDL
As many of you know, Stephen Abrams will be returning to the Boston area in order to be in closer geographic proximity to family. His last day at CDL will be October 5, 2018. For over 10 years, Stephen has been […]
Thousands of Historic California Legislative Publications Newly Available for Access
A collaboration between CDL’s Mass Digitization Team, the California Office of Legislative Counsel, and librarians at UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and the California State Library has resulted in 4,000 volumes of historic California Legislative materials being digitized and opened for […]