Category: Newsletter
SCP Record Distribution Surpasses One Million Records
As of June 26, 2018, the CDL Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) reached a milestone. More than one million records have been distributed to UC campuses over the years: Databases: 743 records; 773 package links Monographs: 936,973 records; 946,247 package links […]
Statista is cancelled effective Saturday, June 30, 2018
The CDL subscription to Statista has been cancelled effective June 30, due to unsustainable price increases from the vendor. A price increase imposed by the vendor when CDL requested an adjustment of pricing terms that was needed to accommodate changes […]
CDL Job Opening for Information Services Analyst
The California Digital Library (CDL) supports the education, research, and public service mission of the University of California in partnership with the ten campus University of California Libraries system. The CDL has four core programs: Collection Development; Discovery & Delivery; […]
Josh Maloney joins CDL’s Business Services
Josh Maloney has joined CDL as the new Business Operations Manager. Josh will be overseeing the procurement, revenue, as well as other accounting and finance processes. Josh comes to us from UC Berkeley where he was Department Budget Officer for […]
Cobweb Update: Establishing a Collaborative Collecting Project
Over the next few weeks, we will be conducting user testing of the Cobweb functional prototype along with a few high-fidelity wireframes to learn from potential users about what they’d consider most useful in a collaborative collection development platform. One […]
DynaMed Plus now available for all UC campuses
All UC campuses and selected medical sites now have access to DynaMed Plus thanks to a 2 year UC-wide pilot paid for by the UC Medical Centers and selected campuses. Some campuses have had access via local subscriptions to DynaMed. […]
Meet Sarah Houghton, CDL’s new Discovery & Delivery Director
The California Digital Library is delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah Houghton as the new Director of the Discovery & Delivery (D2D) program effective August 1st 2018. Sarah comes to the California Digital Library after serving seven years as […]
Position Opening: Manager, Shared Print Programs, CDL and WEST
CDL is delighted to announce that the position of Manager, Shared Print Programs at the California Digital Library is open for recruitment. This is an exciting leadership opportunity to help chart the course of shared print collaboration at UC, WEST, […]
Nga Ong Joins Collection Development Team
Please join CDL in congratulating Nga on her new position as the Collection Assessment Analyst, effective June 25, 2018. As many of you know, Nga has been helping the CDL’s Licensed Content Group with various collection analysis projects related to […]
CDL Job Opening for Licensing Analyst
The California Digital Library (CDL) is a collaborative effort of the ten campuses of the University of California, and is designed to enable UC libraries to continue to meet the informational needs of UC faculty and students. The CDL assumes […]