Category: Publishing, Archives, and Digitization
HathiTrust June 2012 Update
The University of California libraries added another 3,446 volumes into HathiTrust this month, making UC’s total 3,340,228 of the 10,408,905 in HathiTrust. Of these, more than 3,000,000 volumes are in the public domain. UC’s contributions to development this month include […]
WAS Service Update – June 2012
Service Description The Web Archiving Service (WAS) enables librarians, archivists and researchers to capture, curate and preserve websites and web‐published materials. WAS makes it easy to build web archives, with scheduling and other tools to help manage your archive. You […]
CDL Joins Copyright Review Project
By Heather Christenson, CDL HathiTrust Project Manager The HathiTrust Digital Library contains millions of digital volumes that are not available to users, but could potentially be in the public domain and made viewable online if their copyright status were known. […]
Assessment leads to strategic new directions for OAC and Calisphere
The CDL has recently completed a multi-faceted assessment of the Online Archive of California (OAC) and Calisphere, in order to plan for the continued development of these platforms–especially as relates to hosting and providing access to digitized special collections materials. […]
Welcome Purdue – CIC Members Now Eligible for Web Archiving Service Discount
CDL is delighted to welcome the Purdue University Libraries as the most recent Web Archiving Service (WAS) partner. WAS enables librarians and archivists to build archives of harvested websites, and to continue their role as stewards of cultural heritage materials for […]
New Web Archiving Service Partner: Temple University Libraries
CDL is delighted to welcome the Temple University Libraries as a Web Archiving Service (WAS) partner. WAS enables librarians and archivists to build archives of harvested websites, and to continue their role as stewards of cultural heritage materials for researchers […]
WAS User’s Group at the Society of American Archivists Meeting: Friday, August 10
CDL will be hosting a Web Archiving Service User’s group meeting in conjunction with the upcoming Society of American ArchivistsAnnual Meeting in San Diego. Since many WAS users from around the country will be attending SAA, this will be a great […]
HathiTrust May 2012 Update
Just in time for summer reading, the May 2012 update has been posted. So grab a comfortable chair and a refreshing beverage, and read on about the activities of our new Board of Governors, our new shared location for instructional materials, […]
WAS Service Update: April– May 2012 http://was.cdlib.org
WAS Service Description The Web Archiving Service (WAS) enables librarians, archivists and researchers to capture, curate and preserve websites and web‐published materials. WAS makes it easy to build web archives, with scheduling and other tools to help manage your archive. […]
The Broad Value of Web Archives: Researcher Findings
On April 30 2012, the International Internet Preservation Consortium hosted a day-long session on “The Broad Value of Web Archives: General Use” (http://netpreserve.org/events/2012ga.php). Speakers at this event focused on the use and analysis of web-archived materials, and provided a glimpse into […]