Category: Publishing, Archives, and Digitization
The Scholar’s Library is Global
There has been much talk of late about the need for and possibility of creating a National Digital Library (see the call by Robert Darnton and one response by Roy Tennant (http://blog.libraryjournal.com/tennantdigitallibraries/2010/11/08/dueling-national-digital-library-visions/) ). An especially thoughtful response by Paul Courant […]
Digital library’s global, local services
The California Digital Library’s (CDL) success in elevating the digital library to be expansively global and deeply local has been demonstrated this fall in its launching of an array of pioneering resources that support activities in all corners of research […]
eScholarship Integrates PubMed LinkOut Feature
By Elise Proulx Publishing Group Outreach & Marketing Coordinator Follow eScholarship on Facebook and Twitter. The Publishing Group of the California Digital Library (CDL) announces the implementation of the PubMed LinkOut feature for material published by eScholarship, the University of […]
Publishing Group Director Catherine Mitchell on the University as Publisher
By Elise Proulx Publishing Group Outreach & Marketing Coordinator California Digital Library Publishing Group Director Catherine Mitchell sees local publishing services as key for universities to reclaim their primary intellectual asset – the scholarly output of faculty. By getting involved […]
HathiTrust Search Widget
By Heather Christenson, CDL HathiTrust Project Manager CDL has developed a search box that can be placed on any web page to search the HathiTrust Digital Library directly from websites, learning management systems, library guides and more. There are a […]
Nov 8th and 16th: Introduction to the Web Archiving Service
Introduction to the Web Archiving Service Two sessions offered: November 8th and November 16th, 10:00 – 11:30 am Learn how to use the Web Archiving Service to capture critical websites and publications and build searchable archives. If you are a […]
UC Libraries Digitize 3,000,000 Books
The Mass Digitization team at CDL is proud to announce that the 3,000,000th volume has been digitized from the collections of the University of California libraries! Reaching this milestone has involved the work of many dedicated people across the UC […]
Web Archiving Workflows: Open Discussion Fri Nov 5th
Web Conference: Friday Nov 5th: 10:00-11:30am pacific Web archiving is a new frontier for libraries, and we’ve noticed that different organizations using the Web Archiving Service have taken a range of approaches to managing that work. Now that many of […]
UC HathiTrust Update
By Heather Christenson, CDL HathiTrust Project Manager HathiTrust has released an update that summarizes activities and work during the month of September 2010. UC continues to make substantial contributions to this collaborative effort. Some highlights of the UC Libraries’ involvement: […]
New feature on Calisphere: Local History Mapped
Travel through California history with Calisphere’s newest feature: a set of interactive maps with hundreds of images from the past century, plotted at the locations they depict. With Local History Mapped, users can explore their neighborhoods and beyond by browsing […]