Category: Publishing, Archives, and Digitization
UC Image Service News: Collection liaisons appointed
The UC Libraries Collection Development Committee (CDC) has appointed collection liaisons for UC Shared Images – one from each campus, to facilitate collection building in ARTstor.
CDL Staff at ELPUB2008 Conference
The Publishing Group had a very successful trip to the ELPUB2008 conference in Toronto where CDL staff presented a workshop and paper.
UC Image Service News: More Luna Insight collections
Thirteen additional Luna Insight image collections were recently made available by CDL for the UC Image Service.
UC Image Service News: Preparing for UC Shared Images strategic collection building
CDL and campus stakeholders have been working hard behind the scenes to lay the foundation for collection building in UC Shared Images. This has included developing metadata submission guidelines for campuses to structure their metadata, and a collection development program proposal to help campuses manage collection building.
Counting California Decommissioned
This is a reminder that Counting California has been decommissioned; see previous CDLINFO article (dated March 31, 2008) for details.
Calisphere and iPods in the Classroom: New technology brings California history to life
Recently, Bay Area K-12 teachers learned simple and practical ways to team a cutting-edge technology — an iPod touch, PowerPoint, and online tools such as MovieMaker and Garageband — with Calisphere’s thousands of primary source images to bring history to life in the classroom.
California Digital Library Announces New Release of the eXtensible Text Framework (XTF)
The California Digital Library (CDL) is pleased to announce a new release of its search and display technology, the eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) Version 2.1. XTF is an open source, highly flexible software application that supports the search, browse and display of heterogeneous digital content.
UC Image Service News: Saskia collection added to UC Shared Images in ARTstor
CDL has added the Saskia Art & Architecture collection to UC Shared Images in ARTstor. Saskia provides over 26,000 core art history images on Western European civilization from more than 100 museums.
UC Image Service News: Luna Insight Collections Update
UC Shared Images implementation continues with CDL moving some collections from Luna Insight to ARTstor, while access to other collections is reverting to UC websites.