Category: Publishing, Archives, and Digitization
Alainna Wrigley joins CDL as the Publication Management System Coordinator
The CDL is delighted to announce that Alainna Wrigley will join the Publishing & Special Collections Group as the Publication Management System Coordinator, effective January 15, 2019. Alainna will be the product and service owner of the UC Publication […]
At Long Last… The Public Domain Expands!
With the start of 2019, the public domain in the United States expanded for the first time in 20 years. Since the Sonny Bono Copyright Act of 1998 went into effect, 1923 had been the cut-off year before which books […]
Christine Kim joins CDL as OAC/Calisphere Service & Outreach Manager
We are delighted to announce that Christine Kim is joining the CDL as the OAC/Calisphere Service & Outreach Manager, effective January 15, 2019. Christine brings a broad array of advanced product management, marketing and outreach, and community support experience to […]
Cobweb Update: Recorded Webinar on Cobweb Functionality Now Available
Are you curious about how Cobweb can support your web archiving work or how you might use the platform to initiate or otherwise participate in collaborative web archiving initiatives? Check out the slides and recorded video from a recently held […]
Toward a national archival finding aid network: collaborative planning initiative receives LSTA funding support
CDL is excited to announce that we will soon be embarking on a collaborative planning initiative, in partnership with regional/statewide archival description aggregators, to explore a “next generation” finding aid network — one that which would continue to serve the […]
Cobweb Update: Announcing the Cobweb Demonstration Platform!
We are excited to share a public release of the Cobweb demonstration platform! Cobweb is an open source platform that helps coordinate the collection development activities that go into building web archives. Anyone can now engage with the platform to […]
Monica Westin moves to Google
Monica Westin, Publications & Engagement Manager in CDL’s Publishing & Special Collections unit, has accepted the role of Program Manager, Global Partnerships, at Google Scholar. In addition to the opportunities this role offers, Monica will be able to take advantage […]
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 […]
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 […]
Digitization at the Click of a Shutter: Works of California Photographers Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones Now Online
Thousands of images by California photographers Ruth-Marion Baruch (1922–1997) and Pirkle Jones (1914–2009) are now digitized and available online (many for the first time!) on Calisphere and UC Santa Cruz University Library Digital Collections. They are also available at the Digital Library of […]