CDLINFO News
DMPTool Service Update: August 2015
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities New Template. We added a new template for NIH-Genomic Data Sharing; get the full report on the DMPTool blog. Users should also note that we renamed the existing NIH template “NIH-Generic” and created […]
CDL’s Shared Cataloging Program helps support alternative press/open access resource
SCP staff are constantly on the lookout for how their cataloging can be leveraged for the greater good. Such an opportunity recently presented itself with the licensing by CDL of 800 titles offered by Reveal Digital in their Independent Voices […]
Release of the new Calisphere! More content in a great new interface
CDL is pleased to announce the official, public release of the new Calisphere website, currently in beta mode. Go there now! The new Calisphere site provides access to even more unique digital collections from libraries, archives, and museums throughout the […]
Laine Farley, CDL Executive Director, to Retire Effective September 30th
Laine Farley, longtime Executive Director of the California Digital Library, will retire from the CDL effective September 30th, 2015. Farley is CDL’s third and longest-running Executive Director, having served in that capacity for nine years—first as Acting Executive Director from […]
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – Gunsho Ruiju Online
Nine campuses (all except UCSF) began participation in a Tier 2 opportunity for access to Gunsho Ruiju Online. http://uclibs.org/PID/168427 (B, D, I, LA, M, R, SD, SB and SC; on the JapanKnowledge platform) The Gunsho Ruiju series is […]
EZID Service Update: August 2015
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities We announced our 2015-2017 Roadmap, the result of long-range strategic planning conducted this summer. The planning process included gathering input from UC campus representatives, non-UC EZID clients, and internal CDL clients. DataCite announced two […]
Informa Healthcare journals moving to the Taylor and Francis platform on September 1st
As of September 1, Informa Healthcare journal content will be hosted on the Taylor and Francis platform. This follows the transfer in management of the Informa Healthcare titles to Taylor and Francis in January 2015. Users should be automatically directed to […]
CDL Job Opening for UX Designer
Do you get intrigued thinking through system interactions and engaging in the details of a useful and arresting user experience for online websites and resources? Then join our team! We are hiring a person to join the UX team and […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: Availability/Location Information on Brief Results
This month’s WorldCat Discovery installation on August 21, 2015 included the following new features, enhancements and bug fixes. The running list of release notes can be found at http://www.cdlib.org/services/d2d/melvyl/public/. (Note that many of these do not have an impact […]
Melvyl & FirstSearch transition to WorldCat Discovery rescheduled to June 2016
OCLC’s latest roadmap for WorldCat Discovery (WCD) development indicates that parity with the existing FirstSearch and WorldCat Local interfaces will not happen until spring 2016. Additionally, CDL continues to work with OCLC to resolve a few remaining issues where WCD […]