CDLINFO News
Second position for Principal Metadata Analyst at CDL
Job Opportunity at the California Digital Library (CDL): Be part of a metadata team shaping the future of discovery & delivery. Position: Principal Metadata Analyst (2 positions: 1 filled, 1 open) About you You are an experienced metadata analyst. You […]
California Digital Library Announces Release of XTF Version 3.0
The California Digital Library (CDL) is pleased to announce the release of version 3.0 of XTF (http://xtf.cdlib.org/), an open source, highly flexible software application that supports the search, browse and display of heterogeneous digital content. XTF provides efficient and practical […]
Recently Released: University of Michigan Web Archive
Web Archiving Service (http://was.cdlib.org/) partners at the Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan have made their comprehensive archive of university websites available to the public. The University of Michigan Web Archive (http://webarchives.cdlib.org/a/universityofmichigan) contains 490 archived sites from the umich.edu domain, […]
April Web Archiving Service Workshops (14th, 19th & 25th)
The California Digital Library will be offering two introductory Web Archiving Service sessions in April and another session to preview forthcoming enhancements to the service. Web Archiving Service Introduction Sessions On April 14th and again on the 25th at 9:30 […]
Fixity micro-service draft specification available
We’re at a point in Merritt development where we are creating more user-facing services, and we will be seeking public response on a more regular basis. We are now working on the fixity micro-service, and have a draft specification available […]
UC-eLinks upgrades to SFX version 4
UC-eLinks was upgraded to Ex Libris’ SFX version 4 software on March 31, 2011. This upgrade focused on the back-end admin module, so end-users will not see any visible change. The UC-eLinks liaisons that update UC-eLinks locally at their campus […]
EZID: A Tool for Creation and Long-Term Management of Identifiers
Recently our EZID (http://n2t.net/ezid) service was reviewed on four points: 1. EZID represents a single point of failure, and, as such is vulnerable. 2. URLs are “a globally deployed identifier scheme” that have endured and provide the functionality cultural heritage […]
bX Recommender Trial for UC Libraries 4/11/-6/10/11
We are testing a potential new recommender service for UC-eLinks The University of California Libraries will be experimenting with a 2-month trial of bX Recommender (http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/bXOverview), an academic library recommender service that points users to relevant scholarly articles on the […]
UC Libraries Statement on E-Book Access in Libraries
By Ivy Anderson, Director, Collection Development & Management As the UC Libraries explore options for the increased acquisition of e-books, we reaffirm the importance of fair use and equitable access to information, the principles on which all libraries stand. As […]
DataCite Metadata Scheme update
The DataCite Metadata Scheme has been updated, and the schema and accompanying documentation are now available in Version 2.1. The Schema is accessible at this location: http://datacite.org/schema/datacite-metadata-v2.1.xsd (http://datacite.org/schema/datacite-metadata-v2.1.xsd). The documentation is here: http://datacite.org/schema/DataCite-MetadataKernel_v2.1.pdf Several early adopters and other careful readers […]