CDLINFO News
SCP Update – March 2022
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in February 2022 ACM Digital Library Complete: 197 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 1,074 JSTOR Books DDA: 312 University of Chicago Oriental Institute publications (Local-OA): 144 Collection level records: 12 Link to the […]
Help shape the future of WEST – Town hall recording and opportunities for input
In 2020, the WEST Executive Committee charged the Non-journal Formats Working Group to explore areas of expansion for WEST. The Working Group has developed five pilot proposals and seeks member input as an important component of drafting final recommendations to […]
New Tier 2 Resource: Artech House Ebooks
As part of a new Tier 2 agreement, four campuses plus LBNL now have access to Artech House ebooks via IEEE Xplore. UCB, UCI, UCLA and LBNL have access to the full backfile of nearly 700 ebooks back to 1999, […]
AGUA Development Phase 6 Planning Kickoff – WEST Member Input Requested
During ‘off years’ of the WEST collection analysis cycle, WEST works on identifying and building out enhancements to AGUA, our collection analysis and decision support system. In previous Development Phases the WEST governance committees have prioritized a range of projects, […]
New Shared Collections Bibliography
The Shared Collections Interest Group, part of the American Library Association’s Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) division, has released an informal bibliography of publications and resources related to shared collections in two areas of focus: New publications and resource […]
Lisa Mackinder appointed Assistant Director of Systemwide Licensing and Collection Services
We are delighted to announce that following a national search Lisa Mackinder has been appointed as Assistant Director of Systemwide Licensing and Collection Services for the California Digital Library. Lisa comes to this role with 14 years of directly related […]
Spotlight on AGUA Development: Metadata Validation
One of the major projects WEST undertook in 2021 to enhance AGUA was a project to improve metadata validation practices to support more rigorous data analysis by the AGUA Technical Team and to report back findings to WEST members to […]
WEST Program Reflections – Progress on WEST 2019 Strategic Directions and 2021 Year-In-Review
In 2019 the WEST governance groups met in Oakland, CA, to define strategic recommendations to guide WEST’s work over the next three years. WEST has made considerable progress on the 13 strategic recommendations and sub-recommendations identified by the WEST governance […]
Good news from Shared Collections: Welcome Sherry Lochhaas!
We have good news from the Shared Collections program this morning. Sherry Lochhaas joins us today as our new Electronic Resources Services Manager. She is joining us from UC Berkeley, where she has held the Electronic Resources Librarian position, and […]
Welcome Satomi Saito
Please join me in welcoming Satomi Saito to the California Digital Library! Satomi joins the CDL Finance & Operations team as a Senior Financial Analyst, beginning March 1, 2022. Before joining the CDL, Satomi worked with the UC San Diego […]