CDLINFO News
Publishing Group Director Catherine Mitchell on the University as Publisher
By Elise Proulx Publishing Group Outreach & Marketing Coordinator California Digital Library Publishing Group Director Catherine Mitchell sees local publishing services as key for universities to reclaim their primary intellectual asset – the scholarly output of faculty. By getting involved […]
HathiTrust Search Widget
By Heather Christenson, CDL HathiTrust Project Manager CDL has developed a search box that can be placed on any web page to search the HathiTrust Digital Library directly from websites, learning management systems, library guides and more. There are a […]
Nov 8th and 16th: Introduction to the Web Archiving Service
Introduction to the Web Archiving Service Two sessions offered: November 8th and November 16th, 10:00 – 11:30 am Learn how to use the Web Archiving Service to capture critical websites and publications and build searchable archives. If you are a […]
Reducing the Cost of Change
Two of the authors of the Agile Manifesto, Jim Highsmith and Alistair Cockburn, have said here that the strategy behind Agile methods “is to reduce the cost of change.” To me this is a provocative phrase, “reduce the cost of […]
STAT-USA Ceased Operation on October 1st
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst The STAT-USA/Internet website ceased operation on October 1, 2010. STAT-USA focused on providing international trade information and U.S. economic statistics. The Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) will be de-activating the PID for this resource […]
Access to Landolt-Börnstein Content Changes on November 1st
By Jayne Dickson, CDL Information Services Analyst Previously, UC had licensed the Landolt-Börnstein content (data collection in all areas of physical sciences and engineering) from Springer-Verlag. At the beginning of 2010, Springer introduced a new database (SpringerMaterials: The Landolt-Börnstein Database) […]
Two Library Reviews Underway
Ellen Meltzer, Information Services Manager Two reviews of UC’s libraries are currently underway: one of the California Digital Library (CDL), and a second of all UC Library services. All of the programs in Academic Planning, Programs and Coordination at the […]
UC Libraries Digitize 3,000,000 Books
The Mass Digitization team at CDL is proud to announce that the 3,000,000th volume has been digitized from the collections of the University of California libraries! Reaching this milestone has involved the work of many dedicated people across the UC […]
Web Archiving Workflows: Open Discussion Fri Nov 5th
Web Conference: Friday Nov 5th: 10:00-11:30am pacific Web archiving is a new frontier for libraries, and we’ve noticed that different organizations using the Web Archiving Service have taken a range of approaches to managing that work. Now that many of […]
Meeting Notes: Better Results with Half the Work
Is it your turn to take notes at an upcoming meeting? Give yourself and everyone else a break with a simple, cut-to-the chase method: record only what’s essential and ignore the fluff. Last week, Leslie outlined the basics on managing meetings […]