CDLINFO News
Andy Mardesich joins the Mass Digitization group
On Sept. 5, 2008, the Mass Digitization group welcomed Andy Mardesich as a Programmer/Analyst.
New Collections in Calisphere and the OAC: Local History Digital Resources
Over 2,000 new digitized primary resources are now available in the CDL's Calisphere and Online Archive of California (OAC) websites as of September 2008. The collections offer unique glimpses into California local history, and were assembled by a range of institutions throughout the state.
New Collection in Calisphere and the OAC: AFL-CIO Papers and Proceedings
Approximately, 350 proceedings and papers dating back to 1901 from the records of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) are now available in Calisphere and the Online Archive of California (OAC).
Reporting problems with Google Books
Occasionally, book links in the catalog records link incorrectly to another book via the Google Books Search API. The best way to report these mis-links and other problems with the Google Books content is to use the Melvyl Catalog and WCL implementation feedback links to report the problem to CDL.
Bibliographic Services welcomes two new Project Managers
Leslie Wolf and Lena Zentall join CDL's Bibliographic Services team as Project Managers.
Matt Winfield joins CDL’s Publishing Group
On Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, Matthew Winfield became the Publishing Group's new eScholarship Operations Coordinator.
End of Bush's Term: Will It Disappear from the Web?
Will the Homeland Security and No Child Left Behind websites disappear on January 20th 2009? To ensure that the historical record of the current administration is not lost, a partnership of government and nonprofit agencies has taken responsibility for its preservation.
CDL Receives 2008-2009 LSTA Funding for the Local History Digital Resources Program
The CDL was awarded $111,000 in grant funding through 2008-2009 from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) to provide preservation and access services as part of the "Local History Digital Resources Program" (LHDRP).
CDL's Recently Acquired Scholarly Content in 2008
Every year CDL purchases perpetual rights to scholarly digital content using end-of-year funds. This growing collection of content provides permanent digital rights on behalf of future generations of UC faculty and students in varied disciplines across the sciences and humanities.
CDL Staff at IFLA Conference
Margaret Low, software engineer in Digital Preservation, recently returned from the IFLA Annual Conference in Quebec where she presented a very well-received paper on the CDL preservation infrastructure.