CDLINFO News
Bagit: Transferring Digital Content
The CDL Digital Preservation Group, under the leadership of John Kunze, has co-developed with the Library of Congress a format for transferring digital content.
SJSU Intern at the CDL
CDL welcomes intern Lisa Conrad. She will be working on a project to develop a method to measure the impact of CDL services beyond the straight usage statistics on our sites by using web analytics tools, analyzing social networking sites and possibly the use of toolbars and widgets.
Adam Brin & Stephanie Collett join the CDL
CDL welcomes two new staff members to the Bibliographic Services team: Adam Brin & Stephanie Collett
Application deadline for the Electronic Resource Analyst position extended
The closing date for the Electronic Resource Analyst position has been extended to July 10, 2008. See original article for details.
UC Image Service News: Preparing for UC Shared Images strategic collection building
CDL and campus stakeholders have been working hard behind the scenes to lay the foundation for collection building in UC Shared Images. This has included developing metadata submission guidelines for campuses to structure their metadata, and a collection development program proposal to help campuses manage collection building.
Counting California Decommissioned
This is a reminder that Counting California has been decommissioned; see previous CDLINFO article (dated March 31, 2008) for details.
Users Council 2008 Annual Meeting – Catching Up
On Friday, May 9, the Users Council met in downtown Oakland for its annual meeting. The group, representing all of the UC campuses, the national labs, and a group of other California partners, heard about and discussed a host of issues. Meeting notes and PowerPoint presentations are now available.
Upcoming Platform and Database Changes
On July 1, 2008, Blackwell Publishing will merge with John Wiley and Sons; all Wiley-Blackwell's online products will be combined onto a single Wiley InterScience platform. Additionally, EBSCO's Academic Search Complete will replace Gale's Expanded Academic ASAP database.
Read more-->CDL recruiting for Electronic Resource Analyst
By Ivy Anderson, Director of CDL Collection Development & Management CALIFORNIA DIGITAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT ELECTRONIC RESOURCE ANALYST Salary: $53,136 – $74,352 (Minimum of Range – Midpoint of Range) Job #: 20080168 Close Date: 06/19/2008 […]
Calisphere and iPods in the Classroom: New technology brings California history to life
Recently, Bay Area K-12 teachers learned simple and practical ways to team a cutting-edge technology — an iPod touch, PowerPoint, and online tools such as MovieMaker and Garageband — with Calisphere’s thousands of primary source images to bring history to life in the classroom.