CDLINFO News
WEST Cycles 12 & 13 Call for Unarchived Holdings & Webinar
WEST is getting ready to identify the next round of archiving priorities for archiving Cycles 12 & 13! We are therefore asking all WEST Members (Full and Supporting) to provide MARC bibliographic and holdings data for your currently held, unarchived, […]
Updates to the WEST Executive Committee Composition and Candidacy
In 2021, the WEST Executive Committee reviewed WEST’s governance documentation and made two updates to the Executive Committee’s composition and candidacy parameters to expand the range of perspectives that shape WEST’s strategic directions and to further enhance the connection between […]
CDL Job Opening: Application Programmer (Part-Time)
The California Digital Library (CDL) at the University of California is recruiting for an Application Programmer to join its Publishing, Archives, and Digitization team. The position is a three-year, 50% time role. The incumbent will work collaboratively with senior developers […]
Welcome Lisa Moske
Lisa Moske is joining CDL’s Collection Development and Management group in the contract position of Shared Content Service Support Coordinator. Lisa starts today, September 1, and will be with us for up to one year. As the Shared Content Service […]
Cycle 10 (2021) Collection Comparison Reports Now Available
One of the many benefits of WEST membership is the regular collection analysis that feeds our archiving activity; we also share the results of our analysis with members in yearly collection comparison reports as well as the On Demand Comparison […]
CDL Job Opening: Information Services Analyst
The California Digital Library (CDL) Information Services Team is recruiting! The ideal candidate for our Information Services Analyst position possesses a passion for researching and solving problems, a commitment to excellence in customer service, a desire to provide assistance to […]
New Systemwide Electronic Resources: Spring & Summer 2021
CDL is pleased to announce a group of new resources that have recently been acquired by the UC libraries for systemwide use by UC students and faculty. The selection of these resources was a collaborative effort involving all ten campuses, […]
New Publications of Note
The past several months have seen a flurry of new publications focused on the historical and ongoing evolution of print management in libraries. Ben Walker of the University of Florida published a history of library storage solutions at the University […]
New Scholarly Communication Investments by CDL
The CDL Shared Collections Program is pleased to have been able to invest in several important open resources and tools in Fiscal Year 2020-2021, reflecting our commitment to ’invest in open’ by allocating a portion of our collections funding to […]
Notes from WEST’s July 2021 Member Meeting
WEST’s 2021 summer member meeting was held virtually on July 29. Meeting participants included a number of returning and first-time attendees, and included staff representing Archive Builders, Archive Holders, and Non-Archive Holders as well as WEST’s Rosemont Alliance partner programs. […]