CDLINFO News
Calisphere soars past two million digital primary resource items!
We are delighted to announce that Calisphere now provides access to over two million historical images, texts, recordings, and other primary resources from the state of California’s remarkable digital collections. Explore early maps of the world; photographs from historical newspapers; […]
Welcome, UC Library Search!
Today, the manner in which patrons and staff discover materials across the entire University of California has fundamentally changed with the introduction of UC Library Search. Replacing Melvyl, which has dutifully served as the UC union catalog since 1981, UC […]
Tran Ha moves on
We’re saddened, but also pleased, to report that Tran Ha, our Open Access Data Analyst, will be leaving CDL in the near future to embark on an exciting career shift toward the field of coffee. Tran will be reducing her […]
CDL, CRL & HathiTrust Collaboration Update
The CDL, CRL, & HathiTrust Shared Print Collaboration (CCH Collab) continues to act on its guiding principles of transparency, inclusion and responsiveness, focusing their 2021 activities on increasing community engagement and improving technology solutions supporting shared print. The Collab has […]
Reminder and Full Agenda: WEST Members Meeting Thursday, July 29, 12:30-2pm PT
WEST will hold its 2021 summer members’ meeting virtually this year on Thursday July 29, 2021, from 12:30-2pm PT. Please register in advance for this meeting. Information for joining the meeting will be shared automatically after registering. Welcome and Opening […]
Colin Thompson joins CDL I&AS
Infrastructure & Application Support is pleased to welcome Colin Thompson as our newest member. Colin joins Joe Somontan and Martin Haye on the team that builds and maintains our technology infrastructure. Colin has strong ties with UC. He received a […]
Josh Maloney joins LBNL
Josh Maloney, CDL Business Operations Manager, has accepted a position as a Senior Financial Analyst with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. His last day with CDL will be July 2. Josh joined CDL at a time of great change just after […]
WEST Working Groups Update
In the 2019 Strategic Planning Session the WEST governance groups issued several recommendations to form working groups to review various aspects of the WEST program. The following working groups were formed and have been working on executing their charges over […]
Michael Walmsley moves to Baker & Taylor
Michael Walmsley, CDL’s Assistant Director for Systemwide Licensing, will be leaving his position at CDL to take up an opportunity at Baker & Taylor and the Follett Corporation as Vice President of Academic Sales. His last day at CDL will […]
WEST Releases Updated Disclosure Policy
In 2019, the WEST governance committees held a Strategic Planning session and issued a number of recommendations for the WEST program to take action on in the coming years, including to review and revise the WEST Disclosure Policy and Validation […]