CDLINFO News
WEST passes resolution honoring Lizanne Payne
The WEST Executive Committee passed the following resolution on May 20, 2016 to thank Lizanne Payne for her leadership. Resolution Honoring Elizabeth A. (Lizanne) Payne Whereas Elizabeth A. Payne has advanced the efforts of more than 70 academic and research libraries in the Western […]
Release of new EZID user interface
CDL is pleased to announce the all-new EZID user interface, which improves the site’s look and feel, provides a better platform for outreach, and makes it even easier for researchers and librarians to create and manage persistent identifiers. What’s […]
DMPTool Service Update: May 2016
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Brian Riley joined our ranks officially as the DMPTool Technical Lead! And another warm welcome to our new UC3 DevOps/Developer guru, Jim Vanderveen. Bug fixes. Bug-squashing is nearing the finish line. You can follow our progress in […]
WEST libraries achieve 500,000 volumes
Member libraries of the Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) have reached a major milestone, successfully archiving half a million journal volumes. Forum Journal 3, no. 3 (1989). Photo by Amy Watson, Arizona State University Libraries, 2016. The five hundred […]
EZID Service Update: May 2016
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities Many EZID clients were interested in a DataCite-sponsored webinar on Zotero for Data Repositories. Sebastian Karcher (Associate Director of Associate Director the Qualitative Data Repository at Syracuse University) was the presenter, and he shared […]
Calisphere exceeds half a million items!
“The deeper you look, the more you’ll discover.” Today, the Calisphere motto rings particularly true, as we celebrate the growth of the collection to over half a million items! (Or 530,711, to be exact.) Recent additions include the Gold […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: May 2016
For the month of April, our major serial record distributions include EBSCO journals (78 titles), JSTOR online journals (55 titles), Superstar Chinamaxx journals (52 titles), and Open Access journals (175 titles, including Gallica online journals, a new package of 10 […]
University of Chicago Press Journals Move to the Atypon Platform
The University of Chicago Press launched of a new online home for the University of Chicago Press’s portfolio of nearly 70 journals on the Atypon platform. The new platform provides advanced search and information discovery capabilities; superior readability and accessibility; […]
New Tier 2 Licensed Resource – Nutrition Science Collection
Seven campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and San Francisco) are participating in a Tier 2 license for the Nutrition Science Collection from the American Society of Nutrition. The Nutrition Science Collection includes the complete content of their […]
Exploration of Training for UC Librarians in Research Data Curation
As research data curation becomes an integral part of library services, for some librarians it is a core job duty and thus requires specialized, expert-level knowledge. Others may only need to become familiar with a broad overview of the issues. […]