[…] Program. In her new role, Joan will be responsible for leading a collaborative systemwide effort to develop plans, strategies, and cost models for pilot projects for the UC libraries’ shared monographic collection building. Joan’s leadership contributions to UC libraries and […]
[…] aim in coordinating these shared collection development efforts is simple: to continue supporting the University’s world-class research and teaching by cost-effectively broadening and enhancing access to the information on which it depends. At Harvard, Anderson is currently the program manager […]
[…] Inc., UC library books will be digitized by the Internet Archive using a new technology that scans books at the cost of 10 cents per page. The materials will be available from , the website of the Open Content Alliance […]
The C alifornia Digital Library (CDL) seeks an innovative and proactive Manager of Shared Print to plan and oversee projects that allow the University of California libraries to share and coordinate printed collections.
[…] annotate archived web pages. Intuitive user interface. Integration with Google Docs and OpenOffice.org (in addition to Microsoft Word). No purchase cost to the library or the user. However, Zotero only works in tandem with Firefox and it outputs to far […]
[…] CDL continues to download the book files made available to us by Google. The Digital Preservation Group has been assessing cost models and options for storage and preservation of the tidal wave of files coming from mass digitization. In March, […]
[…] humanities. Often CDL’s perpetual purchases result in a waiver or substantial reduction in ongoing annual subscription fees, thus offering long-term cost savings to campuses. This year, in addition to CDL’s purchases, a number of campuses stepped forward to offer their […]
After a careful evaluation, CDL has selected Serials Solutions 360 Resource Manager to manage the CDL's shared licensing activities for tier 1 and CDL-supported tier 2 resources.
[…] support. Recency: Thinking fresh information is best. Selective perception: Lacking a common understanding of the same set of circumstances. Sunk cost: Throwing good money after bad. Barry Shore (http://www.wsbe.unh.edu/barry-shore), the author, describes seven major failures, some of them famous (like […]
[…] to the University’s eScholarship program, a strategic publishing initiative that promotes innovation in scholarly communication by developing and supporting low- cost distribution services and new publishing models for academic publications across the UC system and beyond. Under the supervision of […]
