CDLINFO News
PDF processing: a behind-the-scenes but important update to the OAC
This week we changed how we process PDF documents on the Online Archive of California (OAC). Although this won’t result in any flashy new features on the OAC, it will improve the site’s functionality for both contributors and end users. […]
Announcing DataCite Metadata Version 3.0
Scholarly research is producing more digital research data, and scholarly communication depends on data to verify findings, create new research, and share outcomes. Until recently, a persistent approach to access, identification, sharing, and re-use of datasets has been missing. DataCite, […]
CDL Welcomes Danielle Watters Westbrook
We are pleased to announce that Danielle Watters Westbrook has joined CDL as our Shared Print Collections Analyst. Danielle will be supporting UC Shared Print and the Western Regional Storage Trust. Danielle brings a unique combination of skills in collection […]
WAS Service Update: June 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities WAS 2.0 release of new curator tools. Development and testing completed. Release date scheduled for the week of July 8. The curator features will include: ability to override robots.txt; new QA reports; additional metadata […]
DataUp Service Update: June 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities The DataUp project received a 12-month grant from the National Science Foundation to improve on the current feature set. The funds are a supplemental grant to the DataONE project (http://www.dataone.org) and will be used […]
Merritt Service Update: June 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities The migration of the Merritt infrastructure to Virtual Machines (VMs) is complete. Each of the Merritt microservices had to be moved and tested. The migration went smoothly, and the new VMs will provide a […]
DMPTool Service Update: June 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities The DMPTool blog has moved! To get the latest updates and news, redirect your browsers to http://blog.dmptool.org. Next generation DMPTool development status: We are making good progress on the next version of the DMPTool. […]
Web Archiving Service (WAS) 2.0 Release of New Curator Tools
The web is ephemeral – sites are continually redesigned and updated. Pages and even sites can disappear overnight. The Web Archiving Service (WAS) provides curator tools for selecting, capturing, managing, and preserving web content and a public interface for the […]
EZID Service Update: June 2013
Recent Enhancements, News, and Activities EZID clients were invited to comment on and test a new version of the DataCite Metadata Schema EZID and also to comment on a DataCite poll about data quality. EZID clients who create DOIs are […]
UC Libraries Discontinue Taylor & Francis Systemwide Journals License
Following a rigorous value assessment, the Libraries on the ten UC campuses and the California Digital Library (CDL) have discontinued their systemwide Taylor & Francis journals license in favor of local campus subscriptions effective January 1, 2013. Three important systemwide principles […]