The California Digital Library is the result of a three-year planning process, beginning with the Digital Library Executive Working Group commissioned by Library Council and culminating with the Library Planning and Action Initiative commissioned by the Provost, which involved UC […]
A. Grant Support for Additional Year In addition to the successful OAC grant mentioned above, the CDL also received approval of LSTA funds for the California Digital Library, Library of California Access to Environmental Information Project. The Environmental Information Project […]
Beverlee French, associate director for shared collections and services, represented the CDL at the recent meeting of the International Coalition of Library Consortia. Not only does this group provide a forum twice yearly in which to query invited vendors about […]
Joint Steering Committee Subject Area Survey Updates Now Available The Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC) is charged with identifying appropriate mechanisms for system-wide development of digital collections in the various domains (humanities, social sciences, etc.) to serve UC […]
Keeping up to date with changes in Lexis Nexis Academic Universe is a challenge; new titles are added and deleted every month. There are currently more than 5,000 sources covered in the database. The “Sources” button on the Academic Universe […]
a. Counting California Release Counting California [http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org] provides UC users and the public with “one-stop-shopping” for government data and statistics about California. In this first release of the service, researchers and the public can discover and interact with current Census […]
Vendors are removing support for older browser versions, e.g., Netscape 4.x. The removal of support for older browser versions may cause problems for UC library users in locales that have not yet moved to the most recent browser versions in […]
The CDL recognizes the historical significance of the California Recall Election and that material related to this momentous occasion will have lasting value to UC researchers. We also recognize that much of this material is on the web and therefore […]
The needs assessment has been designed to help the project designers understand current usage patterns and user needs, discover similarities and differences across a variety of audiences, find out which features users find most valuable, and identify any unmet user […]
a. Felicia Poe Moves Into New Assessment Coordinator Position Felicia Poe will assume the role of CDL Assessment Coordinator beginning October 1. As a Service Design Analyst at the CDL for the past three years, Felicia has made significant contributions […]
