CDLINFO News
OCLC Launches Shared Print Infrastructure Enhancements
In 2018 OCLC and the Center for Research Libraries were awarded a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a joint Shared Print Data Infrastructure project. Two major development projects that OCLC and CRL have undertaken are a […]
O’Reilly for Higher Education now available for UC
O’Reilly for Higher Education (OHE) is now available for all UC campuses on O’Reilly’s new platform: http://uclibs.org/PID/432785 . OHE contains close to 48,000 titles of technical eBooks, videos, interactive tutorials, case studies, learning paths and audio books from O’Reilly & […]
SCP Update – June 2020
SCP posted the distribution statistics report for the month of May 2020. This monthly report shows net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections. They are color coded as: Net Increase (Green) — Net […]
Registration Open for Virtual PAN Forum – June 26, 12-3pm PT
Registration is now open for this year’s Print Archive Network (PAN) Forum, which will take place virtually on June 26, 2020, from 12-3pm PT / 2-5pm CT. The PAN Forum will include updates from various shared print programs and initiatives, […]
Hiring Announcement for SILS Service Manager
The California Digital Library’s Discovery & Delivery program is pleased to welcome Caitlin Nelson as its Systemwide ILS Service Manager, effective July 1, 2020. The role is critical to the implementation and operation of the UC Systemwide ILS, and in […]
WEST contact updates
WEST has recently sent an email to all Primary Contacts asking them to review and, if necessary, update their contacts for various WEST activities. This ensures that WEST is sending communications to the appropriate staff at each member institution, and […]
DynaMed Plus cancelled
Access to DynaMed Plus for currently participating campuses ended effective 5/31. A Tier 2 is being worked on; please contact the Tier 2 Campus Coordinator Sarah McClung with questions. Information about the earlier subscription is available at https://cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2018/06/27/dynamed-plus-now-available-for-all-uc-campuses/
Put Crowdsourcing to Work for Your Library
Does your library need help transcribing manuscripts or radio broadcasts? Do you need help identifying people and places in photographs? Could you use a hand in finding constellations in historical celestial maps or identifying bird species in old prints? Then […]
WEST Members’ Virtual Meeting on Monday, June 22, from 1-2:30 pm PT – Registration open!
WEST will hold its summer members’ meeting virtually outside of the ALA Annual virtual conference this year on Monday, June 22, from 1-2:30 pm PT. Members do not need to be registered for ALA in order to attend the members’ […]
Partnership for Shared Book Collections – Save the Date: Webinar: Best Practices for Shared Print Programs | Wednesday, June 3rd at 1pm
This will be the first official Partnership event since UC Libraries Shared Print Program joined the federation. The coordination and development of best practices for shared print is an opportunity to align existing programs, pave a smooth way for new […]