CDLINFO News
Congratulations to Lena Zentall, Discovery and Delivery’s new Associate Director
The California Digital Library’s Discovery and Delivery program is pleased to welcome our own Lena Zentall to her new role as Associate Director. Lena brings with her eighteen years of experience with CDL, working in various programs and roles including […]
ALA 2020 Annual Meeting Canceled – WEST Exploring Alternative Options for Members Meeting
The American Library Association’s Executive Board has just announced that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic they are canceling the 2020 Annual Meeting scheduled for June 25-30 in Chicago. In light of this cancelation, WEST will be exploring alternatives for […]
Michael Urashka moves to UCSF
Michael Urashka, who joined CDL in April of 2017 from LBNL, has accepted a new position at UCSF which brings the attractions of a (much) shorter commute and new challenges. Here’s wishing Michael well in his new opportunity and we […]
Hardy Pottinger and Dave Pcolar join the Publishing, Archives, and Digitization team
The Publishing, Archives, and Digitization group is thrilled to announce two new members. Hardy Pottinger has joined CDL as the new Publishing Systems Developer! Hardy joins us from UCLA Libraries where he: Developed & deployed VSim – a DSpace-based repository […]
CDL COVID-19 Update
Update (6/3/20): Bay Area counties have updated their shelter in place orders with a phased re-opening approach for some businesses; however, the shelter in place order is still in place for the general population. Currently, CDL will remain on telecommute […]
WEST Assessment Webinar summary
The WEST project team hosted three webinars presenting brief program updates, an overview of findings from the 2019 WEST Assessment, and the outcomes of the strategic planning session held in October 2019. Slide deck is now available through the California […]
Call for Volunteers for WEST 2020 Working Groups –Disclosure & Validation Standards and Resource Sharing
At the 2019 WEST Strategic Planning Session, WEST governance committee members created a set of strategic recommendations to guide WEST through the coming years. Among the recommendations were to create a number of working groups to review and investigate specific […]
SCP Update – March 2020
SCP posted the distribution statistics report for the month of February 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 […]
Martin Haye is moving on, but not too far!
After almost 17 years designing, implementing, and maintaining innovative publishing technologies for the CDL and UC, Martin Haye is moving to the other “side” of the application equation. As of February 1, 2020, Martin begin transitioning into the Infrastructure and […]
New Resource: BungeiShunju Archives
Bungei Shunjū is one of the most popular and influential monthly literary magazines in Japan for almost 100 years. Since founded in 1923, the magazine has been a central venue for numerous contemporary writers to publish their essays, debates, and […]