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SCP’s Becky Culbertson headlines OCLC Member story on shared cataloging
Recently, Becky Culbertson, stalwart member of the Shared Cataloging Program (SCP), was interviewed by OCLC staff about shared cataloging. The interview is now online as one of OCLC’s Member stories, highlighting how catalogers at the California Digital Library share work […]
Updates and Discussion at the ALA Midwinter 2019 WEST Member Meeting
WEST members met during ALA Midwinter on Sunday, January 27th. About 20 representatives (ranging from deans, to collection managers, to technical services experts) gathered to hear WEST updates and engage with a panel of WEST’s Archive Builders. Meeting slides are […]
WorldCat Discovery beta: High res cover art & aligned titles
The WorldCat Discovery installation on January 18, 2019 included the following new features and enhancements. The running list of release notes can be found at https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Release_notes. (Note that many of these enhancements do not have an impact on Melvyl since […]
2019 WEST Executive Committee Election Results and Operations and Collections Council Appointments
The Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) is governed by an Executive Committee that oversees the operation and development of WEST and works to integrate WEST with related archiving programs nationally and internationally. WEST members cast their votes in elections for […]
UC DLFx 2019 – Call For Proposals
The UC DLFx 2019 meeting is happening @ UC San Diego on May 20-22, 2019. Registration and travel information will be available soon. Participants from across the UC libraries, archives, and museums are invited to submit proposals for presentations, sessions, […]
CDL Job Opening: Shared Print Operations and Collections Analyst
Are you passionate about print collection management in academic libraries? Do you thrive in cooperative environments, excel at facilitating collaborative efforts, and enjoy conceiving and executing innovative analyses? The California Digital Library (CDL) seeks a creative, enthusiastic individual for the […]
Where We Go From Here: An Update on EZID
Rather than thinking about EZID solely as a tool or a service, we want to situate it instead as one layer of a deep and broad persistent identifier portfolio at CDL. EZID is a great tool for creating and managing […]
Alainna Wrigley joins CDL as the Publication Management System Coordinator
The CDL is delighted to announce that Alainna Wrigley will join the Publishing & Special Collections Group as the Publication Management System Coordinator, effective January 15, 2019. Alainna will be the product and service owner of the UC Publication […]
Ergonomic Abstracts Database is cancelled effective January 11, 2019
The subscription to EBSCOhost’s Ergonomic Abstracts database for the participating locations (all campuses except UC Davis) has been cancelled effective January 11, 2019. The systemwide cancellation was approved by the Shared Content Leadership Group (SCLG), representing all UC campuses. If […]
CDL Position Opening: Executive Assistant
CDL’s executive assistant position is open for recruitment until 1/25/2019. The position is a permanent, career appointment. As executive assistant to the CDL Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director (“Executive Director”), the position plays a key role in managing the […]