By Joan Starr, EZID Service Manager Service Description EZID (easy-eye-dee) is a production service that makes it simple for digital object producers (researchers and others) to obtain and manage long-term identifiers for their digital content. EZID makes objects easier to […]
Over 20 organizations are now using the Web Archiving Service to capture and archive Web sites. These organizations include the University of California libraries, other UC units and organizations beyond the UC. Web archivists have told us that they want to see a collection-planning tool […]
On August 20, Academic Universe presented its new user interface. Although a few problems have been identified (some have been resolved by the vendor, and some require further work), the new interface significantly improves usability of the Academic Universe databases. […]
a. Alexander Street Press Correction: North American Women’s Letters and Diaries and The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries will not be released until this spring. There will be a future CDLINFO item announcing their availability. As recommended by the […]
Through its various web sites, the CDL provides services and information about its mission and goals to the UC and other communities. It is vital that the design of all CDL web sites be clear and unambiguous. These web sites […]
In September 2003, the CDL launched two new web sites: the CDL “brochure” site, intended to provide general information about the CDL to a broad public audience, and “Inside CDL,” intended to provide UC library staff and other CDL partners […]
In September 2003, the CDL launched two new web sites: the CDL “brochure” site, intended to provide general information about the CDL to a broad public audience, and “Inside CDL,” intended to provide UC library staff and other CDL partners […]
Last month, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Saul Perlmutter, an astrophysicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and professor at UC Berkeley. Want to explore his groundbreaking research? Check out some of his recent publications (http://www.escholarship.org/uc/search?creator=%22Perlmutter,%20S.%22%22Perlmutter,%20S.%22;creator-join=or) in […]
Popup blocking software, which prevents unsolicited popup windows from displaying, is proliferating. Popup blocking software is becoming an almost standard feature of personal firewall software packages, like ZoneAlarm or Norton Internet Security; Internet Service Providers, like EarthLink; the latest versions […]
Counting California, a single interface for accessing a variety of data and statistics about California from local, state, and federal government agencies, will be decommissioned on June 1, 2008.
