American West (AmWest) is a three-year William and Flora Hewlett Foundation grant to assemble a virtual collection drawing from the resources of major research institutions. Learn more at http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/amwest/.
CDL's license to the Websurveyor survey software expires on Oct. 1, 2007 and will not be renewed. The UC campuses currently running surveys will need to complete or migrate their surveys to new software by September 15, 2007.
The projected release date for the Next Generation Melvyl Pilot, supported by OCLC's WorldCat Local (WCL) service is April 2008.
While Request functionality will be accessible from the UC-eLinks service menu at the start of the Next Generation Melvyl pilot, easier and more intuitive access to the current Request system has been postponed from June to early fall.
CDL and campus stakeholders have been working hard behind the scenes to lay the foundation for collection building in UC Shared Images. This has included developing metadata submission guidelines for campuses to structure their metadata, and a collection development program proposal to help campuses manage collection building.
The Digital Library Federation is pleased to announce the release of the technical recommendation of its ILS Discovery Interface (ILS-DI) Task Group. This document recommends standard interfaces for integrating the data and services of the Integrated Library System (ILS) with new applications supporting user discovery.
Pamela Daniels has announced her retirement from the University of California
After an extensive search, the University of California has named Laine Farley as Executive Director of the California Digital Library (CDL), effective November 24, 2008.
Perry Willett arrived at the CDL via a path encompassing diverse specialties and passions, all within the boundaries of librarianship.