Month: December 2012
CDL office closure Dec. 21, 2012 PM – Jan. 1, 2013
This year, UC’s Office of the President, including the California Digital Library (CDL), will be officially closed during the Winter and New Year holiday periods from Friday, December 21, 2012 at 3 PM through Tuesday, January 1, 2013. During this […]
EZID wins 2012 DataCite Gold Award
At DataCite‘s General Assembly meeting this year in Cologne, EZID (http://n2t.net/ezid) was honored with the 2012 Gold Award for assigning more than 250,000 DOIs (digital object identifiers) in one year. This reflects EZID’s growth in 2012, as well as the […]
HathiTrust November 2012 Update
By Heather Christenson, Project Manager, Mass Digitization November was a busy month at HathiTrust. HT prepared technical systems to offer access to out of print and brittle works at partner institutions; worked with several institutions on deposit of locally-digitized materials; […]
More Content in Melvyl
Melvyl Users will have access to yet more resources as of January 2013 with the addition of several new databases to the Central Index. As was reported earlier, CDL will include databases that OCLC has added to its Central Index […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update — December 2012
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services The UCSD campus will be closed December 24-January 1. Additionally, individual staff may be taking additional time off January 2-4. Be advised therefore, that any questions or issues directed to SCP or CDL […]
Work in progress: UC libraries website redesign update, December, 2012
The following is another update on the progress of the 2012-2013 redesign project for the UC libraries website (http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/). Here is some background on the project. (http://cdlib.org/2012/08/09/uc-libraries-website-help-us-test-our-new-site-architecture/) We’re nearing the end of our last few months in the project timeline. […]
New environmental history collections now available through the OAC
The CDL is pleased to announce the availability of over 41 important collections, held by nine institutions throughout California, which document environmental history within and beyond the state. The availability of these previously “hidden” archival collections represents the successful conclusion […]
New! Contributor Showcases on Calisphere
Calisphere contributors have a new way to highlight their digital images and texts with the recently released “showcase” feature. These pages, unique to each of Calisphere’s 120 contributing libraries, archives, and museums, provide increased opportunities for visitors to explore the […]