Our virtual world is rife with images of food: a friend’s triumphant dinner party, a market with overflowing produce, the not-to-be-missed doughnut around the corner. From amateur snapshots of memorable … More…
CDLINFO News: Digital Special Collections
Historic audio and video recordings on OAC and Calisphere
CDL is pleased to announce the recent addition of 33 digitized sound and video recordings to the Online Archive of California (OAC) and Calisphere, as part of a pilot … More…
Do You Use Calisphere? Tell Your Story!
CDL’s Calisphere Website is a finalist for an IMLS National Medal Award. Calisphere will be featured on the IMLS Facebook page on February 22. If you’ve used Calisphere in your … More…
Undefined Future Uses
Last week I attended a lecture titled “Computing and the Practice of History” by Dan Cohen, Director of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. … More…
California Digital Library Named National Medal for Museum and Library Service Finalist
We are honored to share that the California Digital Library has been named as a finalist for the 19th annual National Medal for Museum and Library Service for our work … More…
New! Cochems photos show the faces and places of Southern California
By Sherri Berger, Digital Special Collections Program Coordinator at CDL, and Michelle Light, Head of Special Collections, Archives, and Digital Scholarship at UC Irvine Libraries Visitors to the Online … More…
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 … More…
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, … More…
Librarian in Print – Rachael Hu
CDL’s Rachael Hu has an article published in this month’s RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage (Fall 2012 13:175-190). The article is entitled, “Methods to Tame … More…
New on OAC and Calisphere: Local History Digital Resources
CDL is pleased to announce the online publication of approximately 2,000 diverse materials documenting local people, places, and events throughout California in the Online Archive of California (OAC) and Calisphere. The … More…
