Category: Staff News
Becky Culbertson to retire after decades of service
June 30, 2026, will mark the end of an era for CDL Shared Collections with the retirement of metadata librarian Becky Culbertson. Becky has worked for CDL since 1999 and for UCSD for thirty-two years before that, making her one […]
Welcome, Li Ma!
CDL is very pleased to welcome Li Ma as Assistant Director of Systemwide Licensing! Li begins this management position in Shared Collections on February 9, 2026. Li brings extensive academic library experience spanning licensing, budgeting, and technical services, which has […]
Welcome Chris Groskopf, our new Discovery and Delivery Tech Team Manager
Chris Groskopf is an interdisciplinary technologist who enjoys solving curious problems. He has spent most of his career working in journalism, at publications including the Chicago Tribune, NPR, and FiveThirtyEight. More recently, Chris spent two years at the Centers for […]
CDL Job Opening: Assistant Director for Systemwide Licensing
The Assistant Director for Systemwide Licensing is responsible for stewarding the California Digital Library activities related to systemwide licensing for digital scholarly content, on behalf of the University of California ten campus library system. Reporting to the CDL Director of […]
A Fond Farewell to CDL’s Judy Dobry
When Judy Dobry, CDL’s Discovery and Delivery Technical Team Manager, came to CDL, she brought with her three library cards, a promise made at her interview presentation to “bring sexy back” to discovery and delivery systems and experience building 10 […]
In memoriam ~ Lisa Mackinder
On March 19, 2025, CDL lost a beloved colleague and dear friend when Lisa Mackinder died after an extended illness. Lisa was the Assistant Director for Systemwide Licensing in the Shared Collections Program, a position she assumed in 2022 after […]
Welcome Marcus Jun!
We are delighted to welcome Marcus Jun as the new Head of the CDL Shared Cataloging Program! He joins us on Monday, February 10, 2025. Marcus comes from the Cal State system where he managed ebooks including gov docs and […]
CDL Job Opening: Project Manager position
The California Digital Library (CDL) is recruiting for a temporary (one year) Project Manager position. As a member of the CDL’s Shared Collections program, the Project Manager will be a primary contributor to CDL’s current efforts to develop and implement […]
CDL Staff Promoted
Three CDL staff members were promoted during the most recent UC Office of the President promotion cycle: Barbara Hui and Amy Wieliczka of the Publishing, Archives, and Digitization program and Alison Wohlers of the Shared Collections program. Barbara Hui and […]
CDL welcomes Deirdre Stretton!
The California Digital Library’s Discovery and Delivery program team is thrilled to welcome Deirdre Stretton as the new Senior Product Manager for Metadata Services. She will be joining the team as the product manager for Zephir and will be a […]