News & Events

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2007 | 2006 |2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | Progress Reports 1997—2003

2007

• University of California Libraries Collaborate with OCLC on Next Generation Melvyl® Catalog: June 22, press release [PDF]

2006

• UC launches Calisphere web site: August press release.
• UC libraries partner with Google to digitize books: August press release.
• UC named a SPARC innovator: July announcement.
• UC libraries highlight important initiative and new digital services to Regents: May press release.

2005

• eScholarship Repository reaches 2 million full-text downloads. November CDLINFO article
• UC libraries partner with technology companies and non-profits to provide free public access to digitized books. October [DOC]
• OAC receives the Society of American Archivist's Coker award. September CDLINFO article
• Ivy Anderson named Director of Licensed Content.  September [DOC]
• Laine Farley Accepts Deputy University Librarian position. March CDLINFO article
• UC launches postprints service to provide greater access to UC Scholarship. February [DOC]
• Online Archive of California releases version 3.0. February CDLINFO article

2004

• CDL receives $2.4 million Library of Congress grant to preserve online government and political materials.   September [DOC]
• New eScholarship service expands UC effort to publish scholarship. September [DOC]
• Robin Chandler is named the Director of Built Content. August CDLINFO article
• Counting California web site wins prestigious award. June [DOC]
• The Office of Scholarly Communication is established. April CDLINFO article
• UC's eScholarship Repository adds peer-reviewed publications. March [PDF]

2003

• eScholarship Editions publishes innovative digital books from UC Press. November [PDF]
• New UC Libraries web site is launched. September CDLINFO article
• Redesigned CDL web site and "Inside CDL" web site are released. September CDLINFO article
• Legacy Melvyl® Catalog is retired; after a successful transition, all use is transferred to the new Melvyl Catalog based on Ex Libris's ALEPH software. August CDLINFO article
• UC Press eScholarship Editions reaches 1,000 title milestone.  June CDLINFO article
• Campus versions of UC-eLinks for locally licensed content are successfully deployed. The local versions are hosted at CDL and work seamlessly with the version for shared resources. June CDLINFO article
• The eScholarship Repository reaches milestone of 100 participating departments and research units, and 100,000 full-text downloads. March [PDF]
• Digital preservation program is launched; Trisha Cruse is hired as first director. April CDLINFO article
• Melvyl-T Catalog is released. April [PDF]
• CDL co-hosts with the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) an International Institute on Emerging Visions for Access in the 21st Century Library. April
• The CDL technologies group is re-organized upon Peter Brantley's arrival as Director of Technology. March CDLINFO article
• The web site Calisphere is released; the site provides a single point of access to hundreds of digital collections and exhibits produced or managed by UC's libraries, museums, academic departments, and research units. January CDLINFO article
• CDL-hosted journal articles database transition is complete. January CDLINFO article

2002

• UC Press eScholarship Editions is released with the first 500 titles. October CDLINFO article
• UC International and Area Studies Digital Collection released. October [PDF]
• $1 million in grant funding is awarded to CDL-led library projects. September CDLINFO article
• Melvyl-T prototype catalog is now available. July CDLINFO article
• Shared digital content licensing program reaches a milestone of 8,000 electronic journals made available to the UC community. June
• Web delivery of articles is now available through Request. May CDLINFO article
• eScholarship Repository opens. April [PDF]
• Daniel Greenstein is named CDL University Librarian and Executive Director. February [PDF]

2001

• All external vendors for CDL-hosted A&I databases are chosen. October CDLINFO article
• Counting California is released. July CDLINFO article
• ExLibris' ALEPH 500 System is chosen to serve as the underlying technology for the Melvyl Catalog. April CDLINFO article
• Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (JARDA) is released. January CDLINFO article
• Beverlee French is appointed interim University Librarian. January CDLINFO article

2000

• University Librarians and the Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee (SLASIAC) endorse moving to external vendor interfaces for CDL-hosted A&I databases. December CDLINFO article
• eScholarship program initiated. July CDLINFO article
• The Request for Proposal (RFP) for the replacement of the Melvyl Catalog system is released. June
• Catherine Candee joins the CDL as the Director of Scholarly Communication. May CDLINFO article
• SearchLight, a multi-resource search tool, is released. January CDLINFO article

1999

• David Walker joins the CDL as the Director of Technologies. December CDLINFO article
• eScholarship scholarly communication initiatives receive grant support from the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources coalition (SPARC). October
• Federal grants from the Library of Congress, the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) totaling nearly $1.5 million are awarded in support of the Online Archive of California (OAC). September CDLINFO article
• Cate Hutton joins the CDL as the Assistant Director of Business Development. September CDLINFO article
• Additional state funding requested in the UC Regents budget is approved. July
• Northern and southern Digital Library Strategies Forums focus on "Frameworks for Collaboration." April CDLINFO article
• Strategic Innovations Working Group is appointed. February CDLINFO article

1998

• "About the CDL" web site is released. July CDLINFO article
• John Ober joins the CDL as Assistant Director of Education and Communication. May CDLINFO article
• Library Planning and Action Initiative (LPAI) Advisory Task Force final report is issued; the task force is dissolved. April CDLINFO article
• Beverlee French is named Associate Director of Shared Content. March CDLINFO article

1997

• CDL constituted to provide access to the shared digital collections that support the University's research and teaching missions. October
• Richard Lucier is appointed as CDL University Librarian and Executive Director. October
• Library Planning and action Initiative (LPAI) web site is launched, providing information to the UC community about the initiative and strategic projects. February

1996

• LPAI Advisory Task Force holds its first meeting. December
• President Atkinson announces the Library Planning and Action Initiative (LPAI) to create a framework for library development. August