Month: February 2012
One step closer to making space with PAPR: A project update
Why does print archiving matter? University of California (UC) libraries are running out of space for print journals at the same time that circulation of print journals has declined. In response, print archiving programs like the Western Regional Storage Trust […]
Diaries digitized by UC Merced tell first-hand of Civil War, Lincoln assassination
A new digital collection provides a glimpse into the everyday life of a Union soldier during the U.S. Civil War, as well a first-hand account of President Lincoln’s assassination and its aftermath. The UC Merced Library contributed the collection to […]
California Digital Library Joins PKP as Major Development Partner in Open Access Publishing
By Catherine Mitchell, Director of Publishing As the scholarly publishing landscape heats up with more talk of boycotts and Open Access mandates, research libraries increasingly find themselves at a crossroads between publishers and faculty — and eagerly working to provide […]
Web Archivists: Two Calls for Papers
Librarians and archivists engaged in building web archives have two upcoming opportunities to share your experience with an international audience. April 30th, 2012: “The Broad Value of Web Archives: Demonstrated Use” – Washington DC This open session is part of […]
Web Archiving Service Tech News – Code4Lib
Web Archiving Service developers Erik Hetzner and Scott Fisher will present at this year’s Code4Lib conference on the tools they used to re-index over 600 million files in the web archives: “Indexing Big Data with Tika, Solr & MapReduce”. The […]
Merritt Service Update
By Perry Willett, Digital Preservation Services Manager Merritt Service Description Merritt is a production level service that provides the UC community with an easy to use tool to manage, archive, and share their content. Content can be deposited and […]
EZID Service Update
By Joan Starr, EZID Service Manager Service Description EZID (easy-eye-dee) is a production service that makes it simple for digital object producers (researchers and others) to obtain and manage long-term identifiers for their digital content. EZID makes objects easier to […]
DMPTool Service Update
By Perry Willett, Digital Preservation Services Manager DMPTool Service Description The Data Management Plan Tool (DMPTool) provides an easy to use interface that: Helps users create ready-to-use data management plans for specific funding agencies Meets funder requirements for […]
UC is Moving to a Hosted VDX Solution at OCLC in 2012
By Patricia Martin, Director, Discovery & Delivery The Council of University Librarians, in consultation with several All Campus Groups and SOPAG, has endorsed CDL’s plan to move the management of UC’s VDX application from in-house at CDL to hosting at […]
PsycINFO Records Missing Publication Dates
By Teal Smith, User Communication and Instruction Librarian, UC Merced and Resource Liaison, PsycINFO Teal Smith (UCM), the Resource Liaison for PsycINFO (on the ProQuest/CSA Illumina platform), has notified CDL that some PsycINFO records are missing journal issue publication dates. […]