California Digital Library

01/31/2025

Global Financial Data changes Global Financial Data, Inc. will officially become Finaeon, Inc. on January 1, 2025. Eight UC campuses subscribe to Global Financial Data database: (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, LA, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz). Users will see a new logo on the pl

01/31/2025

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 project plans in two arenas: compliance wit

01/31/2025

New update from Sherry Lochhaas on California Digital Library: Package changes (January 2025)

Global Financial Data changes Global Financial Data, Inc. will officially become Finaeon, Inc. on January 1, 2025. Eight UC campuses subscribe to Global Financial Data database: (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, LA, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz). Users will see a new logo on the pl

01/30/2025

Merritt is a digital preservation repository from the University of California Curation Center (UC3) that enables the UC community to manage, archive, and share its valuable digital content. Welcome to the Merritt service update for January 2025 Content and Collections UC Irvine Library Special

01/30/2025

New update from Eric Lopatin on California Digital Library: Merritt Digital Preservation Repository – January 2025

Merritt is a digital preservation repository from the University of California Curation Center (UC3) that enables the UC community to manage, archive, and share its valuable digital content. Welcome to the Merritt service update for January 2025 Content and Collections UC Irvine Library Special

01/30/2025

Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in December 2024 Airiti Books (華藝中文電子書) (Local-L DDA): 22 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 370 JSTOR Books DDA: 912 Taylor & Francis ebooks (CRC/netbases 2012 & prior): 84 Taylor & Francis eBooks (STMnetba

01/30/2025

The WEST project team is pleased to announce that all archiving commitments for Cycles 14 & 15 have been submitted and analyzed! This analysis included several important and impactful updates to WEST’s collections model and archiving priorities: Expanded Archive Holder Participation. The

01/28/2025

New update from Shi Deng on California Digital Library: SCP Update – January 2025

Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in December 2024 Airiti Books (華藝中文電子書) (Local-L DDA): 22 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 370 JSTOR Books DDA: 912 Taylor & Francis ebooks (CRC/netbases 2012 & prior): 84 Taylor & Francis eBooks (STMnetba

01/28/2025

New update from Nika Worth on California Digital Library: WEST Cycles 14 & 15 Archiving Commitments Are Complete!

The WEST project team is pleased to announce that all archiving commitments for Cycles 14 & 15 have been submitted and analyzed! This analysis included several important and impactful updates to WEST’s collections model and archiving priorities: Expanded Archive Holder Participation. The

01/15/2025

Yale’s Digital Collections AI can summarize and answer questions about all kinds of digitized material - a book, a handwritten journal, materials in major European languages and much more. For a researcher searching through a heap of digital material to find what’s really worth reading, the time

01/09/2025

What does it mean to validate archived materials? WEST physical validation includes two components: the proactive compilation and verification of completeness of the backfile in a single location and the verification of the condition of the material. The effort pu

01/09/2025

New update from Nika Worth on California Digital Library: The Who, What, and Why of Voluntary Validation

What does it mean to validate archived materials? WEST physical validation includes two components: the proactive compilation and verification of completeness of the backfile in a single location and the verification of the condition of the material. The effort pu

01/07/2025

Several UC campuses now have subscription access to a new Chinese streaming video platform called CathayPlay. CathayPlay, having launched in 2019, is new to working with North American libraries, and our UC campuses are excited to have access to this database. The collection includes access to o

12/17/2024

Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDLManaged Electronic Collections in November 2024 Cambridge eBooks without Partner Presses: 2024 All eBooks: 153 (GOBI) CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 182 JSTOR Books DDA: 265 Taylor & Francis eBooks (STMnetbase/CRC Press) 2021-: 131 Wiley Onli

12/10/2024

WEST is hosting a one-hour program refresher for all current members on Friday, February 7th from 9am-10am PT. This webinar will include information on WEST’s history, vision and mission, key features, membership, governance, and collaborations. This session will also provide high-level overviews ...

12/10/2024

New update from Nika Worth on California Digital Library: WEST Program Refresher Webinar – February 7, 9-10am PT

WEST is hosting a one-hour program refresher for all current members on Friday, February 7th from 9am-10am PT. This webinar will include information on WEST’s history, vision and mission, key features, membership, governance, and collaborations. This session will also provide high-level overviews ...

12/10/2024

The WEST program is unique in its use of a risk model that determines the level of effort invested in archiving the content. The majority of WEST Archivers agree to retain proposed titles and mark that commitment in the records’ metadata, which is then disclosed in program and public registries. T...

12/10/2024

New update from Alison Wohlers on California Digital Library: Celebrating WEST Archive Builders – What they do, who they are, what you can do!

The WEST program is unique in its use of a risk model that determines the level of effort invested in archiving the content. The majority of WEST Archivers agree to retain proposed titles and mark that commitment in the records’ metadata, which is then disclosed in program and public registries. T...