CDL: News & Publications

Annual Report

Latest news and information about the California Digital Library:

The UC Libraries have issued an Open Letter to Licensed Content Providers concerning the serious economic challenges facing the University of California Libraries. May 26, 2009 [PDF]
The letter asks all information providers with whom we negotiate content licenses to respond to the major fiscal challenges affecting higher education in California in a spirit of collaboration and mutual problem-solving. We expect to work with each of our vendors at renewal to develop creative solutions that can preserve the greatest amount of content to meet the information needs of the University of California’s students, faculty, and researchers.
University of California Libraries and Springer sign pilot agreement for open access journal publishing. January 21, 2009 press release [PDF]
Laine Farley named executive director of the CDL. December 5, 2008 press release [HTML]
CDL and the University of California Libraries join the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) in launching the HathiTrust shared digital repository. October 13, 2008 press release [HTML]
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University of California and the Google Books Library Project:

The UC libraries support the settlement between Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers. October 28, 2008 press release [HTML]
Frequently asked questions about how the settlement impacts libraries and users: October 28, 2008 [PDF]
University of California is testing new Google software that will allow greater access to digitized content available online. March 13, 2008 press release [PDF]
Cooperative agreement between UC and Google: August 2006 [PDF]
Additional information about the project: August 2006 [HTML]
Press release announcement: August 9, 2006 [HTML]

Publications

Press releases, news, and articles written by CDL staff: