Inside CDL

One-Day Workshops on Digital Library Services for UC's Libraries

There were three overarching themes discussed at the workshop:

  • Theme 1: Building shared services — tools that campuses can customize to provide services
  • Theme 2: Building collections — building and integrating content from across UC
  • Theme 3: Scholarly communication — influencing scholarly communication processes and offering alternative forms of publication

See sections below:

Schedule and Attendees

Glossary

An alphabetical list of acronymns and terms and their defintions used in the workshop: [DOC]

Presentations

Note: Not all speakers used PowerPoint presentations.
9:30-10:00Registration, coffee, and continental breakfast
10:00-10:20Welcome and introduction to the day's themes
CDL University Librarian Daniel Greenstein
10:25- 12:00

Theme 1: Building shared services. Tools that campuses can customize to provide services; introduced by Laine Farley (May 20-21) John Ober (June 3-4) [PPT]

Metasearch Infrastructure Project: Scholar's Box, Roy Tennant (May 20-21) [PPT]; Christy Hightower, UC Santa Cruz (May 20); Ellen Meltzer (June 3-4) [PPT]; Kati Radics, UCLA (June 4)

Interface Customization Tools: The CDL METS Repository, Steve Toub (all days) [PPT]; Mary Ellings, UC Berkeley (May 20); Nancy Kushigian, UC Davis (May 21); Bill Landis, UC Irvine (June 3); Stephen Davison, Genie Guerard, UCLA (June 4)

UC-eLinks: Margery Tibbetts (all days) [PPT]

Preservation Program: Trisha Cruse (all days) [PPT]

12:00-12:40Lunch
12:45- 1:40

Theme 2: Building collections. Building and integrating content from across UC; introduced by Robin Chandler

OAC/MOAC Update: Robin Chandler (all days) [PPT]; Jared Campbell, UC Davis (May 20) [PPT]; Lisa Mix, UC San Francisco (May 21); Jennifer Jacobs, UC Irvine (June 3); Genie Guerard, UCLA (June 4) [PPT]

Image Demonstrator Project: Robin Chandler (all days) [PPT]; Christine Bunting, UC Santa Cruz (May 20-21) [PPT]; Maureen Burns, UC Irvine (June 3-4) [PPT]

1:40- 2:00Break
2:00-3:15

Theme 3: Scholarly communication. Influencing scholarly communication processes and offering alternative forms of publication; introduced by John Ober

UC Library program to change scholarly communication: John Ober (all days) [PPT]

eScholarship Repository and other activities: Catherine Candee (May 20); Roy Tennant (May 21); Carol Ann Hughes, UC Irvine (June 3); Hannah Walker, UCLA, (June 4) [PPT]

Open microphone and Q&A

During breaks, CDL staff were available to speak about other CDL projects, such as:
  • Decision tool(s) for shared serials selection: Beverlee French; Steve Toub
  • Shared cataloging program: Wendy Parfrey; Beverlee French
  • Shared digital collection priorities; de-selection of SCAP databases: Beverlee French; Wendy Parfrey
  • Melvyl Catalog: Ellen Meltzer
  • Request/VDX: Laine Farley; Margery Tibbetts
  • Counting California: Rosalie Lack; Trisha Cruse
  • Documenting the American West: Robin Chandler