Today, the UC Berkeley Library and the UC Libraries are introducing the inaugural leader for the University of California’s Systemwide Library Facilities, which collectively preserve and share millions of treasures held by the constellation of libraries across the UC system. … Read more
Tim Converse, operations manager of the Systemwide Library Facility-North, talks to visitors, including Mary MacDonald, while reshelving materials. (Photo by Jami Smith/UC Berkeley Library) For decades, two understated yet indispensable storage complexes have quietly and reliably served the needs of … Read more
The June 2025 UC Libraries HathiTrust Help Center Newsletter has been posted. Learn about new developments and current happenings underway at HathiTrust and check out the new articles in our help center: Discover the quirk in a library science classic! … Read more
The following update is being distributed to UC Libraries employees through various communication channels, including campus and CDL newsletters, listservs and other mechanisms. The UC Libraries are shifting operational and strategic oversight of our regional library facilities to support their … Read more
Following the University of California Ebook Usability Common Knowledge Group’s (EUCKG) analysis of 3 publisher platforms (Cambridge, Elsevier, and Wiley) and the publication of an initial report, the EUCKG received feedback to evaluate ebook aggregators to see how they perform … Read more
The latest UC Libraries HathiTrust Help Center Newsletter has been posted. Check it out to discover the latest happenings at HathiTrust and these new articles: What’s new in the public domain? All HathiTrust volumes published in 1929 are now open … Read more
The latest edition of UC Libraries HathiTrut Newsletter has been published. It features two new articles recently posted in our Help Center, along with news related to the UC Libraries and HathiTrust: Happy Halloween everyone!
Summer is here in full swing, and we managed to publish our Q2 newsletter just under deadline. It also happened to be the same day as oral arguments in Internet Archive’s appeal of the lawsuit brought against it by publishers. … Read more
The California Digital Library’s Discovery and Delivery program team is thrilled to welcome Liz Miraglia to her new role as Associate Director. Liz brings with her nine years of experience with the UC Libraries, working in various programs and roles … Read more
On behalf of the UC Libraries, the Council of University Librarians (CoUL) has unanimously approved endorsement of the Joint Statement on the Metadata Rights of Libraries. Released in March 2023 by the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) and the … Read more
