More New Resources on J-DAC The University of California campuses now have access to two new databases at the J-DAC platform, with thanks to our lead tier 2 campus UC Berkeley for coordinating the purchase. Many thanks go out to UCLA who graciously funded these […]

More New Resources on J-DAC

Eighteenth Century Collections Online – New Modules New content has been added to our UC systemwide access of Eighteenth Century Collections Online!  Existing access included systemwide access to Part 1 of the content, and Part 2 was accessible to some of the UC campuses. Now, gap access […]

Eighteenth Century Collections Online – New Modules

Oxford Research Encyclopedias Move to Oxford Academic Oxford Research Encyclopedias (OREs) have now moved to the Oxford Academic platform! As of March 26, 2026 all URLs redirect to content at the new platform. The UCs own systemwide access to 24 ORE modules, covering a variety of subjects. […]

Oxford Research Encyclopedias Move to Oxford Academic

Merritt Digital Preservation Repository – March 2026 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 March 2026 Content and Collections  […]

Merritt Digital Preservation Repository – March 2026

SCP Update – March 2026 The SCP Update is a compilation of the collaborative efforts of CDL Acquisitions, the Shared Cataloging Program, the Electronic Resource Services Manager and other members of Shared Collections and the California Digital Library. Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic […]

SCP Update – March 2026

Cancellations Update for FY26 In January, CDL posted an update regarding cancellations as of January 1, 2026.  These resources listed below are additional resources that have been cancelled.  EBSCO Women’s Studies International. Access will end 5/1/2026. Campuses included:  UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, […]

Cancellations Update for FY26

New Resources: Two from J-DAC The University of California campuses now have access to two new databases at the J-DAC platform, with thanks to our lead tier 2 campus UC Berkeley for coordinating the purchase.  The two new resources included are:  Kahoku Kōtsu Kankei Shiryō […]

New Resources: Two from J-DAC

Mary Ann Liebert Moves to Sage       Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. was acquired by Sage at the end of 2024 (see announcement). As part of the acquisition, Mary Ann Liebert titles are now moving to the Sage platform, and journals will remain under the Mary […]

Mary Ann Liebert Moves to Sage

WEST Office Hour – March 12th, from 10am-11am PT WEST will be holding its monthly office hour on March 12th, from 10am-11am PT! The topic this month will be a “behind the scenes” peek into the WEST collections analysis process, but as usual, all topics are welcome! If you […]

WEST Office Hour – March 12th, from 10am-11am PT

SCP Update – February 2026 The SCP Update is a compilation of the collaborative efforts of CDL Acquisitions, the Shared Cataloging Program, the Electronic Resource Services Manager and other members of Shared Collections and the California Digital Library. Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic […]

SCP Update – February 2026

WEST Office Hour – February 12th, from 10am-11am PT WEST will be holding its monthly office hour on February 12th, from 10am-11am PT! This month we will be discussing the locations exclusions review process and general troubleshooting in AGUA, but as usual, all topics are welcome! If you have […]

WEST Office Hour – February 12th, from 10am-11am PT

Welcome, Li Ma! CDL is very pleased to welcome Li Ma as Assistant Director of Systemwide Licensing! Li begins this management position in Shared Collections on February 9, 2026.  Li brings extensive academic library experience spanning licensing, budgeting, and technical services, which has […]

Welcome, Li Ma!

Welcome Chris Groskopf, our new Discovery and Delivery Tech Team Manager Chris Groskopf is an interdisciplinary technologist who enjoys solving curious problems. He has spent most of his career working in journalism, at publications including the Chicago Tribune, NPR, and FiveThirtyEight. More recently, Chris spent two years at the Centers for […]

Welcome Chris Groskopf, our new Discovery and Delivery Tech Team Manager

New content: Updates to Women and Social Movements in the United States UC users now have access to updated content from 2021-2024 in the database Women and Social Movements in the United States Since 1600. These updates provide new and unique content within the journal and primary source archival materials, and adds […]

New content: Updates to Women and Social Movements in the United States

WEST Program Refresher – New Demo of On Demand Comparison & Analytics Reports! On January 22nd  WEST hosted an hour-long webinar that provided a refresher on the WEST program and an info session on WEST Archiving.  The first half of the webinar covered the history of WEST as well as the vision, mission, […]

WEST Program Refresher – New Demo of On Demand Comparison & Analytics Reports!

Merritt Digital Preservation Repository – January 2026 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 2026 Content and Collections  […]

Merritt Digital Preservation Repository – January 2026

International Water Association Publishing ebooks   The University of California users now have access to 2002-2025 ebooks from the International Water Association (IWA).  Term access (not perpetual) to these books has been granted by the publisher, in association with the UC’s journal access.  From IWA […]

International Water Association Publishing ebooks

Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC: New Pathways for the Future Photo by Caleb Jones on Unsplash The University of California (UC) Libraries have released a new report, Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC, outlining a values-based framework, key recommendations, and practical strategies for advancing open access (OA) monograph publishing. Developed within UC, the […]

Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC: New Pathways for the Future

Open Access for UC-Authored Monographs – A UC Libraries Pilot Project Photo by Katerina on Unsplash Starting in 2025, UC Libraries are supporting several projects intended to broaden access to University of California research and scholarship by making UC-authored books open access.  Following on successful efforts to open UC-authored journal articles, these projects will enable […]

Open Access for UC-Authored Monographs – A UC Libraries Pilot Project

SCP Update – January 2026 The SCP Update is a compilation of the collaborative efforts of CDL Acquisitions, the Shared Cataloging Program, the Electronic Resource Services Manager and other members of Shared Collections and the California Digital Library. Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic […]

SCP Update – January 2026

About The Research Organization Registry (ROR) is a global, community-led registry of open persistent identifiers for research and funding organizations.

ROR is completely and perpetually free -- as in, it costs you nothing to use. Read more about ROR's "business" model to learn how this is made possible by @crossref.bsky.social, @datacite.org, and @caldiglib.bsky.social. ror.org/about/#busin...

WEST Office Hour – January 8th, from 10am-11am PT WEST will be holding its monthly office hour on January 8th, from 10am-11am PT! This month we will start with a demo of the location review functionality in AGUA, but as usual, all topics are welcome! If you have any […]

WEST Office Hour – January 8th, from 10am-11am PT

SCP Update – December 2025 The SCP Update is a compilation of the collaborative efforts of CDL Acquisitions, the Shared Cataloging Program, the Electronic Resource Services Manager and other members of Shared Collections and the California Digital Library. Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic […]

SCP Update – December 2025

Deselection Deep Dives Recap and Roundup The WEST Executive Committee and Operations and Collections Council members requested that the Project Team explore ways to showcase members’ specific journal review stories, as a way to highlight how members are employing WEST in managing their collections, and hopefully […]

Deselection Deep Dives Recap and Roundup

Eresource Cancellations as of January These systemwide CDL-managed Tier 1 and Tier 2 resources have been cancelled at the systemwide level, with a subscription end date of December 31, 2025:   Bibliography of British and Irish history database from Brepols. Campuses included: UCB, UCD, UCI, […]

Eresource Cancellations as of January

Preserving Born-digital Government Information & Revisiting the Scopes Trial with Primary Sources – The latest UC Libraries HathiTrust Help Center Newsletter Now Posted! The latest UC Libraries HathiTrust Help Center Newsletter has posted, it features these new articles: Preserving Born-Digital Government Information: What Librarians Can Do A query from a faculty member led CDL’s Digitization team on a quest to discover where government […]

Preserving Born-digital Government Information & Revisiting the Scopes Trial with Primary Sources – The latest UC Libraries HathiTrust Help Center Newsletter Now Posted!

WEST Program Refresher Webinar – January 22, 9-10am PT WEST is hosting a one-hour program refresher for all current members on Thursday, January 22nd 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 […]

WEST Program Refresher Webinar – January 22, 9-10am PT

WEST Office Hour – December 11th, from 10am-11am PT WEST will be holding its monthly office hour on December 11th, from 10am-11am PT! The theme will be the upcoming AGUA pilot project with HathiTrust and California Digital Library, but as usual, all topics are welcome! If you have any […]

WEST Office Hour – December 11th, from 10am-11am PT

New Pilot Initiative to Enhance Shared Print Collaboration Across Libraries                                      HathiTrust, the Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST), and the California Digital Library (CDL) are excited to partner on a pilot to enable […]

New Pilot Initiative to Enhance Shared Print Collaboration Across Libraries

JSTOR Forum Becomes JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services  JSTOR Forum, the backend tool used by library staff to host, catalog, and publish archival collections (primarily image collections) to the JSTOR platform has upgraded to the new platform: JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services. This resource is used by staff at 9 […]

JSTOR Forum Becomes JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services