Systemwide Library Information – California Digital Library http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo The Official CDL Blog Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:03:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8 Joanne Miller moves to UC Academic Senate http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2015/10/21/joanne-miller-moves-to-uc-academic-senate-2/ Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:46:00 +0000 http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/?p=18382 More...]]> jm

 Joanne Miller, Systemwide Library Planning Analyst at CDL, will be leaving us to take a new position as an analyst with the UC Academic Senate.

This is a wonderful opportunity for Joanne – she will make a valuable contribution to the Academic Senate, and we’re glad that she’ll still be among us at UC.  While Joanne’s leaving CDL will be a real loss to many of our activities in the area of systemwide library planning, it will be great to have her close by.

Here’s wishing Joanne all the very best in her new Senate endeavors.

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Explore, Advocate, Build, Connect: CDL’s 2013-2014 Annual Report http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2014/09/30/explore-advocate-build-connect-cdls-2013-2014-annual-report/ Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:01:55 +0000 http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/?p=16528 More...]]> annual_reportCDL is pleased to announce the release of its 2013-2014 Annual Report. Over the past year, CDL continued to develop and refine its service portfolio at a remarkable pace, completing seven major milestones and conducting exploratory projects focused on understanding the needs and challenges faced by scholars working within a rapidly evolving research environment.

This year’s report details CDL’s accomplishments in multiple areas, including: expanding global access to research (the UC Open Access Implementation Project, SCOAP3); supporting data-intensive research (DMPTool, Dash and EZID); and building collaborative collections (consortial licensing, UC Libraries Digital Collection Project, Zephir, WEST and the Digital Public Library of America). Also included is information on CDL staff, funding sources, expenditures, memberships, and partnerships.

We invite you to familiarize yourself with our work and to engage with us as we – in collaboration with our campus partners – strive to advance UC’s status as a world-class public research university.

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UC Libraries Statement on Authors Guild v. HathiTrust Digital Library Appellate Court Ruling http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2014/06/12/uc-libraries-statement-on-authors-guild-v-hathitrust-digital-library-appellate-court-ruling/ Thu, 12 Jun 2014 21:50:29 +0000 http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/?p=15347 More...]]> The University of California Libraries join with our HathiTrust colleagues in welcoming the decision by the Second Circuit of the US Court of Appeals that key services of the HathiTrust Digital Library – digitization for the purpose of full-text searching and access for the print-disabled – are fair uses under US copyright law.

We believe this judgment is a significant affirmation of the role of digital technologies in assuring the vitality of our intellectual heritage while protecting the interests of authors and other copyright holders. UC Libraries have been leaders in the effort to convert major research library collections to digital form, digitizing more than 3.6 million volumes from our collections to date and depositing the volumes in HathiTrust for long-term preservation and access. By digitizing our collections and opening them up to new forms of scholarly inquiry through HathiTrust, we are making the intellectual treasures in our nation’s libraries more discoverable in the digital age and connecting these books to new generations of readers and scholars. Bringing this rich heritage into greater public awareness serves the shared interests of all who seek to advance human knowledge and understanding, including libraries, authors, and the reading public.

Official HathiTrust statement: http://www.hathitrust.org/authors_guild_lawsuit_appeal_ruling

About the UC Libraries: http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-uc-libraries

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UC Libraries Advisory Structure (UCLAS) Coordinating Committee Chair Appointed http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2013/09/19/uc-libraries-advisory-structure-uclas-coordinating-committee-chair-appointed/ Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:27:38 +0000 http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/?p=14316 More...]]> By Marlo Young (UCSD), UCLAS Communications Manager

Monthly updates from the new University of California Advisory Structure will commence in October 2013.

Rosalie Lack (CDL) has been appointed Chair of the Coordinating Committee.

More detail on the UCLAS Charge to the Coordinating Committee is online at: http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/groups/files/cc/docs/charge-coordinating.pdf

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Next Generation Technical Services Management Team Final Report http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2013/09/12/next-generation-technical-services-management-team-final-report/ Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:10:49 +0000 http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/?p=14311 More...]]> The Council of University Librarians (CoUL) has just endorsed the Next Generation Technical Services Management Team Final Report (http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/groups/files/ngts/docs/NGTS_final_report_0813.pdf).

The NGTS Management Team established a model for cross-functional working groups and project management that continues via the new UC Libraries Advisory Structure.  Achievements, lessons learned, and questions for further discussion are contained in the report.

CoUL extends its appreciation and thanks to all who participated and contributed to the success of the NGTS initiatives. 

By Marlo Young, UCLAS Communications Manager

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Introducing the Open Access Policy Implementation (OAPI) project http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2013/09/04/introducing-the-open-access-policy-implementation-oapi-project/ Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:57:10 +0000 http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/?p=14291 More...]]> On July 24, 2013, the Academic Senate of the University of California passed an Open Access Policy, ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC will be made available to the public at no charge. The Open Access Policy Implementation (OAPI) project is a partnership between the California Digital Library and UC campuses to build tools and services that will support faculty participation in the UC Open Access Policy, including:

  • An enhanced and streamlined workflow for depositing articles into UC’s eScholarship open access repository
  • Automated publication harvesting and notification system for UC authors, to reduce the need for manual deposit
  • Support for the generation of embargo, waiver, and addendum forms, at the author’s request

Learn more:  OAPI project wiki

The OAPI project wiki is a public space that allows you to track implementation planning activities, timelines, and deliverables. The wiki reflects the current status of the project and will continue to be updated as it evolves. Visit the wiki to get an overview of this complex project: 

Or explore specific project components:

Join our mailing list

Joining the OAPI mailing list will provide you with convenient periodic email alerts about the progress of the project. Signing up for this list will ensure you receive important information such as:

  • Completion of major project milestones
  • New features you can see or test out
  • Opportunities for providing feedback

Subscribe now!

Discussion forum

We also welcome you to join our Discussion Forum, to view and contribute to more in-depth conversations about the OAPI project.

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UC Libraries Advisory Structure Inaugural Leadership http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2013/08/07/uc-libraries-advisory-structure-inaugural-leadership/ Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:00:02 +0000 http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/?p=14184 More...]]> By Marlo Young (UCSD), UCLAS Communications Manager

The University of California Libraries Advisory Structure (UCLAS) is pleased to announce the establishment of its inaugural leadership. Based on an open nominations process within UCLAS, anonymous peer-voting, and the endorsement of the Council of University Librarians (CoUL), the roster of positions and their current representatives are as follows:

UCLAS Coordinating Committee

  • CoUL Member:  Ginny Steel, UCLA 
  • SAG 1 Member: Ann Frenkel, UCR
  • SAG2 Member:  Robin Chandler, UCSC 
  • SAG3 Member:  Martha Hruska, UCSD 
  • CDL Member:  Rosalie Lack, CDL
  • Communications Manager,  Marlo Young, UCSD

Strategic Action Group 1 (“SAG1”): Scholarly Research & Communication – Chair, David Minor, UCSD

Strategic Action Group 2 (“SAG2): Access, Discovery & Infrastructure – Chair, Patricia Martin, CDL

Strategic Action Group 3 (“SAG3”): Collection Building & Management – Chair, Diane Bisom, UCR

Strategic Action Group 3 Collection Licensing Subgroup (“CLS”) – Chair, Kerry Scott, UCSC

With UCLAS leadership in place, Strategic Action Groups are beginning to align their portfolios with UC Libraries Systemwide Plans and Priorities FY 2013-2016 established by the Council of University Librarians. On-going communication of UCLAS activity is forthcoming.

A complete roster of UCLAS membership is available online.

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University of California Faculty Senate Passes Open Access Policy http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2013/08/02/university-of-california-faculty-senate-passes-open-access-policy/ Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:08:05 +0000 http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/?p=14114 More...]]> The press release below can also be seen on the Academic Senate’s homepage at: http://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/

The Academic Senate of the University of California has passed an Open Access Policy, ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC will be made available to the public at no charge. “The Academic Council’s adoption of this policy on July 24, 2013, came after a six-year process culminating in two years of formal review and revision,” said Robert Powell, chair of the Academic Council. “Council’s intent is to make these articles widely—and freely— available in order to advance research everywhere.”  Articles will be available to the public without charge via eScholarship (UC’s open access repository) in tandem with their publication in scholarly journals.  Open access benefits researchers, educational institutions, businesses, research funders and the public by accelerating the pace of research, discovery and innovation and contributing to the mission of advancing knowledge and encouraging new ideas and services.

Chris Kelty, Associate Professor of Information Studies, UCLA, and chair of the UC University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication (UCOLASC), explains, “This policy will cover more faculty and more research than ever before, and it sends a powerful message that faculty want open access and they want it on terms that benefit the public and the future of research.”

The policy covers more than 8,000 UC faculty at all 10 campuses of the University of California, and as many as 40,000 publications a year.  It follows more than 175 other universities who have adopted similar so-called “green” open access policies.  By granting a license to the University of California prior to any contractual arrangement with publishers, faculty members can now make their research widely and publicly available, re-use it for various purposes, or modify it for future research publications.  Previously, publishers had sole control of the distribution of these articles.  All research publications covered by the policy will continue to be subjected to rigorous peer review; they will still appear in the most prestigious journals across all fields; and they will continue to meet UC’s standards of high quality.  Learn more about the policy and its implementation here: http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/openaccesspolicy/

UC is the largest public research university in the world and its faculty members receive roughly 8% of all research funding in the U.S.  With this policy UC Faculty make a commitment to the public accessibility of research, especially, but not only, research paid for with public funding by the people of California and the United States.  This initiative is in line with the recently announced White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) directive requiring “each Federal Agency with over $100 million in annual conduct of research and development expenditures to develop a plan to support increased public access to results of the research funded by the Federal Government.” The new UC Policy also follows a similar policy passed in 2012 by the Academic Senate at the University of California, San Francisco, which is a health sciences campus.

“The UC Systemwide adoption of an Open Access (OA) Policy represents a major leap forward for the global OA movement and a well-deserved return to taxpayers who will now finally be able to see first-hand the published byproducts of their deeply appreciated investments in research” said Richard A. Schneider, Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and chair of the Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication at UCSF.   “The ten UC campuses generate around 2-3% of all the peer-reviewed articles published in the world every year, and this policy will make many of those articles freely  available to anyone who is interested anywhere, whether they are colleagues, students, or members of the general public.”

The adoption of this policy across the UC system also signals to scholarly publishers that open access, in terms defined by faculty and not by publishers, must be part of any future scholarly publishing system.  The faculty remains committed to working with publishers to transform the publishing landscape in ways that are sustainable and beneficial to both the University and the public.

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More information can be found on the new Open Access Policy page on the Reshaping Scholarly Communication (http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/openaccesspolicy/) website.

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Official Launch of New Library Advisory Structure http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2013/07/02/official-launch-of-new-library-advisory-structure/ Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:56:04 +0000 http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/?p=13898 More...]]> By Lorelei Tanji, Chair, Council of University Librarians

It is with great pleasure that I announce the official launch of the new UC Libraries Advisory Structure (UCLAS).  Designed with extensive input from stakeholders systemwide, the UC Libraries Advisory Structure supports shared library services throughout multiple stages of development, strategic planning, design implementation, and operations. 

The new advisory structure will support the creation and management of systemwide activities aligned with UC Libraries Systemwide Plan & Priorities identified by the Council of University Librarians.  We feel strongly that the flexibility of this new structure will facilitate innovation, and promote communication, collaboration and project management.

The structure consists of variety of new groups and teams, including Strategic Action Groups, Project Teams, Operation Teams, and Common Knowledge Groups. A full description of each of these groups is available from the links below.

UC Librarians are encouraged to learn more about UCLAS.  By way of its Coordinating Committee, Strategic Action Groups and LAUC representatives, regular communications will keep local campuses apprised of systemwide activities, including e-research priorities, open access developments, shared digital collections, demand driven acquisition, shared collection building and much more.  

For additional detail about UCLAS and systemwide priorities, you can access the following resources:

Websites

Find information about UCLAS charges, membership, and priorities at the following sections of the University of California Libraries website: 

Wiki Spaces

Wiki spaces have been set up with links to additional background information as well as the orientation webinar for new members. 

Once Common Knowledge Groups and Project teams are set up, web pages will be created for them, as well as for the Operations teams.  CKG Guidelines are currently available from the webinar wiki page, as well as overviews for the other groups.

And Thanks…

Thank you to all of those throughout the UC Libraries who made this transition possible. In particular, I would like to thank the Systemwide Operations and Planning Advisory Group (SOPAG) and members of the UCLAS Implementation Team for their advice and planning assistance.

On behalf of the Council of University Librarians, we thank all UC Librarians for an on-going commitment to excellence and innovation.

 

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Launch of the UC Libraries Digital Collection Project http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2013/06/13/launch-of-the-uc-libraries-digital-collection-project/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:17:06 +0000 http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/?p=13797 More...]]> By Ginny Steel, University Librarian, UCSC & Council of University Librarians (CoUL) Chair

In late 2011, the Council of University Librarians (CoUL) and the Systemwide Operations and Planning Advisory Group (SOPAG) asked the Next Generation Technical Services Management Team to charge a “Power of Three” team (NGTS POT1) with a set of priority actions, including: 

  1. Propose a model for a systemwide digital management system (DAMS) that meets the needs of those UC campus libraries that do not yet have one.
  2. Develop requirements for a discovery and display system that can serve as the front-end user interface for an envisioned UC Libraries Digital Collection.
  3. Develop an aggregation strategy that ensures UC campus libraries’ digital assets will be available for discovery and display as part of the future UC Libraries Digital Collection.

Though significant in its scope, the charge of NGTS POT1 was in fact the next step in a series of UC Libraries systemwide task forces and initiatives, all undertaken with the goal of developing a framework to manage and provide access to digital collections. The earlier Digital Library Services Task Force (DLSTF) Part 1 (2010) and Part 2 (2011) proposed a set of recommendations centered on the creation of a “UC Libraries Digital Collection” and the technical, organizational, and service infrastructure to support it. Concurrently, the Next Generation Technical Services (NGTS) Part 1 (2010) and NGTS Part 2 (2011) initiatives focused on how to shift technical services operations to better support digital collections. Taken together, the work of the DLSTF1, DLSTF2, NGTS1, and NGTS2 initiatives provided the foundation for the work of NGTS POT1, and for the creation of a UC Libraries Digital Collection.

Under the oversight of the NGTS Management Team, throughout 2012 and into early 2013 the NGTS POT1 team delivered a series of assessment studies, reports, and recommendations relative to a systemwide DAMS, including a discovery and display system. In March 2013, CoUL met and formally approved moving forward with implementation of a systemwide DAMS for those campuses that do not yet have one, and with development of a UC Libraries Digital Collection discovery and display service, as proposed by NGTS POT1.

The UC Libraries Digital Collection Project: Next Steps

With the CoUL approval of the development of a UC Libraries Digital Collection systemwide service, including its endorsement of a technical model as proposed by NGTS POT1, the project will now be transitioned from its current place within the NGTS structure and into the established UC Libraries systemwide service structure. CoUL has requested that the California Digital Library assume immediate responsibility for creating a UC Libraries Digital Collections implementation project team, and soon after, a centralized service operations team. Information about the implementation project will be made available publicly at: https://wiki.library.ucsf.edu/display/UCLDC/UCLDC+Implementation.

The conclusion of the NGTS POT1 work and the launch of the UC Libraries Digital Collection Implementation Project mark a significant milestone for the Next Generation Technical Services initiative. CoUL acknowledges and applauds the work of the NGTS Management Team [i], NGTS POT1 [ii], and the many dedicated individuals who served on the NGTS POT1 Lightning Teams [iii]. Their important contributions have brought the UC Libraries closer to its vision of a UC Libraries Digital Collection, supported by a robust systemwide technical, organizational, and service infrastructure.  Thank you to all who have participated!


 

[i] NGTS Management Team members include: Martha Hruska (UCSD), convener; Elizabeth Cowell (UCSC), Vicki Graham (UCI), Emily Lin (UCM), Susan Parker (UCLA), and Joan Starr (CDL).

[ii] NGTS POT1 members include: Felicia Poe (CDL), convener; Declan Fleming (UCSD), Todd Grappone (UCLA), Eric Milenkiewicz (UCR), Colby Riggs (UCI), Lisa Schiff (CDL), and Lisa Spagnolo (UCD).

[iii] A complete list of NGTS POT1 Lighting Team members is available at:  http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/ngts/pot1-lts.

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