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Press Releases

2016

• WEST libraries achieve 500,000 volumes, June 7, 2016
• University of California Press and California Digital Library partner with Collaborative Knowledge Foundation to build open source monograph publishing platform, April 22, 2016
• California Digital Library announces new leadership, February 1, 2016

2015

• John Chodacki Named Director of the University of California Curation Center at the California Digital Library, October 28, 2015
• Groundbreaking University of California policy extends free access to all scholarly articles written by UC employees, October 26, 2015
• UC Davis, CDL to Lead Major Project to Build Open Access Financial Model, March 20, 2015
• UC Press and the CDL Receive $750K Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, March 5, 2015

2014

• CrossRef and California Digital Library Agreement Extends Discoverability of Scholarly Publications, August 5, 2014
• Data management tool meets researchers’ needs, June 3, 2014
• DPLA Welcomes CDL and UC Libraries Participation: Content Hub Launch, April 17, 2014

2013

• UC Libraries receive grant to support Phase 2 of the Western Regional Storage Trust, October 21, 2013
• University of California Faculty Senate Passes Open Access Policy, August 2, 2013

2012

• California Digital Library and partners launch DataUp, October 2, 2012
• Archiving milestone for journal repository program, August 30, 2012
• UC names winners for technology innovation awards, August 6, 2012
• Portal for Earth science data exploration, July 23, 2012
• California Digital Library joins Public Knowledge Project , February 7, 2012

2011

• Libraries launch data management tool , November 1, 2011
• UC Libraries expand access to orphan works, August 24, 2011
• Further documentation on Japanese Americans in WWII, June 29, 2011
• Data management planning tool in development, February 15, 2011
• UC libraries get grant to implement storage trust , January 1, 2011

2010

• Libraries partner in digital stewardship alliance, November 16, 2010
• Digital library's global, local services, November 10, 2010
• eXtensible Text Framework site launched, September 29, 2010
• DataCite boosts visibility, access to research data, March 22, 2010

2009

• UC Press, California Digital Library launch venture, December 8, 2009
• Uncovering California’s environmental collections, December 3, 2009
• DataONE to deal with data deluge, November 18, 2009
• Librarians build Web archives on swine flu, wildfires, November 17, 2009
• New look, enhanced services for eScholarship, October 19, 2009
• Web archiving service preserves data for the future, July 21, 2009
• University of California Libraries and Springer sign pilot agreement for open access journal publishing, January 21, 2009

2008

• Laine Farley named executive director of the CDL, December 5, 2008
• Universities see promise in Google Book settlement, October 28, 2008
• UC libraries launch next-generation Melvyl Catalog, May 27, 2008
• Chronopolis Project to preserve at-risk digital information, April 14, 2008
• University of California to test new Google software that will provide greater online access to digitized books, March 13, 2008
• University of California eScholarship® Repository exceeds 5 million full-text downloads, January 14, 2008

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