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 […]

Every other year WEST conducts an analysis of members’ print journal and serial holdings to identify archiving priorities for the next two years. In fall 2025 WEST members began the process for the next archiving cycles, Cycles 16 & 17, […]

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 […]

CDL is committed to supporting open research information infrastructure and exploring building open systems. Last year, through our Open Research Information (ORI) Connect initiative, we examined the mix of open and proprietary tools that CDL uses to support business intelligence, discovery, and […]

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 July 2026 Content and Collections  […]

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us Thursday, 7/23/2026, for our annual WEST Member Meeting! For those of you who were not able to attend, or for those who’d like to review some of the presentations or […]

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 […]

FY25/26 New and Continuing Resources CDL is pleased to announce new and continuing resources recently acquired by the UC Libraries for systemwide use by UC students and faculty. The selection of these resources was a collaborative effort involving all ten […]

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 June 2026 Content and Collections  […]

June 30, 2026, will mark the end of an era for CDL Shared Collections with the retirement of metadata librarian Becky Culbertson. Becky has worked for CDL since 1999 and for UCSD for thirty-two years before that, making her one […]

Our UC campuses have access to a new collection at JapanKnowledge! The collection Nanboku-cho Ibun 南北朝遺文 （Collection of Historical Materials of the Nanboku-cho Period）contains 22 original volumes with over 20,000 historical documents from the Nanboku-cho era. From the publisher’s site: […]

Becky Culbertson Becky Culbertson will retire at the end of this month. With great appreciation we celebrate all her accomplishments, knowledge and contributions to SCP, CDL and UC libraries. Her diligent work enabled discovery and access to systemwide resources including […]

We are very excited to announce that this year, WEST will be engaging in a consulting services pilot aimed at offering support to WEST member institutions currently undergoing, or planning, a deselection project! Below we’ve included key details to help […]

As you know, WEST is partnering with California Digital Library (CDL) and HathiTrust to ingest and make available HathiTrust monographic shared print data in AGUA, which will allow the participating libraries and program staff to track and manage commitments on one […]

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 May 2026 Content and Collections  […]

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 […]

Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) is moving to the Oxford Academic platform. Oxford Bibliographies will be available at Oxford Academic beginning May 7, 2026, and the previous platform will formally retire on May 21, 2026 at which point URLs will redirect. […]

The latest UC Libraries HathiTrust Help Center Newsletter features 3 new articles, including: Marie Concannon, the award winning librarian and creator of the popular Prices and Wages by Decade libguide, shares her Thoughts on HathiTrust which includes tips for making […]

The University of California (UC) Libraries are proud to join international partners to support the establishment of OA Forward. An internationally governed initiative, OA Forward is led by DEAL Open Access Services (DEAS) together with UC, Consortia Colombia, the Council […]

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 April 2026 Content and Collections  […]

WEST will hold its 2026 summer member meeting virtually this year on Thursday July 23 from 9-10:30am PT. Please register in advance for this meeting. Information for joining the meeting will be shared automatically after registering.* Please share this information […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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  […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

      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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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  […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 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 […]