Archive for April, 2025
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Advancing Open Research Information at CDL
As a part of our mission to amplify the impact of the libraries, scholarship, and resources of the University of California (UC), the California Digital Library (CDL) invests heavily in creating and supporting open technologies, open access models, and open infrastructures. But like many libraries around the world, CDL also relies on proprietary systems and depends on closed sources of information. These systems often control essential data about our scholarly outputs and shape how we understand the reach and impact of UC’s research. Tools like these fall into the category of “research information systems,” a space that includes citation indices, […]
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eScholarship Journal Spotlight: Electronic Green Journal
In this new University of California (UC) Office of Scholarly Communication blog series, we highlight the successes and challenges of leading journals published by UC’s eScholarship Publishing program through interviews with journal editors. Our latest interview is with two editors of the Electronic Green Journal: Editor-In-Chief, Maria A. Jankowska (UCLA Librarian Emerita) and Managing Editor and Book Review Editor, Kelsey Brown, (UCLA Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian). The journal recently celebrated its 30th anniversary of publication! In a few sentences, describe the origin/focus/purpose of your journal: The history of the journal began in 1991, when a group of environmental enthusiasts […]
