Information Services staff provide direct and indirect support in the following areas:
Feedback Support / User Behavior Analysis
- Respond to daily feedbacks for most CDL services such as Calisphere, Online Archive of California and more
- Analyze user errors/problems and notify project administrators of critical issues and emerging trends
Ongoing Resource Support / QA Testing
- Manage CDL Helpline (https://helpline.cdlib.org/) inquiries
- Participate in the operational teams for Electronic Resources, and others that are instrumental to the continued support and improvement of CDL and vendor resources
- Serve on CDL committees that monitor UC-licensed databases and ejournals; conduct ongoing evaluation of products
- Send out CDLALERTS regarding online resource issues
- Provide functional quality assurance testing for CDL products and services
Education / Outreach
- Publish CDLINFO Newsletter, the main information conduit for notifying campus stakeholders of the latest services and resources available from the California Digital Library
- Publicize projects to and gather input from frontline library staff at the campuses and selected California institutions (via Users Council)
- Create CDL informational flyers, FAQs, and user guides, and host CDL's Instructional Materials web page