Community Update: Controlled Digital Lending
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 6:16 am
From the hundreds of libraries using Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) to meet the needs of their communities to the many working groups and vendors investigating its potential, it’s clear that this innovative library practice is on the rise.
Want to learn more about what’s going on across the community? Join us for a public webinar at 11am PT on March 10 to hear from active projects, including:
Controlled Digital Lending Implementers group;
NISO’s grant from The Mellon Foundation to support the development of a consensus standards framework for implementing CDL;
Boston Library Consortium’s efforts around CDL for interlibrary loan;
CDL Co-Op (ILL & resource sharing);
Internet Archive, with an update on the publisher’s lawsuit against CDL & libraries;
CDL vendors;
and more!
Watch session recording now:
Presentations will be followed by a facilitated Q&A. Whether you are new to Controlled Digital Lending or have already implemented it in your library, this session will give everyone an update on where the phone number library community is today & where it’s going.
Community Update: Controlled Digital Lending
March 10 @ 11am PT / 2pm ET
Watch the session recording now
Posted in Event | Tagged CDL, controlled digital lending |
The Decentralized Web: An Introduction
Posted on February 15, 2022 by Caralee Adams
Amidst the hype and hoopla for decentralized tech, what should everyone really understand? Providing that baseline of knowledge is the goal of a series of six workshops called “Imagining a Better Online World: Exploring the Decentralized Web.” The series kicked off on January 27 with an introductory session establishing some common vocabulary for this new approach to digital infrastructure.The event was hosted by the Internet Archive, DWeb and Library Futures, and was presented by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO).
Want to learn more about what’s going on across the community? Join us for a public webinar at 11am PT on March 10 to hear from active projects, including:
Controlled Digital Lending Implementers group;
NISO’s grant from The Mellon Foundation to support the development of a consensus standards framework for implementing CDL;
Boston Library Consortium’s efforts around CDL for interlibrary loan;
CDL Co-Op (ILL & resource sharing);
Internet Archive, with an update on the publisher’s lawsuit against CDL & libraries;
CDL vendors;
and more!
Watch session recording now:
Presentations will be followed by a facilitated Q&A. Whether you are new to Controlled Digital Lending or have already implemented it in your library, this session will give everyone an update on where the phone number library community is today & where it’s going.
Community Update: Controlled Digital Lending
March 10 @ 11am PT / 2pm ET
Watch the session recording now
Posted in Event | Tagged CDL, controlled digital lending |
The Decentralized Web: An Introduction
Posted on February 15, 2022 by Caralee Adams
Amidst the hype and hoopla for decentralized tech, what should everyone really understand? Providing that baseline of knowledge is the goal of a series of six workshops called “Imagining a Better Online World: Exploring the Decentralized Web.” The series kicked off on January 27 with an introductory session establishing some common vocabulary for this new approach to digital infrastructure.The event was hosted by the Internet Archive, DWeb and Library Futures, and was presented by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO).