Author: Anna Striker
WEST Cycles 12 & 13 Call for Unarchived Holdings & Webinar
WEST is getting ready to identify the next round of archiving priorities for archiving Cycles 12 & 13! We are therefore asking all WEST Members (Full and Supporting) to provide MARC bibliographic and holdings data for your currently held, unarchived, […]
Cycle 10 (2021) Collection Comparison Reports Now Available
One of the many benefits of WEST membership is the regular collection analysis that feeds our archiving activity; we also share the results of our analysis with members in yearly collection comparison reports as well as the On Demand Comparison […]
New Publications of Note
The past several months have seen a flurry of new publications focused on the historical and ongoing evolution of print management in libraries. Ben Walker of the University of Florida published a history of library storage solutions at the University […]
Notes from WEST’s July 2021 Member Meeting
WEST’s 2021 summer member meeting was held virtually on July 29. Meeting participants included a number of returning and first-time attendees, and included staff representing Archive Builders, Archive Holders, and Non-Archive Holders as well as WEST’s Rosemont Alliance partner programs. […]
CDL, CRL & HathiTrust Collaboration Update
The CDL, CRL, & HathiTrust Shared Print Collaboration (CCH Collab) continues to act on its guiding principles of transparency, inclusion and responsiveness, focusing their 2021 activities on increasing community engagement and improving technology solutions supporting shared print. The Collab has […]
Reminder and Full Agenda: WEST Members Meeting Thursday, July 29, 12:30-2pm PT
WEST will hold its 2021 summer members’ meeting virtually this year on Thursday July 29, 2021, from 12:30-2pm PT. Please register in advance for this meeting. Information for joining the meeting will be shared automatically after registering. Welcome and Opening […]
WEST Working Groups Update
In the 2019 Strategic Planning Session the WEST governance groups issued several recommendations to form working groups to review various aspects of the WEST program. The following working groups were formed and have been working on executing their charges over […]
WEST Releases Updated Disclosure Policy
In 2019, the WEST governance committees held a Strategic Planning session and issued a number of recommendations for the WEST program to take action on in the coming years, including to review and revise the WEST Disclosure Policy and Validation […]
New publication: AGUA Technical Team Accomplishments on Major WEST Development Project
The AGUA team has recently published an article in the Code4Lib Journal describing a major development project the team executed during the fourth WEST Development Phase (Phase 4), completed in 2019. This development project enhanced the AGUA system’s ability to […]
Save the date + Registration Open: WEST Members Meeting Thursday, July 29, 12:30-2pm PT
WEST will hold its 2021 summer members’ meeting virtually this year on Thursday July 29, 2021, from 12:30-2pm PT. Please register in advance for this meeting. Information for joining the meeting will be shared automatically after registering. This meeting will […]