Author: Anna Striker
2021 WEST Executive Committee Election Results and Operations and Collections Council Appointment
WEST carried out elections for the Executive Committee between November 24, 2020 and December 21, 2020. The WEST project team is very happy to report that a quorum of 51% of the votes was surpassed in favor of the proposed […]
JRNL Updates – New Gap Statement Enhancement
The Journal Retention and Needs Listing (JRNL) program recently unveiled enhancements that change how gaps are managed. In the past, institutions wishing to take advantage of JRNL’s gap filling mechanisms were required to list each missing volume, which contributing libraries […]
WEST will migrate away from using the OCLC shared print second symbol
At the close of 2019, WEST completed its most recent program assessment and strategic planning process. Assessment outcomes pointed to the timeliness of reviewing and updating key WEST operational policies and practices. Around the same time, OCLC moved into the final […]
Save the dates! Upcoming Shared Print Meetings and Webinars
A number of shared print events are scheduled for the coming months, including regular mid-winter meetings such as the Print Archive Network (PAN) Forum and the WEST Members Meeting, scheduled for the last two weeks in January. In February the […]
WEST Cycles 10/11 Archiving Commitments Are Complete!
The WEST project team is pleased to announce that all archiving commitments for Cycles 10/11 have been submitted! For this Cycle, WEST proposed 3,649 journal families to 31 institutions; after reviewing their proposals, 25 institutions committed to 2,770 journal families […]
WEST Welcomes Two New Archive Builders
During the 2019 Strategic Planning Session, the WEST governance groups issued two strategic recommendations that shaped the 2020 collections analysis: Recommendation 3a: Prioritize development/analysis to surface Silver and Gold titles that are invisible because they are not held by any of […]
SAVE THE DATE: WEST Virtual Members’ Meeting January 28 9:30-11am PT – Registration Open!
WEST will hold its 2021 winter members’ meeting virtually, outside of the ALA Midwinter virtual conference, on Thursday January 28 from 9:30-11am PT. Please register in advance for this meeting at https://UCOP.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwof-qvqjsvGNVUp6m9lPnu3EzdapIXcPBh. Information for joining the meeting will be shared […]
New Articles on Shared Print in Library Literature
In the past month, several articles dedicated to discussing shared print, its history and impacts, and how various library operations can support the goals of shared print have been published. Sherri Michaels and Becca Neel (2020) published an article in […]
Update from the CDL, CRL & HT Collaboration – First Small Project to Realize Open, Collaborative Infrastructure for Shared Print + Webinars!
Earlier this year in July, we shared news with the WEST membership that California Digital Library (CDL, administrative host for WEST), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), and HathiTrust released a set of framing documents that would guide their collaborative […]
Cycle 9 (2020) 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 […]