Category: Collection Development
SCP Update — October 2021
Almost two months have passed since the new UC system go-live on July 27, 2021. Here are some updates from SCP. Where have SCP records migrated? SCP has prepared and migrated a total of 1,181,113 titles. (Thanks to Kate Garvey-Clasby…
New Resource: Yale University Press A&AePortal
All 10 UC campuses are participants in the Yale University Press A&AePortal license. Per the website, the Yale University Press A&AePortal (https://www.aaeportal.com/home) is an electronic platform that provides individuals and institutions with access to important art and architectural…
CDL Job Opening: Open Access Data Analyst
The California Digital Library (CDL) at the University of California is recruiting for an Open Access Data Analyst to join a highly team-based environment within the California Digital Library’s Shared Collections Program. The Open Access Data Analyst will contribute to…
CDL Job Opening: Electronic Resource Services Manager
The California Digital Library (CDL) at the University of California is recruiting for an Electronic Resource Services Manager to join its highly collaborative Shared Collections Program. The Electronic Resource Services Manager plays a vital role in CDL’s mission to provide…
Partnership for Shared Book Collections Quarterly Report (September 2021) now available
The Partnership for Shared Book Collections has released their quarterly report for 2021Q3. The report includes a roundup of accomplishments the Partnership has achieved in the last three months, updates Partnership governance committee and working group areas of focus, and…
Welcome to Mark Lawrence Clemente, CDL’s new Open Access Publisher Agreements Manager
We could not be more delighted to announce that Mark Lawrence Clemente will be joining CDL as our new Open Access Publisher Agreements Manager. In this role Mark will be responsible for initiating, developing, and coordinating the implementation and assessment…
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,…
Updates to the WEST Executive Committee Composition and Candidacy
In 2021, the WEST Executive Committee reviewed WEST’s governance documentation and made two updates to the Executive Committee’s composition and candidacy parameters to expand the range of perspectives that shape WEST’s strategic directions and to further enhance the connection between…
Welcome Lisa Moske
Lisa Moske is joining CDL’s Collection Development and Management group in the contract position of Shared Content Service Support Coordinator. Lisa starts today, September 1, and will be with us for up to one year. As the Shared Content Service…
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…