Category: Shared Collections
The Iowa State Cyclones Answer the Call (for Holdings) – An example of contributing state property to the WEST archived collection
Over the course of the Gap Filling Pilot ASU sent out numerous calls for holdings to WEST Member institutions, and even though the data gathering period has ended, the gap filling work continues, both for ASU and for the libraries […]
SCP Update – May 2025
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in April 2025 JSTOR Books: 414 Oxford Scholarship Online Complete: 607 US Government Documents: 604 Wiley Online Library Frontlist All English Titles 2025: 62 Collection level bibliographic records: 1 Link to the […]
New Resource: BungeiShunju Archives Phase 2
The UCs now own BungeiShunju Archives Phase 2 (Bungei Shunjū Archives), with access for all UC campuses. This latest purchase builds off of our UC-wide access to Phase 1, purchased in 2020 for all campuses as part of our tier […]
Deselection Deep Dive: YOUR Journal Review Story
Last summer, WEST Executive Committee and Operations and Collections Council members gathered in person and online for a hybrid meeting to continue Future of WEST planning following the 2023 Future of WEST Report. One of the outcomes of this meeting […]
In memoriam ~ Lisa Mackinder
On March 19, 2025, CDL lost a beloved colleague and dear friend when Lisa Mackinder died after an extended illness. Lisa was the Assistant Director for Systemwide Licensing in the Shared Collections Program, a position she assumed in 2022 after […]
Deselection Deep Dive: Graduate Theological Union’s Library Alteration Project
Written with Beth Kumar (Director of Library Services, GTU) Setting the Stage What are the specifics of your project? Why are you deselecting / reviewing your journal holdings? In 2021 we began a library alteration project that required the GTU […]
New Resource: CloudRead Chinese Contemporary Newspaper Database
The UC campuses have started a new Tier 2 subscription to the CloudRead Chinese Contemporary Newspaper Database. Participating campuses include UC Berkeley (inc LBL), UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. This subscription […]
SCP Update – April 2025
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in March 2025 Apabi Nian jian ku (Local-L): 101 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 119 China Statistical Yearbooks (CSYD 1949-) (Local-L): 1839 JSTOR Books: 364 Taylor & Francis eBooks Complete: 226 Wiley Online […]
New Presses at De Gruyter and De Gruyter Brill Merger
New ebook packages at De Gruyter The UCs have recently purchased titles from several University Presses at De Gruyter, which are new for systemwide access. These collections were purchased on behalf of all 10 UC campuses: University of Chicago Press […]
Alloy Phase Diagram transitions to Materials Platform for Data Science
ASM International’s Alloy Phase Diagram Database has recently transitioned to a new platform, now under the name Materials Platform for Data Science (MPDS). Subscribers of the Alloy Phase Diagrams at MPDS remain the same: UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, and […]