Category: Shared Collections
AGUA Development Phase 6 Planning Kickoff – WEST Member Input Requested
During ‘off years’ of the WEST collection analysis cycle, WEST works on identifying and building out enhancements to AGUA, our collection analysis and decision support system. In previous Development Phases the WEST governance committees have prioritized a range of projects, […]
New Shared Collections Bibliography
The Shared Collections Interest Group, part of the American Library Association’s Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) division, has released an informal bibliography of publications and resources related to shared collections in two areas of focus: New publications and resource […]
Lisa Mackinder appointed Assistant Director of Systemwide Licensing and Collection Services
We are delighted to announce that following a national search Lisa Mackinder has been appointed as Assistant Director of Systemwide Licensing and Collection Services for the California Digital Library. Lisa comes to this role with 14 years of directly related […]
Spotlight on AGUA Development: Metadata Validation
One of the major projects WEST undertook in 2021 to enhance AGUA was a project to improve metadata validation practices to support more rigorous data analysis by the AGUA Technical Team and to report back findings to WEST members to […]
WEST Program Reflections – Progress on WEST 2019 Strategic Directions and 2021 Year-In-Review
In 2019 the WEST governance groups met in Oakland, CA, to define strategic recommendations to guide WEST’s work over the next three years. WEST has made considerable progress on the 13 strategic recommendations and sub-recommendations identified by the WEST governance […]
Good news from Shared Collections: Welcome Sherry Lochhaas!
We have good news from the Shared Collections program this morning. Sherry Lochhaas joins us today as our new Electronic Resources Services Manager. She is joining us from UC Berkeley, where she has held the Electronic Resources Librarian position, and […]
Report from the Joint Rosemont Shared Print Alliance / Partnership for Shared Book Collections Member Meeting
The Rosemont Shared Print Alliance and the Partnership for Shared Book Collections held their first annual joint membership meeting Feb 8, 2022. This meeting was grounded in an overarching theme that “Shared Print is open and big,” which weaved through […]
Adriana Moran moves on
It’s with mixed emotions I tell you of news from CDL Acquisitions. Adriana Moran, CDL Acquisitions Coordinator, will be leaving us for another opportunity. She is leaving big shoes to fill, and we wish her all the best for her […]
SCP Update – February 2022
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in January 2022 ACM Digital Library Complete: 134 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 27 JSTOR Books DDA: 1,749 Open access resource selected by the UC Libraries (Local-OA) (Serials): 225 Collection level records: 6 […]
WEST Program Refresher
On January 19 WEST hosted an hour-long webinar that provided a refresher on the WEST program and an info session on WEST Archiving. The first half of the webinar covered the history of WEST as well as the vision, mission, […]