Category: Shared Collections
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 […]
Global Financial Data updates website/URL
On November 8, 2020, Global Financial Data upgraded to a new website and URL. The base URL has changed so be sure to use the PID (https://uclibs.org/PID/106641) when referencing the resource in campus A-Z lists, subject guides, etc. Campus proxy […]
AMS Journals Online move to PubFactory on December 1, 2020
The URL for the AMS Journals Online site will remain the same (https://journals.ametsoc.org) and redirects will be in place indefinitely. This platform change should be entirely transparent to users; however, if you encounter any problems accessing AMS, please notify CDL. […]
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 […]
SCP Update – November 2020
For the detailed list of net increase or decrease of titles from CDL licensed and selected open access collections, see the distribution statistics report for October 2020. SCP Overview Monthly Updates The following chart and table show the overall SCP […]
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 […]
Ivy Anderson to retire from UC in June 2021
It’s with excitement about a new adventure for a dear colleague – and some anticipatory grief – that I share with you news of an upcoming CDL transition: Ivy Anderson, CDL’s Collection Development & Management Director/Associate Executive Director, will be […]
Preview of new Web of Science interface
The UC Libraries will soon have access to a preview of the new interface for the Web of Science platform. Beginning in mid-November, look for a message highlighted in purple in the top right corner of the screen, you may […]