Category: Shared Collections
SCP Update – January 2025
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in December 2024 Airiti Books (華藝中文電子書) (Local-L DDA): 22 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 370 JSTOR Books DDA: 912 Taylor & Francis ebooks (CRC/netbases 2012 & prior): 84 Taylor & Francis eBooks (STMnetbase/CRC […]
WEST Cycles 14 & 15 Archiving Commitments Are Complete!
The WEST project team is pleased to announce that all archiving commitments for Cycles 14 & 15 have been submitted and analyzed! This analysis included several important and impactful updates to WEST’s collections model and archiving priorities: Expanded Archive Holder […]
The Who, What, and Why of Voluntary Validation
What does it mean to validate archived materials? WEST physical validation includes two components: the proactive compilation and verification of completeness of the backfile in a single location and the verification of the condition of the material. The effort put […]
New Streaming Videos: CathayPlay
Several UC campuses now have subscription access to a new Chinese streaming video platform called CathayPlay. CathayPlay, having launched in 2019, is new to working with North American libraries, and our UC campuses are excited to have […]
SCP Update – December 2024
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in November 2024 Cambridge eBooks without Partner Presses: 2024 All eBooks: 153 (GOBI) CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 182 JSTOR Books DDA: 265 Taylor & Francis eBooks (STMnetbase/CRC Press) 2021-: 131 Wiley Online […]
WEST Program Refresher Webinar – February 7, 9-10am PT
WEST is hosting a one-hour program refresher for all current members on Friday, February 7th from 9am-10am PT. This webinar will include information on WEST’s history, vision and mission, key features, membership, governance, and collaborations. This session will also provide […]
Celebrating WEST Archive Builders – What they do, who they are, what you can do!
The WEST program is unique in its use of a risk model that determines the level of effort invested in archiving the content. The majority of WEST Archivers agree to retain proposed titles and mark that commitment in the records’ […]
SCP Update – November 2024
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in October 2024 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 917 JapanKnowledge Lib: 1276 JSTOR Books DDA: 242 National Academies Press: 7 Oxford Scholarship Online 2024 Frontlist: 118 (GOBI) Taylor & Francis eBooks (STMnetbase/CRC Press) […]
Demystifying Disclosure Discrepancies
All WEST-retained journal records are updated to include information about the WEST program, any validation work that has been performed, and the results of that validation work, according to the policies laid out in the WEST Disclosure Policy. The goal […]
SCP Update – October 2024
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in September 2024 Airiti Books (華藝中文電子書) (Local-L DDA): 319 ASCE E-books and Standards (2024-): 12 Cambridge eBooks without Partner Presses: 2024 All eBooks: 19 (GOBI) IOS Press online monographs (Local-OA): 183 JSTOR […]