Category: Shared Collections
Shared Print Round-Up: Q2 2025
Over the last quarter we’ve had many exciting updates, webinars, and articles from community members across shared print! Below is a roundup of shared print news and events from March through June. In March, Liz Hayden, Associate University Librarian for […]
New and Continuing Resources and OA Investments Fiscal Year 24-25
FY24-25 New and Continuing Resources CDL is pleased to announce new and continuing resources recently acquired by the UC Libraries for systemwide use by UC students and faculty. The selection of these resources was a collaborative effort involving all ten […]
SCP Update – July 2025
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in June 2025 CathayPlay (Local-L): 435 JSTOR Books: 357 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 203 Taylor & Francis eBooks Complete: 134 Oxford Scholarship Online Complete: 118 Wiley Online Library Frontlist All English Titles […]
AP Images Collection to be Discontinued
University of California users have had multiple ways to access Associated Press (AP) content over the years, including both the AP Images Collection at EBSCOhost, and the newer AP Newsroom platform, a standalone site, through EBSCO. In 2019, UC’s main […]
Education Research Index
ProQuest has released a new free database called Education Research Index, which is available to all UC campuses. Education Research Index includes ERIC + a new Supplemental Education Index, and users can search them together or separately at ProQuest. UC […]
WEST Internet Archive Pilot – Report and Recommendations Now Available!
Last Fall (2024), WEST launched a pilot with the Internet Archive and six WEST member libraries to amplify and support library collaborative strategies for print collection management and preservation. Specifically, the pilot involved coordinating the donation of duplicate copies of […]
Reminder & Agenda: WEST Summer 2025 Member Meeting – Why WEST Now? Protecting our foundations in times of turmoil and uncertainty
WEST is holding its summer 2025 member meeting virtually on Thursday July 24 from 10-11:30am PT / 11am-12:30pm MT / 12-1:30pm CT / 1-2:30pm ET. Please register in advance. The meeting will be recorded. The meeting will include a panel […]
ASU Gap Filling Pilot – Final Report and Recommendations Now Available!
In Fall of 2022, Arizona State University (ASU) began work on a gap filling pilot project with WEST. This pilot project was intended to both increase the completeness of select medium and high risk level (formerly referred to as Silver […]
SCP Update – June 2025
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in May 2025 Airiti Books (華藝中文電子書): 233 JSTOR Books: 457 Oxford Scholarship Online Complete: 144 Taylor & Francis eBooks Complete: 213 Wiley Online Library Frontlist All English Titles 2025: 56 Link to […]
Mapping Member Strategic Priorities
Background In 2024 the WEST Executive Committee & the Operations and Collections Council (OCC) articulated a need for WEST to create new and expanded communication resources that enable member libraries to advance their shared print and collective collection goals at […]