Category: Shared Collections
The Future of Shared Print Metadata: Towards a New Shared Print Actions: Terminology
The shared print community has long relied on the OCLC Shared Print Metadata Guidelines to disclose retention commitments and physical validation activities in local and national systems which is based on Preservation & Digitization Actions: Terminology for MARC 21 Field […]
SCP Update – October 2023
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in September 2023 Airiti Books (華藝中文電子書) (Local-L DDA): 575 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 232 IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) Conference Proceedings: 52 JSTOR Books DDA: 272 Oxford Scholarship Online 2023 Frontlist: 43 (GOBI) […]
SCP Update – September 2023
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in August 2023 ACM Digital Library Complete: 11 Airiti Books (華藝中文電子書) (Local-L DDA): 86 ASCE E-books and Standards 2019-2023: 2 Cambridge eBooks without Partner Presses: 2023 All eBooks: 341 (GOBI) CNPe-Reading (易阅通) […]
Welcome, Carly Ryan!
CDL Shared Collections is very pleased to welcome our new Licensing Services Manager, Carly Ryan. Carly joined the Systemwide Licensing team on September 11, 2023, and her responsibilities will include drafting, reviewing, and managing electronic resource licenses negotiated by CDL […]
Updated AGUA On Demand Comparison Filtering Capability
The AGUA Development Team has completed updates to the new filtering capabilities in the On Demand Comparison tool. Users may now select whether to include or exclude titles from their results based on specific criteria, such as archiving program, validation […]
WEST Metadata Validation Reports Now Available in AGUA
The AGUA Development Team has recently completed a project to make WEST members’ metadata validation reports available in AGUA. These reports are generated by the AGUA Technical Team during the biennial unarchived holdings submission period and the annual archiving disclosure […]
SCP Update – August 2023
Highlights on Titles Cataloged for CDL-Managed Electronic Collections in July 2023 ACM Digital Library Complete: 92 Airiti Books (華藝中文電子書) (Local-L DDA): 30 ASCE E-books and Standards 2019-2023: 5 CNPe-Reading (易阅通) (Local-L DDA): 197 Dacheng Laojiukan Quanwen Shujuku (大成老旧刊全文数据库) (Local-L): 30 […]
Cycle 12 (2023) Collection Comparison Reports Now Available
One of the many benefits of WEST membership is the regular collection analysis that feeds our archiving activity; we also share the results of our analysis with members in yearly collection comparison reports as well as the On Demand Comparison […]
WEST Deselection and Gap Filling Resources
One of WEST’s core program goals is to facilitate local space reclamation by creating a robust and highly reliable archive of shared print journal collections. To help members take full advantage of this shared collection, WEST has developed a number […]
WEST Summer 2023 Member Meeting Roundup
On July 27 WEST held an extended member meeting to introduce the Future of WEST strategic planning work in six areas that the Executive Committee prioritized for potential changes and prepare members to provide feedback on three areas where WEST […]