Category: Shared Collections
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 […]
Historical Newspapers Online and Palmer’s Index to the Times
Earlier in 2024, ProQuest sunset the Chadwyck-Healey database titled Historical Newspapers Online and Palmer’s Index to the Times, previously found at http://historynews.chadwyck.com. Over the years, ProQuest has worked to migrate databases found on the Chadwyck-Healey platform over to the main […]
WEST’s new pilot with member libraries and the Internet Archive aims to maximize deselections, expand access, and enhance preservation
WEST is launching a pilot to amplify and support library collaborative strategies for print collection management and preservation. Specifically, the pilot will involve coordinating the donation of duplicate copies of WEST archived titles to the Internet Archive to expand digitization […]
WEST ASU Gap Filling Pilot Mid-Point Update
Current WEST archiving standards require Archive Builders to actively seek contributions to fill gaps in the medium and high risk level titles they archive, but WEST also bounds this work, limiting gap filling activities to ensure Builders have sufficient time […]