Category: Shared Collections
Melvyl Central Index Update – Changes for 2014
It’s January 2014, and time for the biannual addition of new databases released by OCLC to Melvyl’s Central Index. As of this January, we are making a minor change to the policy of adding only CDL managed licenses with all […]
Happy Holidays from the WEST Project Team!
We wish you and your staff a very happy holiday season and peaceful, prosperous new year!
Managing the Print Archiving Process: Answering a Call for Holdings
In November, we looked at how WEST Archive Builders manage and build print archives for silver and gold archive types (click here for a refresher). As part of this archive building process, Builders send a call for holdings to WEST member libraries […]
Licensed Resource Transitions: Art Source; Education Source; Lion
Art Source (All campuses; on the EBSCOHost platform) http://uclibs.org/PID/33002 Art Source was developed from a merger of several EBSCO and H.W. Wilson art and architecture databases, with additional full-text journals not previously available elsewhere. It covers fine, decorative, and commercial […]
Licensed Resource Change: Science of Synthesis 4.0 Platform Now Available
Thieme has announced the availability of the new Science of Synthesis (SoS) 4.0 platform. Access will be provided to both the new (SoS 4.0) and old (SoS 3.10) platforms through January 31, 2014. http://uclibs.org/PID/96558 The new version of SoS has […]
WEST Executive Committee Election Results
The Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) is governed by an Executive Committee that oversees the operation and development of WEST and works to integrate WEST with related archiving programs nationally and internationally. WEST carried out elections for the Executive Committee […]
SCOAP3 Open Access Publishing Initiative to Go Live on 1 January 2014
Thanks to the hard work and steadfast commitment of hundreds of libraries and individuals across the globe, SCOAP3, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics, will soon become a reality. This ground-breaking initiative will make a large […]
Reminder – WEST ALA Midwinter Meeting: Please RSVP if you plan to attend
ALA Midwinter is fast approaching; if you plan to attend the WEST Member meeting on Sunday, January 26, 2014 from 1-2:30 pm in MAR-Franklin 08, please RSVP. You can RSVP to our poll (found here) by submitting your name and institution. There is no […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update: November 2013
A couple of announcements regarding the Airiti Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) package, first, ongoing problems with the ability of Airiti to provide the DDA records for the campuses necessitated SCP take over the process. Instead of each campus separately acquiring […]
WEST at ALA Midwinter 2014 in Philadelphia: Please RSVP if you plan to attend
There will be a WEST Member meeting at ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia, Sunday, January 26, 2014 from 1-2:30 pm in MAR-Franklin 08. WEST members are encouraged to attend to hear updates about the program. We hope to see you there! […]