Category: Shared Print
JRNL Has Moved!
Earlier this month, the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) announced that they have taken over as stewards of the Journal Retention and Needs Listing program (JRNL) from the University of Florida, Smathers Libraries, who had developed and maintained JRNL since […]
Celebrating Member Contributions: New Members Send Files as Part of Call for Unarchived Holdings
At the beginning of September, we invited all WEST Members to submit files of MARC bibliographic and holdings data for your print serials collections to seed our next collections analysis and make comparison data available to all WEST members. This […]
Deselection Deep Dive: University of California Berkeley’s Experience with the WEST Internet Archive Pilot
Written with Jo Anne Newyear Ramirez, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources, University of California Berkeley & Jesse Silva, Scholarly Resources Strategy and Federal Government Information Librarian, University of California Berkeley Setting the Stage In September of 2024, WEST launched […]
WEST Office Hour – November 13th, from 10am-11am PT
WEST will be holding its second office hour on November 13th, from 10am-11am PT! It will focus on the next steps in the WEST Collections Analysis process, but as usual, all topics are welcome! If you have any questions or […]
Shared Print Round-Up: Q3 2025
Happy Fall! Over the last quarter we’ve had several exciting updates, webinars, and articles from community members across shared print! Below is a roundup of shared print news and events from July through October. Late July, WEST held our annual […]
New WEST Office Hours – Beginning October 9th from 10am-11am
We are pleased to share that WEST will now be holding recurring office hours on the second Thursday of the month, beginning in October! These office hours are intended to be times for any WEST member to come ask questions […]
Deselection Deep Dive: University of Wyoming’s Experience with the WEST Internet Archive Pilot
Written with Jamie Markus, Associate Dean of Library Collections, University of Wyoming. Setting the Stage In September of 2024, WEST launched a pilot to amplify and support library collaborative strategies for print collection management and preservation. Specifically, the pilot involved […]
Cycle 14 (2025) Collection Comparison Reports Now Available
WEST is pleased to announce that the fourteenth archiving cycle disclosure process is complete, and the Cycle 14 (2025) annual collection comparison reports are now available for WEST members to download in AGUA. These reports were generated for each member […]
New Group Selection in the On Demand Comparison Report And New On Demand Analytics Report
This year, as part of AGUA Development Phase 7, in addition to the New Fields Available in the WEST All Archived Titles Report and the development to Download AGUA Reports More Easily, the AGUA Development Team completed an enhancement to […]
New Fields Available in the WEST All Archived Titles Report!
Every two years, when not actively engaged in collections analysis, WEST modifies and enhances the AGUA collection analysis and decision support system to add new features, reports, and tools or improve existing ones. These development phases typically include several projects, […]