Category: Shared Print
Reminder & Agenda: WEST Summer 2024 Member Meeting – Harnessing the value of shared print in local action
WEST is holding its summer 2024 member meeting virtually on Friday, July 26, from 10am-12pm PT / 11am-1pm MT / 12-2pm CT / 1-3pm ET. Please register in advance. The meeting will be recorded. There will be two primary sessions […]
WEST welcomes new member libraries
WEST is very pleased to announce a new consortial membership agreement with the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI). Three new libraries join WEST in the first year of this opt-in consortial agreement: Loyola University Chicago, Southern […]
ALA Annual 2024: Shared Print Round-Up
This year at the American Library Association Annual Conference (ALA Annual), which took place June 27th-July 2nd in San Diego, there were several exciting updates from organizations in our shared print community. Shared Print news kicked off at the Print […]
New Shared Print Actions: Terminology to Support Shared Print Disclosure
In July 2024, the Shared Print Metadata Guidelines Task Force (SPMG) finalized the new Shared Print Actions: Terminology for the MARC 21 Field 583 (SPA), and it is now available for use by shared print programs and library practitioners. The […]
WEST Summer 2024 Member Meeting – Harnessing the value of shared print in local action
WEST will hold its summer 2024 member meeting virtually on Friday, July 26, from 10am-12pm PT. The meeting will include sessions reporting to members on the continuation of Future of WEST planning and implementation. There will also be a workshop […]
California Digital Library Welcomes Nika Worth as Shared Print Analyst!
I am delighted to announce that Nika Worth will join the California Digital Library (CDL) as Shared Print Analyst effective Monday, July 8, 2024. The Shared Print Team at CDL is part of the Shared Collections program area, which also […]
Journal Archiving Campaign Service (JACS) Refresher Webinar – Thursday, June 6, 1-2:15pm PT
Please join UC shared print enthusiasts for this refresher webinar, which will provide an overview of the Journal Archiving Campaign Service (JACS), one of UC Libraries’ long-standing serial shared print initiatives. We hope that a wide range of UC library folks […]
Opportunity for WEST members to share development ideas and needs
During ‘off years’ of the collection analysis cycle, WEST works on identifying and building out enhancements to AGUA (https://agua.cdlib.org/west), both on the backend to increase automation and improve our ability to perform the collection analyses and on the front end […]
Call for Cycle 13 WEST Archiving Disclosures
The WEST project team recently sent out a call for WEST Archive Holders and Builders* to submit records of all materials archived for WEST to CDL via the file upload tool in AGUA. WEST asks that members include records for […]
The WEST Executive Committee Establishes a Steering Committee & Updates Composition and Eligibility Requirements
In February 2024, the WEST Executive Committee approved a proposal to shift from a committee leadership structure of Subcommittees to a Steering Committee. Additionally, the Executive Committee finalized updates to the committee’s composition and eligibility requirements. Establishing an Executive Steering […]