Category: Shared Print
UC Shared Print Update Delivered to the CRL Print Archives Network Meeting at ALA Midwinter 2014
The University of California Libraries have completed a strategic planning effort to guide the development of shared print collections and services in the upcoming years. The environment for print collections has evolved considerably since the inception of the UC shared […]
WEST Update Delivered to the CRL Print Archives Network Meeting at ALA Midwinter 2014
The Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) has entered into its second three-year implementation phase with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Between 2013 and 2016, WEST libraries will undertake two more archiving cycles, conduct strategic planning and assessment […]
Announcing a new strategic plan for UC Shared Print
The Shared Print Strategic Plan 2013-2018 includes a new set of goals and strategies for advancing the development shared collections. Highlights include a revised scope of collaboration for shared print efforts, a specific set of goals for the development of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Updates from beyond WEST: Shared Print at the 2013 Charleston Conference
At the Charleston Conference, two shared print groups, the Maine Shared Collections Strategy (MSCS) and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s (CIC) Shared Print Repository, presented on their projects, goals and activities. In “Data to Decisions: Shared Print Retention in Maine,” […]
Emily Stambaugh speaks on "Reinventing Shared Print" and provides update on UC Shared Print and WEST
The OCLC Collective Insight Series event, “Getting off the Island: Collaborating to Create Boundless Collections,” was held at Loyola Marymount University on October 15, 2013. The interactive program explored current and future opportunities to share print and electronic collections across […]
UC Libraries receive grant to support Phase 2 of the Western Regional Storage Trust
Researchers can be assured that the scholarly record will be preserved for future generations through a coordinated system of trusted print archives held at libraries throughout the western United States. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the University of […]
Changes to WEST Program Management
We are pleased to announce some changes in the WEST (Western Regional Storage Trust) program management as WEST enters into its next 3-year phase (Phase 2). Beginning in October 2013, Emily Stambaugh, CDL Shared Print Manager, will serve as WEST’s […]
Emily Stambaugh to Speak on Shared Print
CDL’s Shared Print manager, Emily Stambaugh, will be a speaker at a free program entitled, “Getting off the Island: Collaborating to Create Boundless Collections”, co-sponsored by OCLC, SCELC (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium), and Loyola Marymount University on October 15, […]