Category: WEST
ASU Gap Filling Pilot – Final Report and Recommendations Now Available!
In Fall of 2022, Arizona State University (ASU) began work on a gap filling pilot project with WEST. This pilot project was intended to both increase the completeness of select medium and high risk level (formerly referred to as Silver […]
Mapping Member Strategic Priorities
Background In 2024 the WEST Executive Committee & the Operations and Collections Council (OCC) articulated a need for WEST to create new and expanded communication resources that enable member libraries to advance their shared print and collective collection goals at […]
Celebrating WEST Member Contributions to Community Documentation – Extracting Holdings Records from Alma
One of WEST’s biggest strengths is our member community and the work we do wouldn’t be possible without the many contributions of our WEST members. As the WEST Cycle 14 disclosure period comes to a close, WEST would like to […]
Deselection Deep Dive: San Diego State’s Journal Review Story
Written with Wil Weston (Head of Collection Development & Resources Sharing Librarian, San Diego State University) Setting the Stage What are the specifics of your project? Why are you deselecting / reviewing your journal holdings? In 2012, San Diego State […]
The Iowa State Cyclones Answer the Call (for Holdings) – An example of contributing state property to the WEST archived collection
Over the course of the Gap Filling Pilot ASU sent out numerous calls for holdings to WEST Member institutions, and even though the data gathering period has ended, the gap filling work continues, both for ASU and for the libraries […]
Deselection Deep Dive: YOUR Journal Review Story
Last summer, WEST Executive Committee and Operations and Collections Council members gathered in person and online for a hybrid meeting to continue Future of WEST planning following the 2023 Future of WEST Report. One of the outcomes of this meeting […]
Deselection Deep Dive: Graduate Theological Union’s Library Alteration Project
Written with Beth Kumar (Director of Library Services, GTU) Setting the Stage What are the specifics of your project? Why are you deselecting / reviewing your journal holdings? In 2021 we began a library alteration project that required the GTU […]
Save the Date for the 2025 WEST Member Meeting!
WEST will hold its 2025 summer member meeting virtually this year on Thursday July 24 from 10-11:30am PT. Please register in advance for this meeting. Information for joining the meeting will be shared automatically after registering.* Please share this information […]
Call for Cycle 14 Archiving Disclosures
The WEST Cycle 14 disclosure period is now open! 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 […]
Download AGUA Reports More Easily!
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, […]