Category: WEST
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, […]
2025 WEST Member Meeting Recap: Why WEST Now? Protecting our foundations in times of turmoil and uncertainty
Thank you to everyone who was able to join us Thursday, 7/24/2025, for our annual WEST Member Meeting! For those of you who were not able to attend, or for those who’d like to review some of the presentations or […]
Shared Print Round-Up: Q2 2025
Over the last quarter we’ve had many exciting updates, webinars, and articles from community members across shared print! Below is a roundup of shared print news and events from March through June. In March, Liz Hayden, Associate University Librarian for […]
WEST Internet Archive Pilot – Report and Recommendations Now Available!
Last Fall (2024), WEST launched a pilot with the Internet Archive and six WEST member libraries to amplify and support library collaborative strategies for print collection management and preservation. Specifically, the pilot involved coordinating the donation of duplicate copies of […]
Reminder & Agenda: WEST Summer 2025 Member Meeting – Why WEST Now? Protecting our foundations in times of turmoil and uncertainty
WEST is holding its summer 2025 member meeting virtually on Thursday July 24 from 10-11:30am PT / 11am-12:30pm MT / 12-1:30pm CT / 1-2:30pm ET. Please register in advance. The meeting will be recorded. The meeting will include a panel […]
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 […]