Category: WEST
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, […]
Shared Print Roundup: Q1 2025
Even though we’re only three months into 2025, there have already been many exciting updates, webinars, and articles from community members across shared print! Below is a roundup of shared print news and events from January and February, and registration […]
Celebrating Our Members: WEST Member Badges
Here in WEST, we’re incredibly proud and grateful for the work our members have done and continue to do to collaboratively develop, manage, and coordinate the identification, retention, and registration of a shared, distributed collection of print content across libraries. […]
WEST Program Refresher – Slides and Demo Recording Now Available!
On February 7th WEST hosted an hour-long webinar that provided a refresher on the WEST program and an info session on WEST Archiving. The first half of the webinar covered the history of WEST as well as the vision, mission, […]
WEST Cycles 14 & 15 Archiving Commitments Are Complete!
The WEST project team is pleased to announce that all archiving commitments for Cycles 14 & 15 have been submitted and analyzed! This analysis included several important and impactful updates to WEST’s collections model and archiving priorities: Expanded Archive Holder […]