Category: WEST
Call for WEST Cycle 6 (2016/17) Statistics is Underway – extended deadline: Friday, October 27, 2017
WEST Cycle 6 statistics gathering is well underway! Thank you to everyone who has responded to our call – we greatly appreciate it. Following each cycle, WEST collects deselection, archiving, and lending statistics from our Members and Archive Holders. Currently, […]
WEST Webinar: The Why and How of Submitting Unarchived Holdings Files
In the beginning of September, the WEST Project Team sent out a request for unarchived holdings data from Full Members, which will inform the coming round of collections analysis determining what to archive next. On September 13th and 20th, the […]
Annual Collection Comparison Reports for Cycle 6 now available in AGUA
At the end of August, the Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) announced that the sixth archiving cycle is complete and the Cycle 6/2017 collection comparison reports are available to full members. If your institution provided records for analysis in fall […]
Need to Weed? WEST Webinar: On Demand Collection Comparison Report
On August 2nd and 9th, the WEST Project Team hosted two webinars aimed to support members in WEST archiving activities and the use of decision support services. The webinars featured the newly developed On Demand Collection Comparison Report in AGUA. […]
WEST Cycle 6 Disclosures Complete
In July, WEST Archive Holders and Builders completed disclosures of archived materials for Cycle 6. The WEST Project team received 34 disclosure files. Overall, we estimate that Cycle 6 archiving activity added 2,742 titles to the WEST Archive. Both supporting […]
Update Delivered at ALA Annual 2017 WEST Member Meeting
WEST members met during the June ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Over 20 representatives of WEST member institutions were able to attend – hailing from California to Missouri. During the meeting, the WEST Project Team updated attendees on archiving progress, […]
WEST passes resolution honoring Lizanne Payne
The WEST Executive Committee passed the following resolution on May 20, 2016 to thank Lizanne Payne for her leadership. Resolution Honoring Elizabeth A. (Lizanne) Payne Whereas Elizabeth A. Payne has advanced the efforts of more than 70 academic and research libraries in the Western […]
WEST libraries achieve 500,000 volumes
Member libraries of the Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) have reached a major milestone, successfully archiving half a million journal volumes. Forum Journal 3, no. 3 (1989). Photo by Amy Watson, Arizona State University Libraries, 2016. The five hundred […]
Update delivered at ALA Annual 2015 WEST Member Meeting
The ALA Annual WEST Member Meeting took place on Sunday, June 28, 2015 from 1:00-2:00 pm in the Hotel Nikko San Francisco. Thank you to everyone who joined us! In addition to discussing WEST’s archiving progress, the WEST project team provided […]
WEST member meeting at ALA Annual in San Francisco: Please RSVP if you plan to attend
The ALA Annual WEST Member Meeting is happening on Sunday, June 28, 2015 from 1:00-2:00 pm in the Hotel Nikko San Francisco (in the Golden Gate room). Please RSVP to our poll (found here) (http://doodle.com/rcb8r8cyeb6if3a5) if you plan to attend. Please list […]