Category: WEST
ALA Annual 2024: Shared Print Round-Up
This year at the American Library Association Annual Conference (ALA Annual), which took place June 27th-July 2nd in San Diego, there were several exciting updates from organizations in our shared print community. Shared Print news kicked off at the Print […]
New Shared Print Actions: Terminology to Support Shared Print Disclosure
In July 2024, the Shared Print Metadata Guidelines Task Force (SPMG) finalized the new Shared Print Actions: Terminology for the MARC 21 Field 583 (SPA), and it is now available for use by shared print programs and library practitioners. The […]
WEST Summer 2024 Member Meeting – Harnessing the value of shared print in local action
WEST will hold its summer 2024 member meeting virtually on Friday, July 26, from 10am-12pm PT. The meeting will include sessions reporting to members on the continuation of Future of WEST planning and implementation. There will also be a workshop […]
California Digital Library Welcomes Nika Worth as Shared Print Analyst!
I am delighted to announce that Nika Worth will join the California Digital Library (CDL) as Shared Print Analyst effective Monday, July 8, 2024. The Shared Print Team at CDL is part of the Shared Collections program area, which also […]
Opportunity for WEST members to share development ideas and needs
During ‘off years’ of the collection analysis cycle, WEST works on identifying and building out enhancements to AGUA (https://agua.cdlib.org/west), both on the backend to increase automation and improve our ability to perform the collection analyses and on the front end […]
Call for Cycle 13 WEST Archiving Disclosures
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 in AGUA. WEST asks that members include records for […]
The WEST Executive Committee Establishes a Steering Committee & Updates Composition and Eligibility Requirements
In February 2024, the WEST Executive Committee approved a proposal to shift from a committee leadership structure of Subcommittees to a Steering Committee. Additionally, the Executive Committee finalized updates to the committee’s composition and eligibility requirements. Establishing an Executive Steering […]
CDL Job Openings: Shared Print Analyst and UX Designer positions
The California Digital Library (CDL) is recruiting for two outstanding openings: the Shared Print Analyst and UX Designer positions. SHARED PRINT ANALYST Are you passionate about print collection management in academic libraries? Do you thrive in cooperative environments, excel […]
Upcoming Shared Print Events
Shared Print Actions: Terminology follow up discussions The Shared Print Metadata Guidelines (SPMG) working group hosted a public webinar on November 7 to formally introduce the draft terminology as well as plans for approving it across the shared print community. […]
WEST Cycles 14 & 15 Unarchived Holdings Ingest is Complete!
In September WEST distributed a call to members to submit files of their unarchived print journal and serial holdings to seed the Cycles 14 & 15 collections analysis. Members’ files have been received and ingested in AGUA, completing the first […]