Category: WEST
WEST at ALA Midwinter 2014 in Philadelphia: Please RSVP if you plan to attend
There will be a WEST Member meeting at ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia, Sunday, January 26, 2014 from 1-2:30 pm in MAR-Franklin 08. WEST members are encouraged to attend to hear updates about the program. We hope to see you there! […]
Managing the Print Archiving Process: Building a WEST Archive
Winter is a busy time of year for WEST. In addition to gathering holdings data for cycle 4 collections analysis, our Archive Builders are also building cycle 3 print archives to hold in storage. Your institution may have recently received […]
Updates from beyond WEST: Shared Print at the 2013 Charleston Conference
At the Charleston Conference, two shared print groups, the Maine Shared Collections Strategy (MSCS) and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s (CIC) Shared Print Repository, presented on their projects, goals and activities. In “Data to Decisions: Shared Print Retention in Maine,” […]
Emily Stambaugh speaks on "Reinventing Shared Print" and provides update on UC Shared Print and WEST
The OCLC Collective Insight Series event, “Getting off the Island: Collaborating to Create Boundless Collections,” was held at Loyola Marymount University on October 15, 2013. The interactive program explored current and future opportunities to share print and electronic collections across […]
WEST members provide journal files for Archive Cycle 4 collection analysis
WEST members are currently providing files of library journal holdings data for the fourth round of collection analysis (Archive Cycle 4.) Each year, WEST members provide their holdings for regional collection analysis to support group and local decision-making about what […]
UC Libraries receive grant to support Phase 2 of the Western Regional Storage Trust
Researchers can be assured that the scholarly record will be preserved for future generations through a coordinated system of trusted print archives held at libraries throughout the western United States. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the University of […]
Phase 2 Changes to WEST Program Management
We are pleased to announce some changes to WEST program management as WEST enters into its next 3-year phase (Phase 2). Beginning in October 2013, Emily Stambaugh will serve as WEST’s Program Manager, Lizanne Payne will serve as Planning and […]
Emily Stambaugh to Speak on Shared Print
CDL’s Shared Print manager, Emily Stambaugh, will be a speaker at a free program entitled, “Getting off the Island: Collaborating to Create Boundless Collections”, co-sponsored by OCLC, SCELC (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium), and Loyola Marymount University on October 15, […]