Category: WEST
WEST Cycles 10/11 Archiving Commitments Are Complete!
The WEST project team is pleased to announce that all archiving commitments for Cycles 10/11 have been submitted! For this Cycle, WEST proposed 3,649 journal families to 31 institutions; after reviewing their proposals, 25 institutions committed to 2,770 journal families […]
WEST Welcomes Two New Archive Builders
During the 2019 Strategic Planning Session, the WEST governance groups issued two strategic recommendations that shaped the 2020 collections analysis: Recommendation 3a: Prioritize development/analysis to surface Silver and Gold titles that are invisible because they are not held by any of […]
SAVE THE DATE: WEST Virtual Members’ Meeting January 28 9:30-11am PT – Registration Open!
WEST will hold its 2021 winter members’ meeting virtually, outside of the ALA Midwinter virtual conference, on Thursday January 28 from 9:30-11am PT. Please register in advance for this meeting at https://UCOP.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwof-qvqjsvGNVUp6m9lPnu3EzdapIXcPBh. Information for joining the meeting will be shared […]
New Articles on Shared Print in Library Literature
In the past month, several articles dedicated to discussing shared print, its history and impacts, and how various library operations can support the goals of shared print have been published. Sherri Michaels and Becca Neel (2020) published an article in […]
Update from the CDL, CRL & HT Collaboration – First Small Project to Realize Open, Collaborative Infrastructure for Shared Print + Webinars!
Earlier this year in July, we shared news with the WEST membership that California Digital Library (CDL, administrative host for WEST), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), and HathiTrust released a set of framing documents that would guide their collaborative […]
Cycle 9 (2020) Collection Comparison Reports Now Available
One of the many benefits of WEST membership is the regular collection analysis that feeds our archiving activity; we also share the results of our analysis with members in yearly collection comparison reports as well as the On Demand Comparison […]
Introducing New WEST Archives Web Pages
One of the recommendations made by the WEST governance groups at the 2019 Strategic Planning Session was to “assess and update WEST’s website, curation of documentation, and communication strategies.” To this end, the WEST project team has been working to […]
Cycles 10/11 Archiving Proposals Now Available for Review and Commitment
In fall 2019 full WEST members submitted their unarchived serials holdings to WEST for analysis, which identifies the next set of journals for archiving. WEST is pleased to announce that the analysis is complete, and proposals for Cycles 10/11 archiving […]
Newly Redesigned AGUA Interface
The AGUA decision support service has served WEST well through several Archiving Cycles, allowing us to target high quality titles for archiving that will have the greatest impact for members. Over several development phases the AGUA development team has added […]
Print Archive Network Forum Summary and Follow-up Discussion (July 2nd from 9-10am PT)
On Friday, June 26, the Center for Research Libraries hosted the first ever all-virtual Print Archive Network (PAN) Forum bringing together over 100 colleagues of the collaborative library community for a robust agenda of short presentations and panel discussions. It […]