Documents & Presentations

Foundational Documents

• WEST Vision Statement, Mission, and Guiding Principles
• WEST Program Statement
• Value of WEST Infographic
• WEST Member Agreement – Example
  • WEST Member Agreement Archive Holder/Builder Amendment – Example
• WEST Collections Model

Program Assessment & Strategic Planning

• 2022-2023 Strategic Planning
  • WEST Non-journal Formats Working Group: Final Report and Recommendations
• 2019 Program Assessment & Strategic Planning
  • WEST Strategic Planning Meeting Final Report 2019
  • 2020 WEST Action Plan visual
  • WEST Assessment: 2019 WEST Assessment Report
  • WEST Assessment: 2019 WEST Assessment Report Addendum – What’s Left to Archive
  • WEST Assessment: 2019 WEST Assessment Report Addendum – Deselection Study
• 2016 Program Assessment
  • WEST Phase 2 Assessment: 2016 WEST Assessment Report
• 2014 Program Assessment & Strategic Planning
  • WEST Phase 1 Assessment Update to the Print Archives Network (PAN) Meeting at ALA Annual 2014
  • WEST Strategic Planning Meeting Final Report 2014
  • WEST Strategic Planning Recommendations 2014
  • WEST Phase 1 Assessment: Member Survey Full Report

Introduction to WEST

• Value of WEST Infographic
• WEST info brief for library leaders
  • Infographic for library leaders
• WEST info brief for collection managers
• WEST info brief for technical services
• WEST info brief for resource sharing

Other Shared Print Communications Resources

• Shared Print & Collective Collections: A brief introduction
• Shared Print Toolkit – Communications

For a full list of documents related to WEST archiving, see the Resources for Archivers page.

General Resources

• WEST Access Policy
• WEST Archiving Language Change Flyer
• WEST Guidelines for Proactive Local Archiving
• Archiving Workflow Diagram
• Guidelines for Voluntary Validation of WEST Low Risk Level Materials and Best Practices for Disclosure
• WEST AGUA User manual

Deselection and Gap Filling Resources

• WEST Deselection / Gap Filling Resources List
  • WEST Deselection Resources Workshop (2023)
    • WEST Deselection Resources Workshop slides
  • JRNL instructions – offer to fill gaps
• Best Practices for Weeding
• Weeding Communication in the Collections Lifecycle

Additional Resources for WEST Members

• Shared Google Folder with WEST instructions and member-submitted documentation
• Share your local documentation with WEST members (requires Google login)

Reports

• ASU Gap Filling Pilot – Final Report and Recommendations
• WEST Internet Archive Pilot – Final Report and Recommendations

Webinars

• WEST Program Refresher (2025) slides
  • WEST Program Refresher (2025) On Demand Comparison Tool Demo Recording
• WEST Deselection Resources Workshop (2023) recording
  • WEST Deselection Resources Workshop (2023) slides
  • WEST Deselection Resources Workshop (2023) resource list
• WEST Program Refresher (2023)
  • WEST Program Refresher (2023) slides
• CDL, CRL & HathiTrust Shared Print Collaboration – Demonstration of Collection Comparison Tool for Serials and Journals
• WEST Webinar: Introducing the New AGUA Interface: Using Collections Comparison Reports and Registering Archiving Commitments (2020) (recording)
  • WEST Webinar: Introducing the New AGUA Interface: Using Collection Comparison Reports and Registering Archiving Commitments (2020)
• WEST Webinar: Submitting Unarchived Holdings Files (2019) (recording)
  • WEST Webinar: Submitting Unarchived Holdings Files (2019)
• WEST Webinar: On Demand Collection Comparison Report (recording)

Member Meetings

• WEST Member Meeting July 2024 (recording)
  • WEST Member Meeting July 2024 (presentation)
• WEST Member Meeting July 2023 (recording)
• WEST Member Meeting July 2022 (recording)
  • WEST Member Meeting July 2022 (presentation)
  • WEST Member Meeting July 2022 – Discussion Document
• WEST Member Meeting July 2021 (recording)
  • WEST Member Meeting July 2021 (presentation)
  • WEST Member Meeting July 2021 – Discussion Document
• WEST Members Meeting January 2021 (recording)
  • WEST Members Meeting January 2021 (presentation)
  • WEST Member Meeting January 2021 – Discussion Document
• WEST Members Meeting June 2020 – recording and presentation slides available on request
• WEST Members Meeting ALA Midwinter 2020 Philadelphia, PA (presentation)