Print Journals: Slides From WEST (Western Regional Storage Trust) Update
WEST (Western Regional Storage Trust) is hosted by the California Digital Library.
The Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) is a distributed retrospective print journal repository program serving research libraries, college and university libraries, and library consortia in the Western Region of the United States. Under the WEST program, participating libraries consolidate and validate print journal backfiles at major library storage facilities and at selected campus locations.
WEST has more than 100 members.
The update (presented at 2015 ALA Annual Conference) includes collection statistics along with info on systems development and strategic planning.
Direct to Slide Deck (38 Slides; .ppsx)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.