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Spring 2015 Newsletter

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Please follow the links below to check out the full posts from spring 2015 on the WESTinfo blog.



WEST member meeting at ALA Annual in San Francisco: Please RSVP if you plan to attend (May 11, 2015)

The ALA Annual WEST Member Meeting is happening on Sunday, June 28, 2015 from 1:00-2:00 pm in the Hotel Nikko San Francisco (in the Golden Gate room). Please RSVP to our poll (found here<http://doodle.com/rcb8r8cyeb6if3a5>) if you plan to attend... (more<http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2015/05/11/west-member-meeting-at-ala-annual-in-san-francisco-please-rsvp-if-you-plan-to-attend/>).



Call for Cycle 4 Archive Disclosures - Due May 29th (May 1, 2015)

The WEST project team recently sent out a call for WEST Archive Holders to submit metadata records describing the journal backfiles archived during WEST Cycle 4... (more<http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2015/05/01/call-for-cycle-4-archive-disclosures-due-may-29th/>).



Announcing WEST's new FAQ! (April 21, 2015)

WEST has revised its FAQ! The new WEST FAQ<http://www.cdlib.org/services/west/about/faq.html> includes the following three sections: The Who, What, Where and How of WEST; Accessing WEST Archives; and the Call for Holdings and Contributing Volumes to a WEST Archiver Holder... (more<http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2015/04/21/announcing-wests-new-faq/>).



Cycle 5 Collections Analysis Currently Underway (April 10, 2015)

In the fall, 86 members submitted files for 109 OCLC symbols, totaling 2.4 million records. With those records, approximately 30,000 journal backfiles were identified for cycle 5 collections analysis - which is currently underway... (more<http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2015/04/10/cycle-5-collections-analysis-currently-underway/>).



New WEST Archive Holders Orientation Webinar (April 3, 2015)

In Archive Cycle 4, WEST welcomed several more institutions to act as Archive Holders. Thank you to both our new and existing Archive Holders (now totaling 32!) for their commitment to retain print journals! To help members better understand the roles and responsibilities of WEST Archive Holders, WEST held three New Archive Holders Orientation webinars during the week of March 23rd.... (more<http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2015/04/03/new-west-archive-holders-orientation-webinar/>).

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