[WEST_Logo.png] WESTinfo December 2021 Newsletter Click<mailto:[log in to unmask]@LISTSERV.UCOP.EDU%20%5Btype%20your%20first%20name%20and%20last%20name%20here%5D.> to Subscribe http://www.cdlib.org/west ________________________________ As 2021 winds to a close, WEST has been busy working on a variety of matters, including end-of-year meetings and reviews, preparing for 2022, and continuing work on the upcoming collections analysis. We look forward to another productive year in 2022, and wish everyone very happy holidays! Please follow the links below to check out the full posts on the WESTinfo blog. ⮚ 2022 WEST Executive Election Results, Affirmation of the WEST Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles, and OCC Appointments: WEST carried out elections for the Executive Committee and to affirm the program’s new Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles between November 16, 2021 and December 10, 2021. A quorum of 51% was surpassed to approve the 2022 Executive Committee slate and affirm the new WEST Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles. Additionally, the WEST Executive Committee has confirmed the 2022 OCC roster. Read on<https://cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2021/12/13/2022-west-executive-committee-election-results-affirmation-of-the-west-vision-mission-and-guiding-principles-and-operations-and-collections-council-occ-appointments/> for more information about the new governance committee members and to read the WEST Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles. ⮚ CCH Summit: The CDL, CRL, and HathiTrust Shared Print Collaboration held a Summit in early December to bring together library service providers, the shared print community, and library leaders and domain experts to discuss the current state of shared print and future directions for embedding shared print in each stage of the collections lifecycle. Over 90 representatives from over 65 organizations attended the two-day Summit. Read on<https://cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2021/12/21/cdl-crl-hathitrust-summit-for-shared-print-in-the-collections-lifecycle/> for a description of the Summit, next steps, and links to register for webinars to learn more about the Summit’s outcomes. ⮚ Rosemont Alliance Executive Committee Annual Meeting: The Rosemont Alliance Executive Committee held its annual ‘in person’ meeting virtually on December 6. The Executive Committee received updates from the Operations Committee, discussed and approved updated strategic directions for 2022-2024, and discussed preliminary impressions and implications of the CCH Summit (held December 1-2, 2021). Read on<https://cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2021/12/09/rosemont-alliance-executive-committee-2021-annual-meeting/> for highlights from these discussions. ⮚ Spotlight on AGUA Development: Enhancing Local Discovery of Shared Collections: One of the AGUA Development Phase 5 projects offers a first step to solving ongoing challenges to connecting local users to collective collections by creating a way for WEST members to bring the WEST archived collections into their local systems for public display or local staff analysis. Read on<https://cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2021/10/20/spotlight-on-agua-development-enhancing-local-discovery-of-shared-collections/> for more details about this development project and to learn how to retrieve the file for local use. ⮚ WEST Cycles 12 & 13 Unarchived Holdings Ingest is Complete! WEST members submitted files of unarchived holdings for 58 OCLC symbols to held seed the WEST Cycles 12 & 13 collections analysis, completing the first crucial step of the new archiving cycle. Read on<https://cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2021/12/15/west-cycles-12-13-unarchived-holdings-ingest-is-complete/> for more information about the unarchived holdings analysis and for registration information for a WEST webinar in January. ⮚ Save the dates! Upcoming shared print events: A number of shared print events are planned for the first two months of 2022, which all WEST members are invited and encouraged to attend. Scheduling and registration information is available: o CCH Collab Post-Summit Webinars ▪ Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 2pm ET / 12pm CT / 11am MT / 10am PT ● Registration link: https://ucop.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElcOmvrj4tH9VWxA7z00Q0iUATwg4xJRCy ▪ Monday, January 24, 2022 at 11am ET / 10am CT / 9am MT / 8am PT ● Registration link: https://ucop.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkdO2gqD4vG9fyPSbemFQArRGiGQbwO-IM o WEST Program Refresher ▪ Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 12-1pm CT / 11am-12pm MT / 10-11am PT ▪ Registration link: https://UCOP.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvc-qhqzkiGdc5F7vtGn1hWls3KEa2NxXt o Print Archive Network (PAN) Forum ▪ Friday, January 21, 2022 at 12-2pm ET / 11am-1pm CT / 10am-12pm MT / 9-11am PT ▪ Registration information and draft agenda: https://www.crl.edu/events/pan-midwinter-2022 o Joint Rosemont / Partnership Member Meeting ▪ Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 12-3 ET / 11-2 CT / 10-1 MT / 9-12 PT ▪ Registration link: https://palni.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tceGsrTsqHdRRm0zRiWevuDhlamlUF2EN All the best, The WEST Project Team Do you have a topic you would like to read about in WEST blog posts and the newsletter? 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