We’re involved in the WEST: Western Regional Storage Trust as a member library.  http://www.cdlib.org/west/   You might want to contact someone who works more closely with administering WEST for the type of information you’re seeking.  There is a Contact Us link on their website.

 

We have been very pleased with the project.  Earlier this year, we received the first customized list of the periodicals we own which have been archived with WEST member libraries.  We’ve begun a de-selection project and are looking forward to repurposing the space currently occupied by large print periodical collections.

 

Please contact me directly if you want to discuss our experience.

 

Thanks

Heather

 

 

 

Dear Librarians,

We , a consortium of higher education colleges, are looking in to a collaborative venture to develop a shared repository for hard copies of print journals – to free shelf space and preserve research material.

I am interested if any of you have been involved in such a scheme and practically how you went about it. I am mainly interested in the practicalities of such a project and less about the theory.

Could you describe the process and also the pitfalls of such an undertaking.

Please pass on to other relevant lists.

 

Thank you for attention,

 

Rachel Ben-Eliezer

Serials Librarian and Interlibrary Loan Services

David Yellin College of Education Library

POB 3578

Jerusalem 91035 ISRAEL

Tel: 02-6558180

rachelb@dyellin.ac.il

 

 

 

 

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