About GWLA...
The Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) is a consortium of 32 research libraries located across 17 Midwestern & Western states with common interests in programs related to scholarly communication, interlibrary loan, shared electronic resources, cooperative collection development, digital libraries, staff development and continuing education. Twenty-five GWLA libraries are also members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).
The staff offices of the consortium are located in Kansas City, Missouri; Phoenix, Arizona; and Salt Lake City, Utah.
GWLA News
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Call to action: Tell Congress you support the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA)
On June 25th, Senators Lieberman (I-CT) and Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the
Federal Research Public Access Act (S.1373), a bill that would ensure
free, timely, online access to ...
Posted Jun 26, 2009 8:37 AM by Joni Blake -
ICOLC Statement on the Proposed OCLC Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records
INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF LIBRARY CONSORTIA
(ICOLC)Statement on the
Proposed OCLC Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records First issued May 11, 2009,
updated periodically with additional endorsements
The ...
Posted May 12, 2009 6:39 AM by Joni Blake -
6 More GWLA Members Sign on to SCOAP3
Brigham Young University, the University of Washington, the University of Arizona, Texas A&M, Washington University in St. Louis, and Arizona State University have all submitted expressions of interest in ...
Posted May 28, 2009 8:20 AM by Joni Blake -
GWLA Presentation Video Streams Available
Streaming video presentations from the GWLA Deans' Program on March 30, 2009 are now available.The 90-minute streaming video of Dr. Bill Michener's presentation on DataONE (formerly DataNetONE ...
Posted Apr 2, 2009 8:51 AM by Joni Blake -
Oregon State University Library Faculty Adopt Open Access Policy for Publications
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Faculty at Oregon State University Libraries are
granting open access to their scholarship and knowledge.
On March 6, library faculty adopted a policy that requires deposit of
final ...
Posted Mar 23, 2009 10:05 AM by Joni Blake -
First U.S. Public Access Policy Made Permanent
From our friends at SPARC and ATA:2009 Consolidated
Appropriations Act ensures NIH public access policy will persistWashington, D.C. – March 12, 2009 – President
Obama yesterday signed into law ...
Posted Mar 12, 2009 9:28 AM by Joni Blake -
ICOLC Statement on the Global Economic Crisis has 105 Endorsing Consortia--March 23, 2009
INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF LIBRARY CONSORTIA
(ICOLC)
Statement on the Global Economic Crisis
and Its Impact on Consortial Licenses
January 19, 2009 (statement issue date)March 23, 2009 (latest version date ...
Posted Mar 23, 2009 9:43 AM by Joni Blake -
GWLA Joins 9 Other Organizations Opposing HR 801
GWLA has signed on to a letter along with the American Association of Law Libraries, ALA, the American Association for Cell Biology, ARL, Public Knowledge, PLoS, SPARC, and the Special ...
Posted Feb 13, 2009 9:18 AM by Joni Blake -
GWLA Endorses ICOLC Statement on Global Economic Crisis
INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF LIBRARY CONSORTIA (ICOLC)
Statement on the Global Economic Crisis and Its
Impact on Consortial Licenses
January 19, 2009
Written on behalf of the
many library consortia across ...
Posted Jan 21, 2009 12:51 PM by Joni Blake -
GWLA Fall 2008 Newsletter
Updates from GWLA include Opportunity Fund grant recipients and a profile of our newest member, UNLV.
Posted Jan 5, 2009 6:52 AM by Joni Blake
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