Distributed Print Repository & WEST

About Alliance Membership in WEST

From 2009 to 2015, all members of the Orbis Cascade Alliance were members of WEST: Western Regional Storage Trust. Seven joined WEST directly, and thirty members joined through a consortial agreement. The Alliance submitted a letter of termination to WEST leadership in May 2015 for the consortial agreement.

Consortium members may contact WEST to rejoin individually. The Shared Content Team issued a memo to Council members to help them with their decision making process. Libraries previously part of the consortium agreement are still bound to their WEST and DPR archiving commitments.

This event does not affect the seven (7) Alliance institutions that participate in WEST through a Direct Membership agreement.

See below for historic Alliance member billing information and documentation.

Historic Documentation

WEST policies and procedures

Please see the WEST site for detailed information about the program:

Center for Research Libraries

WEST membership includes participation in Center for Research Libraries Print Archives and Preservation Registry (PAPR).

Direct vs. Consortium Membership in WEST

Medium, Large, and Very Large libraries (as defined by WEST) must be direct participants, but other Alliance members were covered through a consortium membership. Direct participants sign an memorandum of understanding (MOU) with and pay fees to the California Digital Library (CDL), the fiscal agent for WEST. The Alliance signed an MOU, collected fees, and paid CDL on behalf of those covered by the consortium membership. Direct participants each have a vote in WEST governance. The Alliance group also had one vote and thus was represented as one institution.

Billing

The Alliance collected WEST fees from most, but not all, member libraries (see chart below) as part of our annual budget process. CDL billed the Alliance in July for the current calendar year:

  • July 2011 bill pays for calendar 2011
  • July 2012 bill pays for calendar 2012
  • July 2013 bill pays for calendar 2013

Alliance members of WEST

InstitutionWEST MembershipBilled by
COCCPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
CWU
Part of Alliance membershipAlliance
Chemeketa CCPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
ClarkPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
Concordia
Part of Alliance membershipAlliance
EOUPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
EWU
Part of Alliance membershipAlliance
GFUPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
LCCPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
Lewis & ClarkPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
LinfieldPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
MarylhurstPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
MHCCPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
OHSUPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
OITPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
OSUDirect with CDLCDL
PacificPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
PCCPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
PSUDirect with CDLCDL
ReedPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
SMU
Part of Alliance membershipAlliance
SPUPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
SUPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
SOU
Part of Alliance membershipAlliance
TESCPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
UI
Direct with CDL
CDL
UODirect with CDLCDL
UPPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
UPSPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
UWDirect with CDLCDL
Walla Walla
Part of Alliance membershipAlliance
Warner Pacific
Part of Alliance membershipAlliance
WSU
Direct with CDLCDL
WOUPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
WWU
Direct with CDLCDL
WhitmanPart of Alliance membershipAlliance
WillamettePart of Alliance membershipAlliance

Alliance Distributed Print Repository Project