Greater Western Library Alliance
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| Nonprofit membership cooperative | |
| Industry | Library services |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Prairie Village, Kansas, United States |
Key people | Joni Blake, Executive Director |
| Members | 35[1] |
Number of employees | 3 |
| Website | gwla.org |
The Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) is a library consortium of 35 research libraries primarily located in the central and western United States.
Current members
- Arizona State University
- Baylor University
- Brigham Young University
- Colorado State University
- Iowa State University
- Kansas State University
- Oklahoma State University
- Oregon State University
- Rice University
- Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
- Southern Methodist University
- Texas A&M University
- Texas Tech University
- University of Arizona
- University of Arkansas
- University of Colorado
- University of Denver
- University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
- University of Houston
- University of Illinois, Chicago
- University of Kansas
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- University of New Mexico
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Oregon
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas
- University of Utah
- University of Washington
- University of Wyoming
- Utah State University
- Washington State University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- West Virginia University
Projects and Associated Organizations
- Occam's Reader. In February 2014, it was announced that GWLA, along with development partners Texas Tech University and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, had entered into an agreement with Springer Science+Business to do a year-long pilot test of the eBook interlibrary loan software Occam's Reader.[2][3]
- Western Waters Digital Library. In 2004, the Western Waters Digital Library was begun as a collaborative regional project by twelve research libraries under the auspices of the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA). Since its inception, an additional 18 institutions have joined the project.[4][5]
- BioOne. The Greater Western Library Alliance was one of five collaborating institutions which founded BioOne, a not-for-profit collaborative created to address inequities in STM publishing. BioOne was founded in 2001.[6]
Media outlets and social networking
In addition to the official website, GWLA has a presence on Facebook. An occasional newsletter is also issued, and an archive is available.
References
- ↑ "GWLA Membership". GWLA. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ↑ http://chronicle.com/article/Library-Consortium-Tests/144743/
- ↑ http://www.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=6270
- ↑ http://westernwaters.org/participants
- ↑ http://www.news.colostate.edu/Release/5293
- ↑ http://www.bioone.org/page/about/organization/history
External links
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