Greater Western Library Alliance
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Executive Director | |
| Members | 39[1] |
|---|---|
Number of employees | 3 |
| Website | gwla.org |
The Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) is a library consortium of 39 research libraries located across the United States.
Current members
- Arizona State University
- Baylor University
- Brigham Young University
- The Claremont Colleges
- 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 State University
- Texas Tech University
- University of Arizona
- University of Arkansas
- University of Colorado
- University of Delaware
- University of Denver
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- University of Houston
- University of Illinois, Chicago
- University of Kansas
- University of Missouri
- 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
- Wayne State University
- West Virginia University
Former Members
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.[4][5]
- 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.[6][7]
- 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.[8]
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 February 7, 2019.
- ^ "GWLA Member Libraries". 2005-12-30. Archived from the original on 2005-12-30. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- ^ "GWLA Member Libraries". 2005-12-30. Archived from the original on 2005-12-30. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
- ^ "Library Consortium Tests Interlibrary Loans of e-Books". 17 February 2014.
- ^ "Mānoa: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Libraries part of the Occam's Reader Project | University of Hawaii News".
- ^ "Participants - Western Waters Digital Library".
- ^ "Western Waters Digital Library Announces Completion of 'The Foundations of Western Water Policy' - News & Information - Colorado State University". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ http://www.bioone.org/page/about/organization/history
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