WEST Collection Comparison


The journals listed on this spreadsheet are held at SDSU and also archived by WEST Archive Builders, who have agreed to keep these journals for the next 20 years.

WEST Collection Comparison Report

West provides lists like this to its members as a way to assist those libraries in making their own decisions as to which titles they could withdraw.

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Category Number of Titles in SDSU Journal Stacks
Bronze (preserved in digital form) 3,428
Gold (validated at volume level) 350
Silver (validated at issue level) 921
Platinum 0

See this page for some explanations of terminology used here (e.g. “Bronze, Gold, Silver, Platinum”): http://www.cdlib.org/services/west/collections/