Greater Western Library Alliance Explained

Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA)
Type:	Nonprofit membership cooperative
Location City:	Prairie Village, Kansas
Location Country:	United States
Key People:	Joni Blake, Executive Director
Industry:	Library services
Members:	39^[1]
Num Employees:	3
Homepage:	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

• Linda Hall Library^[2]
• University of Nebraska–Lincoln^[3]

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: GWLA Membership . GWLA . February 7, 2019.
2. Web site: 2005-12-30 . GWLA Member Libraries . 2023-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051230120507/http://www.gwla.org/library.html . 2005-12-30 .
3. Web site: 2005-12-30 . GWLA Member Libraries . 2023-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051230120507/http://www.gwla.org/library.html . 2005-12-30 .
4. Web site: Library Consortium Tests Interlibrary Loans of e-Books . 17 February 2014 .
5. Web site: Mānoa: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Libraries part of the Occam's Reader Project | University of Hawaii News.
6. Web site: Participants - Western Waters Digital Library.
7. Web site: Western Waters Digital Library Announces Completion of 'The Foundations of Western Water Policy' - News & Information - Colorado State University . 2014-02-21 . 2014-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227144051/http://www.news.colostate.edu/Release/5293 . dead .
8. http://www.bioone.org/page/about/organization/history