We understand that EAST is a member of the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance. What exactly is Rosemont?

The Rosemont Shared Print Alliance is a collaboration of regional programs interested in coordinating their efforts on a larger scale to ensure the retention of and access to print journal backfiles. The current participants are the:

Big Ten Academic Alliance Shared Print Repository (CICBTAA-SPR)
Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust (EAST)
Florida Academic Libraries Repository (FLARE)
Scholars Trust
​Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST)

EAST representatives sit on the Rosemont Operations Committee and Executive Committee. For a description of Rosemont’s goals and activities see the Alliance’s Strategic Directions.