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2018 EAST Member Meeting

The 2018 EAST Member Meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 19th at the Metro Meeting Centers in Downtown Boston. Librarians at EAST member institutions are welcome to submit short presentation proposals to Susan Stearns (sstearns@blc.org),...
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Photo of old books taken from the BookTraces.org site.

BookTraces Webinar Recording Available

The Book Traces project originated at the University of Virginia (UVA) in 2014 with a focus on identifying library books, primarily 19th century imprints, that contain interventions such as marginalia that have scholarly value, and...
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Future of EAST

The EAST Executive Committee and Project Team have drafted a scenario document to share the direction of the Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust following member feedback at the October 2017 Member Meeting. Member libraries and their...
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Shared Print Monograph Summit: An Update

On April 5th and 6th, representatives from many of the North American shared print programs, funders, and organization directors met to discuss the landscape of the shared print monograph field, as well as to generate...
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EAST Joins the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance

Boston, MA -- March 12, 2018 -- The Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust (EAST), which includes 60 academic and research institutions with a mission to secure and provide access to the scholarly record, has joined the...
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Governance Models for Shared Print Collections, a webinar by ALCTS

In January 2018, Matthew Revitt, EAST Shared Print Consultant, presented a webinar on governance in Shared Print Programs for ALCTS, the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. The webinar gave an overview of the...
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EAST presents at 2017 NELA Annual Conference and Charleston Conference

In October 2017, Matthew Revitt, EAST Shared Print Consultant, presented at the New England Library Association (NELA) Annual Conference, held in South Burlington, Vermont. Matthew's presentation, titled Building a Shared Collection for the Northeast, is...
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EAST Member Meeting, October 13th, 2017

On October 13, 2017, we will convene an EAST member meeting to share information and advance discussions of next steps for EAST. We will celebrate the accomplishments of important milestones, such as the validation sample...
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EAST Grows with Cohort 2 Libraries

In May of 2017, several libraries from across the East and Southeast of the United States joined EAST as 12 Retention Partners and 1 Supporting Partner. These institutions will work through the monograph collection analysis...
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EAST No Cost Extension of Mellon Grant Approved

The EAST project's request to extend the funding under the grant provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation from June 30, 2017 to June 30, 2018 has been approved. This extension allows EAST to utilize...
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