Greater Western Library Alliance

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
 * University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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.
 * 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.
 * 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.

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.