Background
West was born in Pocatello, Idaho.
West was born in Pocatello, Idaho.
Rutgers University.
She herself was polyamorous. She earned her Bachelor in journalism from Portland State University, and her master"s in Library Science from Rutgers University in 1968. After moving to San Francisco, she worked as a librarian at San Francisco Public Library.
The press"s first publication was an anthology edited by West and Elizabeth Katz entitled Revolting Librarians.
The anthology, which described biases in contemporary library practices and proposed alternative library models, sold 15,000 copies in three years. She also published the feminist library journal Booklegger Magazine from 1973 through 1976.
Between 1989 and 2006, West worked as the library director at the San Francisco Zen Center.
(Book by West, Celeste)