WorldCat Collection Analysis

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WorldCat Collection Analysis
Overview New ILL Analysis Enhancement
Making more informed collection development
decisions

• January 11, 2007

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Agenda

• WorldCat Collection Analysis
• What is it?
• What can my library do with it?
• Whats it based on?
• Demo
• Recent enhancements
• Future enhancements
• ILL Analysis
• Applications and scenarios
• How to get started and where to get more
  information
• Questions and answers

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What is WorldCat Collection Analysis?

• An automated collection management decision
  support tool
• A tool to perform ongoing analyses of your
  librarys collection
• An online service, integrated with WorldCat

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What can I see with WorldCat Collection Analysis?

• View your collection by
• Subject
• Publication date
• Language
• Format
• Audience level
• Compare your collection to peer libraries and to
  all of WorldCat
• Produce detailed reports and graphs to present
  comprehensive collection comparisons

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What is WorldCat Collection Analysis based on?

• Your librarys holdings in WorldCat
• More than 1 billion library holdings for more
  than 12,000 WorldCat libraries
• The OCLC Conspectus structure
• Division (e.g. Biological Sciences, Psychology,
  Art and Architecture)
• Category (e.g. within Art and ArchitecturePaintin
  g, Photography, Architecture and Sculpture)
• Subject (e.g. within Paintinggeographic region,
  mural painting)
• Supports LC, Dewey, and NLM classification
  schemes

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WorldCat Collection Analysis supports collection
management by

• Identifying gaps, duplicate works and generating
  acquisitions lists
• Facilitating weeding, subscription cancellations
  and preservation efforts
• Supporting accreditation efforts
• Identifying opening day collections for new
  programs or curriculums
• Identifying materials to support topical and
  community interests

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A Brief Look
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For individual libraries

• Comparison with WorldCatall holdings
• Age and subject content analysis of librarys
  collection
• Unlimited one-to-one comparisons (with librarys
  permission)
• Unlimited peer comparisons
• Twofive libraries (Peer library collections are
  aggregated)
• Libraries must have holdings in WorldCat
• Based on symbol

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For library groups

• Reports for individual libraries within group
• Age and content analysis
• Comparison of each library within the group
• Overlap
• Uniqueness
• Aggregated view of entire group
• Age and content analysis
• NOTE Groups have access to libraries within the
  group and each group cannot exceed 100 symbols.

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What else can it do?

• Coordinate future collection planning within a
  group
• Demonstrate fiscally responsible collection
  management and alignment with institution
  missions, goals and collection policies
• Facilitate collection discussions with faculty,
  administrators, trustees and board members
• Determine the baseline of a collection to ease in
  disaster recovery
• Leverage the librarys investment

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Who can use the service?

• All institutions can use the service
• Whats required?
• Your librarys holdings in WorldCat

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Whats coming

• More Predefined comparison groups
• More Authoritative list comparisons
• Serials Analyses at Holdings-Level
• Circulation statistics

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Recent enhancements to WorldCat Collection
Analysis

• Authoritative list comparisons
• Doodys Core Titles in the Health Sciences
• Books for College Libraries (3rd ed.)
• Choice Magazines Outstanding Academic Titles
• Titles reviewed in ALAs Booklist magazine
• School Library Journal
• Publishers Weekly
• Library Journal

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Recent enhancements to WorldCat Collection
Analysis, continued

• WorldCat comparison
• Predefined groups
• ILL Analysis

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Introducing ILL analysis

• The ability to analyze your WorldCat Resource
  Sharing borrowing and lending data
• Enhancement launched November 5
• Included with all individual WorldCat Collection
  Analysis subscriptions

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Analyze what your library borrows items that
supplement your collection
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Analyze items your library lendsrevealing how
your collection is used
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Other Available Request Attributes

• Request Cost
• Request Date
• Borrowing Lending Library
• Holdings Status
• Copy/Loan

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Next steps
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Current WorldCat Collection Analysis subscribers
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Ready to order?

• Non-subscribers
• All libraries can use the service
• Contact your OCLC Regional Service Provider
• www.oclc.org/contacts/regional/
• Contact OCLC Library Services at 1-800-898-6252

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Pricing

• Unlimited-use annual subscription
• Set-up fee of 500 per OCLC symbol
• (one-time fee if library renews)
• Subscription fee based on the number of holdings
  your library has in WorldCat

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For more information

• Success stories
• http//www.oclc.org/collectionanalysis/success
  /
• Documentation on the OCLC Web site includes a
  User Guide, demonstrations, the conspectus, FAQs
  and more
• http//www.oclc.org/collectionanalysis/
• Join the Collection Analysis discussion list
• https//www3.oclc.org/app/listserv/

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How to order

• Call OCLC Library Services at 1-800-898-6252
• Get a cost proposal
• Place an order
• Contact your Regional Service Provider
• www.oclc.org/contacts/regional/

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Questions?
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• Thank you