who are you? evaluate your library holdings with worldcat collection analysis
DESCRIPTION
To make the most of your library’s acquisitions budget, you need precise data that reveals your library's subject-matter strengths, gaps, and overlaps. OCLC’s WorldCat Collection Analysis is a Web-based service that provides analysis and comparison of library collections based on holdings information contained in the WorldCat database. Attend this session to learn how you can: evaluate your library’s collections thru peer comparisons, use the new Circulation Analysis to see how your collection is being used, use the ILL analysis tools to evaluate your borrowing and lending activities, and produce detailed reports with spreadsheets and graphs. Presented by Christa Burns at the Sirsi Midwest Users' Group Annual Pre-Conference - July 24, 2008.TRANSCRIPT
OCLC Online Computer Library Center
Who Are You?
Evaluate Your Library Holdings with WorldCat
Collection Analysis
Sirsi Midwest Users’ Group
Annual Pre-Conference
July 24, 2008
Christa Burns
OCLC Member Services Coordinator NEBASE
Challenges in Collection Analysis
Library resources are limited
Escalating material costs
Labor intensive to analyze
More than one classification system used
Some methods are subjective
Location of materials – dispersed
What libraries want
Cost-effective service
Automated tools for routine
analysis
Ability to compare
collections to peers
Support for cooperative
collection development and
management
OCLC’s response . . .
WorldCat Collection Analysis is an online
service that allows libraries and library
consortia to analyze their collections and
the degree of overlap and uniqueness
among peer libraries.
WorldCat Collection Analysis
Enables libraries to:
Analyze collection by age, subject and format
Compare collection to other OCLC member libraries
to identify overlap and uniqueness
Analyze group collections for uniqueness and overlapfor cooperative collection development
Provides reports:
Results available within 24 to 72 hours
Online access via FirstSearch
Data always available & refreshed quarterly
Reports
Based on OCLC Conspectus
Supports LC, Dewey, & NLM classification systems
Provide information on . . .
Material subjects
Publication date
Languages
Formats
Audience level
Title-level information from WorldCat
Tab-delimited and exportable
Results can be graphed
Reports for individual libraries
Age, subject and format analysis of library’s collection
Unlimited peer group comparisons with the following restrictions:
At least 2 libraries (symbols), but not more than 10
libraries (symbols) in the peer group
Libraries must have holdings in WorldCat
Peer library collections are aggregated
One-to-one peer comparisons with permission
Reports for individual libraries
Compare collection to authoritative lists (Booklist, Outstanding Academic Titles, etc.)
Compare to predefined groups (Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges, Google 5, etc.)
Analyze ILL usage statistics & trends
Analyze Circulation usage statistics & trends
Reports for library groups
Reports for individual libraries within group
Age, subject, & format analysis
Comparison of each library with each of the other
libraries in the group
Overlap
Uniqueness
Aggregated view of entire group
Age, subject, & format analysis
NOTE: groups only have access to libraries in the group and each group cannot exceed 100 OCLC symbols.
For public libraries…
Comparison with WorldCat—all holdings
Age and subject content analysis of library’s collection
Authoritative List comparisons including:
Booklist
Publisher’s Weekly
School Library Journal
Library Journal
ILL Analyses
Circulation Analysis
ILL Analyses
The ability to analyze your WorldCat
Resource Sharing borrowing and lending data
Included with all individual WorldCat
Collection Analysis subscriptions
Ability to look at what you borrow and what
you lend
Other Available Request Attributes
Request Cost
Request Date
Borrowing & Lending Library
Holdings Status
Copy/Loan
Circulation Analysis
The transformation of circulation usage data into usage information
Circulation Analysis tells you: What items are circulating
What items are not circulating
How frequently items are circulating
What percentage of your collection in any subject, format, publication date range, etc. is circulating
Repeat usage - the average number of checkouts per title
Why is Circulation Analysis important?
What is being used / not used?
Enhance high-circulating areas of collection
Buy additional copies of high-circulating titles
Digitize high-circulating fragile or unique items
Weed low-circulating areas
Move low-circulating areas to off-site storage facility
Why is Circulation Analysis important?
Track usage trends
Decreasing use may indicate overdevelopment or a change in patron interests
Decreasing use may indicate purchase of inappropriate materials
Increasing use may indicate underdevelopment
Increasing use may indicate a change in patron demographics / interests
Benefits and advantages
Supports accreditation efforts
Facilitates collection development
Identifies collection strengths and weaknesses
Provides lists for acquisitions and weeding
Substantiates funding requests to fill gaps
Supports offsite storage and preservation
Facilitates cooperative collection development
and management
Why OCLC WorldCat Collection Analysis?
More complete analysis alternative
Allows choice of more than 12,000 WorldCat libraries for comparison purposes
Analyzes entire collections, regardless of local systems or classification schemes
Requires no data preparation*
Enables library staff to be more efficient
* The Circulation Analysis feature requires that you submit a minimal amount of local circulation data.
Demonstration
Pricing
Unlimited-use annual subscription
Set-up fee of $500 per OCLC symbol (one-time fee if library renews)
Subscription fee based on number of
holdings in WorldCat
Additional Information
Success stories, demonstrations, FAQs and
more can be found at:
http://www.oclc.org/collectionanalysis/
Join the Collection Analysis discussion list at:
https://www3.oclc.org/app/listserv/
Questions???
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Christa BurnsOCLC Member Services Coordinator
800-307-2665http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebase
OCLC Regional Service Providers: http://www.oclc.org/us/en/contacts/regional/