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WorldCat Collection Analysis Service

WorldCat Collection Analysis Service. Doug van der Zee OCLC Library Services Consultant vanderzd@oclc.org Iowa Private Academic Libraries March 22, 2007. Agenda. Product description Group options Individual library options Demonstration Pricing Additional IPAL offers

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WorldCat Collection Analysis Service

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  1. WorldCat Collection Analysis Service Doug van der Zee OCLC Library Services Consultant vanderzd@oclc.org Iowa Private Academic Libraries March 22, 2007

  2. Agenda • Product description • Group options • Individual library options • Demonstration • Pricing • Additional IPAL offers • Questions and answers

  3. 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

  4. What libraries want • Cost-effective service • Automated tools for routine analysis • Ability to compare collections to peers • Support for cooperative collection development and management

  5. 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.

  6. WorldCat Collection Analysis Enables libraries to: • Analyze collection age & subject content • Compare collection to other OCLC member libraries to identify overlap and uniqueness • Analyze group collections for uniqueness and overlap for cooperative collection development & compare to authoritative lists. Provides reports: • Results available within 24 to 72 hours • Online access via FirstSearch • Data always available & refreshed quarterly

  7. Reports Based on OCLC Conspectus • Supports LC, Dewey, NLM classification systems and coming soon by call number. Provide information on . . . • Material subjects • Publication date • Languages • Formats • Audience level Title-level information from WorldCat Tab-delimited and exportable Graphs are available

  8. Reports for library groups Reports for individual libraries within group • Age & content analysis Comparison of each library with each of the other libraries in the group • Overlap • Uniqueness Aggregated view of entire group or portions of groups • Age & content analysis NOTE: groups only have access to libraries in the group and each group cannot exceed 100 OCLC symbols.

  9. Reports for individual libraries Age and subject content analysis of library’s collection Unlimited peer group comparisons with the following restrictions: • At least 2 libraries (symbols), but not more than 5 libraries (symbols) in the peer group • Libraries must have holdings in WorldCat • Peer library collections are aggregated • One-to-one peer comparisons with permission Annual subscription with unlimited use

  10. Demonstration Visit our Web site: www.oclc.org/collectionanalysis

  11. Staff View Screen

  12. Group Analysis View

  13. Drilldown to Divisions

  14. Drilldown to Categories in Business

  15. Call Numbers Display

  16. Pre-1900 Economic Theory – 29 Titles

  17. Graph View by Publication Date

  18. Overlap View

  19. Overlap by Categories/OCLC Symbol

  20. View Overlap Using OCLC Symbol

  21. Titles Overlapping Between Benedictine and Lake Forest in “Arts in General”

  22. Uniqueness View - Library Level

  23. Uniqueness View - Division Level

  24. Change Analysis – Change Column Values Format

  25. Column Values - Formats

  26. Categories by Format View

  27. Change Analysis – Column Values Languages

  28. Categories by Language View

  29. Limit Analysis Screen

  30. Limit Analysis Screen

  31. Selected Limits

  32. View with Set Limits

  33. Selecting Group Aggregated Report

  34. Group Aggregated Report - Divisions

  35. ILL Analysis • Available for Individual subscriptions • No additional cost • ILL Analysis is based on WorldCat Resource Sharing statistics • Borrowing and Lending analysis • Eventually will include 5 years of ILL data • Currently have data starting in July 2003

  36. Data to Analyze Screen New screen for all WordCat Collection Analysis subscribers

  37. Default ILL Borrower Screen

  38. Expanded Date Column

  39. Request Frequency

  40. Request Cost

  41. Default ILL Lender Screen

  42. Default ILL Lender Screen

  43. Administrative Module for Groups • Allows group members to create sub-groups from the libraries in the group

  44. Admin Screen for Group Subscriptions

  45. Sub-group Creation

  46. Staff View - Individual Library Report

  47. Individual Analysis View

  48. Administrative Module • Allows libraries to select peer groups for comparisons • Allows libraries to add/delete selected peer groups

  49. Admin Screen for Individual Subscriptions

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