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A Brief Tour of WorldCat’s Mexican Landscape

Delve into Mexico's unique contributions to WorldCat, with over 1 billion total holdings including 488,253 items originating from Mexico. Discover the rich cultural landscape through 166,211 items held exclusively by Mexican institutions. This tour showcases the diverse Spanish-language materials and top Mexican contributed records, highlighting the country's significant presence in the global library landscape.

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A Brief Tour of WorldCat’s Mexican Landscape

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  1. A Brief Tour of WorldCat’sMexican Landscape Dr. Brian Lavoie OCLC Research

  2. Works: 53,472,668 • Manifestations (records): 67,282,165 • Total holdings: 1,071,507,045 • Institutions: 26,236 • Digital Items: 1,571,803 • Physical Items: ~1.6 billion (estimated) as of July 2006

  3. Mexico in WorldCat 73 Institutions 1,164,367 Total Holdings

  4. The WorldCat Mexican Aggregate Collection 166,211 items held only by Mexican institution(s) 803,134 Unique Items Mexico’s Unique Contribution to WorldCat 78% held by 1 Mexican institution 20% held by 2 to 5 Mexican institutions 2% held by 6 to 10 Mexican institutions < 1% held by 11 to 20 Mexican institutions < 1% held by > 20 Mexican institutions

  5. First WorldCat Record with Mexican Holding Attached (Lowest OCLC Number) OCLC record #30 Invention and the patent system

  6. WorldCat record with largest # of Mexican library holdings OCLC record #35762241 Ecología y medio ambiente Held by 28 Mexican institutions

  7. Materials in WorldCat originating from Mexico 488,253 items

  8. WorldCat in Spanish = WorldCat en español 605,043 WorldCat records with Spanish-language metadata 2,933,510 Spanish-language items represented in WorldCat 4% of WorldCat 00839cam 2200205I 4500 001 ocm00982692 003 OCoLC 005 20041029511258.0 008 740820s1961 pr 000 0 spa d 040 $a KSU $b spa $c KSU $d OCL $d OCLCQ 019 $a 48283210 090 $a PQ8097.G6 $b Z523x 100 1 $a Mistral, Gabriela, $d 1889-1957.

  9. Mexican contributions to WorldCat Number of records contributed by Mexican institutions: 202,482 Total holdings attached to Mexican contributed records: 397,009 Top 5 records (most holdings subsequently attached): OCLC #52565470 Shakespeare in Art 419 OCLC #54458294 Harry Potter y la Orden del Fénix 360 OCLC #53084977 Effects of Financial Globalization on Developing Countries 238 OCLC #52731312 Tlapalería 221 OCLC #52598367 La Jefa: Vida Pública y Privada de Marta Sahagún de Fox 216

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