NEBASE Hour - January 2008 - Who Are You? Evaluate Your Library Holdings with WorldCat Collection...

OCLC Online Computer Library Center

Who Are You?

Evaluate Your Library Holdings with WorldCat Collection Analysis

NEBASE Hour

January 9, 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


ReportsBased 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’scollection

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

Annual subscription with unlimited use


Reports for individual libraries, cont.

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.


Pricing

Unlimited-use annual subscription

Set-up fee of $500 per OCLC symbol for individual subscriptions (one-time fee if library renews)

Subscription fee based on number of

holdings in WorldCat


Pricing for individual institutions

Library SizeSet-Up Fee

(a one-time fee when library

renews)

Annual Fee*

Total First Year

Any size library $500

Up to 100,000 holdings $500 $1,100 $1,600

100,001-500,000 holdings $500 $3,850 $4,350

500,001-1,000,000 holdings $500 $6,600 $7,100

Over 1,000,000 holdings $500 $9,350 $9,850

* Per symbol


Pricing for groups/consortia

Number of Holdings in Group

Annual Subscription for Group

Up to 2,000,000 holdings $8,800

2,000,001 - 4,000,000 holdings $16,500

4,000,001 - 6,000,000 holdings $24,200

6,000,001 - 8,000,000 holdings $31,900

8,000,001 -10,000,000 holdings $39,600

10,000,001 - 12,000,000 holdings $46,200

12,000,001 - 14,000,000 holdings $52,800

14,000,001 - 16,000,000 holdings $59,400

16,000,001 – 18,000,000 holdings $66,000

18,000,001 - 20,000,000 holdings $72,600

20,000,001 - 22,000,000 holdings $77,000

22,000,001 - 24,000,000 holdings $81,400

24,000,001 - 26,000,000 holdings $85,800


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

Visit our Web site:

www.oclc.org/collectionanalysis


Administrative Module for Groups

Allows group members to create sub-groups from the libraries in the group

Allows group members to compare to authoritative lists (Booklist, Outstanding Academic Titles, etc.)

Allows group members to compare to predefined groups (Top 20 ARLs, etc.)


Administrative Module

Allows libraries to select peer groups for comparisons

Allows libraries to compare to authoritative lists (Booklist, Outstanding Academic Titles, etc.)

Allows libraries to compare to predefined groups (Top 20 ARLs, etc.)

Allows libraries to analyze their ILL statistics & trends

Allows libraries to analyze their Circulation statistics & trends


Questions???

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Christa BurnsOCLC Member Services Coordinator

[email protected]

800-307-2665http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nebase

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