University of Oregon’s use of WorldCat Analysis for Assessment

Dave FowlerHead, Licensing, Grants Administration and

Collection AnalysisFebruary 27, 2013

WorldCat Analysis use, pre-2012• Use was fairly light.• 3x year, for academic program reviews

(Biology, Physics, Landscape Architecture, etc.)• Occasional special requests from subject

specialists (CJK analysis, Romance languages.• Baseball analysis!

Late 2012, Accreditation

• Sudden need for a large amount of intensive data, in a fairly short time frame.

• Needed to compare UO holdings to various comparators, in various configurations, including:

2013 Accreditation

• Orbis-Cascade Alliance• Greater Western Library Alliance• Association of American Universities• Association of Research Libraries• Carnegie Very High Research Activity

Institutions

2013 Accreditation

• Questions:

• How do UO collections rank overall with our comparators, on average?

• How do selected, specific collections rank overall with our comparators (Arts, Political Science, Religion/Philosophy?

2013 Accreditation

• Rationale:• Needed normalized data to present to visiting

accreditation team.• Important to present all examined schools, adjust

for FTEs, and see how UO holdings compared.• Looked for specific areas of strengths that we

could pull out and highlight.• Looked for areas of opportunity, where we fell

short, and that aligned with strategic priorities.

SCHOOL CALL NUMBERSUniversity of California, Berkeley University of Michigan

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The University of Texas, Austin

University of Wisconsin, Madison

FTE ENROLLMENT (IPEDS DATA) 38,353 46,239 38,984 48,072 46,301 37,469

FTE GRADUATE STUDENTS 11,046 15,221 12,423 14,551 11,240 9,960

FTE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 27,307 26,945 26,561 33,521 35,061 37,469

LIBRARY TOTAL 7,395,364 6,693,868 5,594,785 5,573,103 5,365,351 4,991,012

AgricultureS0-790, S900-972, SB0-9999, SD0-9999, SF0-294.09, SF311-315, SF360-597, SF600-1100, SH0-400, SK351-593 91,591 36,254 33,471 174,222 41,688 64,353

AnthropologyGN0-298, GN301-699, GR0-999, PN6400-6699, GT0-9999, BJ1801-2195 48,343 36,598 39,981 32,819 31,195 30,238

Art & Architecture

AM0-9999, CJ0-9999, N0-9999, NA0-9999, NB0-9999, NC0-9999, ND0-9999, NE0-9999, NK0-9999, NX0-9999, TR0-9999

236,287 199,001 208,687 175,107 199,751 150,807

Biological Sciences

QH0-200, QH201-278, QH301-425, QH426-470, QH471-531, QH555-559, QH540-549, QH573-671, QH705-9999, QK0-474.5, QK474.8-638, QK640-707, QK710-899, QK900-989, QL0-355, SK601-605, SK650-664, QL360-599, QL605-613, QL614-639, QL640-669, QL671-699, QL700-749, QL750-999, QR0-354, QR355-502 107,819 75,198 56,864 80,753 71,057 67,557

Business & Economics

HA0-9999, HB0-9999, HC0-9999, HD0-2320, HD2321-4800, HD4801-8999, HD9000-9999, HE0-9999, HF0-4998, HF4999-5547, HF5549-9999, Z40-102.4999, HG0-9999, HJ0-9999, HX0-9999 666,431 461,358 459,122 460,293 399,070 437,056

Chemistry QD0-70, QD71-142, QD146-240, QD241-449, QD450-899, QD901-999 29,745 21,132 13,938 22,986 20,323 18,934

Communicable Diseases & MiscellaneousWC0-950, WD100-175, WD200-226, WD300-375, WD400-430, WD500-530, WD600-670, WD700-758 (NLM numbers) 3,526 4,000 4,737 2,716 2,561 1,211

Computer Science

HF5548, Q300-390, QA75.5-76.36, QA76.38-76.545, QA76.58-76.59, QA76.55-76.57, QA76.6-76.73, QA76.75-.765, QA76.8, QA76.9, QA267-268.5, T57.62-.64, T58.6-58.62, TA1630-1650, TK5105.5-.9

49,202 33,767 40,789 39,533 49,591 27,557

Education

L0-9999, LA0-9999, LB0-1139.1, LB1139.2-1602.1, LB1602.2-1696, LB1705-2286, LB2300-2799, LB2801-9999, E97, LC0-9999, LD0-9999, LE0-9999, LF0-9999, LG0-9999, LH1-999, LJ1-999, LT1-4999 113,218 93,510 127,827 112,189 113,675 100,159

Engineering & Technology

T0-57.61, T57.65-58.5, T58.64-9999, TA0-220, TA1651-9999, TA328-1629, TC0-9999, UG0-620, VK0-9999, VM0-9999, TD0-9999, TE0-9999, TF0-9999, TG0-9999, TH0-9999, TJ0-9999, TK0-5105.4, TK5107-9999, TL0-9999, TN0-9999, TP0-9999, TS0-9999, TT0-9999, TX0-9999, Z116-277.9 315,841 177,756 174,022 228,216 180,042 168,813

SCHOOL CALL NUMBERSAAU PUBLIC - TOTAL ALL SCHOOLS

AVERAGE OF 34 SCHOOLS

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of Texas, Austin University of Michigan

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The Ohio State University

FTE ENROLLMENT (IPEDS DATA) 1,278,001 37,588 38,353 38,984 46,301 46,239 48,072 60,287

FTE GRADUATE STUDENTS 80,619 2,371 11,046 12,423 11,240 15,221 14,551 16,138

FTE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 193,544 5,692 27,307 26,561 35,061 26,945 33,521 44,149

Art & Architecture 1,175,788 34,582 236,287 208,687 199,751 199,001 175,107 156,955

Architecture 242,541 7,134 60,999 35,759 38,410 38,384 38,947 30,042

Ancient - Egyptian NA215-216 311 9 52 69 52 67 39 32

Ancient - Greece NA270-290 1,693 50 381 260 306 312 236 198

Ancient - Middle East NA212; NA220-226; NA250-251 224 7 50 43 34 46 25 26

Ancient - Phoenicia, Cyprus, Judea NA230-245 126 4 25 24 24 26 14 13

Ancient - Rome NA310-340 1,820 54 439 275 315 348 256 187

Ancient - Western NA260-267; NA295-301 382 11 80 59 78 67 54 44

Ancient, General Works NA210 122 4 32 13 18 25 21 13

Architectural Design & Drawing NA2685-2793 8,734 257 1,916 1,202 1,463 1,438 1,431 1,284

Architectural Details, Motives, Decorations NA2835-2858; NA3310-4050 5,609 165 1,263 890 928 1,007 847 674

Architecture NA0-9999 18,081 532 4,383 2,782 2,997 2,924 2,866 2,129

Architecture as a Profession, Study & Teaching NA1995-2320 3,887 114 1,055 471 635 567 648 511

Architecture, General Works NA2500-2540 5,794 170 1,395 719 1,230 777 769 904

Architecture, Special Subjects NA2541-2599 8,005 235 1,999 1,115 1,319 1,229 1,264 1,079

Austria NA1001-1011 1,567 46 367 229 273 229 234 235

Balkan States NA1381-1453 566 17 143 96 42 107 103 75

Canada NA740-749 701 21 168 98 105 135 110 85

Ceilings NA2950-2960 98 3 23 11 26 13 16 9

China NA1540-1549 2,173 64 654 437 137 533 232 180

City Planning & Beautification NA9000-9428 22,533 663 6,231 2,991 2,696 3,006 4,864 2,745

Classical, Egyptian, Gothic Revivals NA600-610 174 5 34 25 31 31 29 24

Columnar Constructions. Piers. Columns NA2860-2875 263 8 59 55 39 56 32 22

Curved Constructions. Apses. Arches. Vaults NA2880-2890 249 7 56 47 37 55 29 25

Doors. Windows. Stairs. Fireplaces NA3000-3070 704 21 196 106 120 98 107 77

Eighteenth Century NA627-640 24 1 8 2 2 3 7 2

Floors. Tiles NA2970-2985 71 2 15 10 16 10 11 9

France NA1041-1053 4,842 142 1,240 830 727 776 756 513

Germany NA1061-1089 6,121 180 1,532 890 1,111 1,029 856 703

Great Britain NA961-997 7,482 220 1,451 1,131 1,365 1,248 1,212 1,075

Greece NA1091-1103 273 8 98 35 31 45 23 41

India NA1501-1510 1,766 52 440 228 366 336 261 135

Italy NA1111-1123 7,864 231 2,001 1,419 1,085 1,383 1,159 817

SCHOOL CALL NUMBERSAAU PUBLIC - TOTAL ALL SCHOOLS AVERAGE OF 34 SCHOOLS University of Oregon UO percentages of averages

Above or below average student FTE

FTE ENROLLMENT (IPEDS DATA) 1,278,001 37,588 23,222 61.78%

FTE GRADUATE STUDENTS 303,704 8,932 4,057 45.42%

FTE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 949,836 27,936 19,165 68.60%

Art & Architecture 3,965,370 116,629 80,497 69.02% 0.072

Architecture 745,625 21,930 22,075 100.66% 0.389

Ancient - Egyptian NA215-216 981 29 18 62.39% 0.006

Ancient - Greece NA270-290 5,966 175 149 84.91% 0.231

Ancient - Middle East NA212; NA220-226; NA250-251 751 22 9 40.75% (0.210)

Ancient - Phoenicia, Cyprus, Judea NA230-245 381 11 8 71.39% 0.096

Ancient - Rome NA310-340 6,116 180 127 70.60% 0.088

Ancient - Western NA260-267; NA295-301 1,496 44 35 79.55% 0.178

Ancient, General Works NA210 397 12 7 59.95% (0.018)

Architectural Design & Drawing NA2685-2793 29,328 863 1,018 118.02% 0.562

Architectural Details, Motives, Decorations NA2835-2858; NA3310-4050 17,837 525 454 86.54% 0.248

Architecture NA0-9999 53,855 1,584 1,550 97.86% 0.361

Architecture as a Profession, Study & Teaching NA1995-2320 12,354 363 409 112.56% 0.508

Architecture, General Works NA2500-2540 18,713 550 509 92.48% 0.307

Architecture, Special Subjects NA2541-2599 27,282 802 986 122.88% 0.611

Austria NA1001-1011 4,542 134 147 110.04% 0.483

Balkan States NA1381-1453 1,448 43 38 89.23% 0.274

Canada NA740-749 2,551 75 98 130.62% 0.688

Ceilings NA2950-2960 354 10 9 86.44% 0.247

China NA1540-1549 5,762 169 119 70.22% 0.084

City Planning & Beautification NA9000-9428 60,947 1,793 1,757 98.02% 0.362

Classical, Egyptian, Gothic Revivals NA600-610 729 21 18 83.95% 0.222

Columnar Constructions. Piers. Columns NA2860-2875 770 23 13 57.40% (0.044)

Curved Constructions. Apses. Arches. Vaults NA2880-2890 657 19 16 82.80% 0.210

Doors. Windows. Stairs. Fireplaces NA3000-3070 2,059 61 71 117.24% 0.555

Eighteenth Century NA627-640 84 2 3 121.43% 0.596

Floors. Tiles NA2970-2985 210 6 4 64.76% 0.030

France NA1041-1053 14,857 437 460 105.27% 0.435

Germany NA1061-1089 17,521 515 482 93.53% 0.318

Great Britain NA961-997 28,493 838 902 107.63% 0.459

Greece NA1091-1103 661 19 21 108.02% 0.462

Ways to Make it Easier

• Ability to pull out in-depth silos of subject areas in one dip, rather than multiple dives for data in each sub-category.

• For institutions with multiple OCLC symbols, provide option to combine all associated symbols within a single institution.

• Improvements that will save time, reduce steps/clicks and time required to pull data.

ORU CUY AZS AZU CLU CRU CSL CUI CUT CUZ CUV CIT STF ORE WS7 HUH UBY UUS UUM COF COD KKU IXA TXA RCE IQU LDL OKU

The “Right” Kind of Data

• Every library could be different• UO finds that multiple “one on one”

comparisons, aggregated, provide the most useful and flexible data.

• Need the ability to do both high-level scans of collections and in-depth “deep dives” of detailed subject collections with relatively short notice, and short turnarounds, “on demand.”

High Level v. DetailedAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES ANALYSIS WITH LAW SCHOOLS (WITHOUT UNIVERSITY OF OREGON) Version 2.20.2013 (3Q 2012) DCF

UCLA Law & Medical Libraries cannot be separated

SCHOOL CALL NUMBERS

University of California, Berkeley

University of Michigan

University of California, Los Angeles

FTE ENROLLMENT (IPEDS DATA) 38,353 46,239 38,984FTE GRADUATE STUDENTS 11,046 15,221 12,423

FTE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 27,307 26,945 26,561LIBRARY TOTAL 7,395,364 6,693,868 5,594,785

Agriculture

S0-790, S900-972, SB0-9999, SD0-9999, SF0-294.09, SF311-315, SF360-597, SF600-1100, SH0-400, SK351-593 91,591 36,254 33,471

AnthropologyGN0-298, GN301-699, GR0-999, PN6400-6699, GT0-9999, BJ1801-2195 48,343 36,598 39,981

Art & Architecture

AM0-9999, CJ0-9999, N0-9999, NA0-9999, NB0-9999, NC0-9999, ND0-9999, NE0-9999, NK0-9999, NX0-9999, TR0-9999 236,287 199,001 208,687

Biological Sciences

QH0-200, QH201-278, QH301-425, QH426-470, QH471-531, QH555-559, QH540-549, QH573-671, QH705-9999, QK0-474.5, QK474.8-638, QK640-707, QK710-899, QK900-989, QL0-355, SK601-605, SK650-664, QL360-599, QL605-613, QL614-639, QL640-669, QL671-699, QL700-749, QL750-999, QR0-354, QR355-502 107,819 75,198 56,864

Business & Economics

HA0-9999, HB0-9999, HC0-9999, HD0-2320, HD2321-4800, HD4801-8999, HD9000-9999, HE0-9999, HF0-4998, HF4999-5547, HF5549-9999, Z40-102.4999, HG0-9999, HJ0-9999, HX0-9999 666,431 461,358 459,122

ChemistryQD0-70, QD71-142, QD146-240, QD241-449, QD450-899, QD901-999 29,745 21,132 13,938

Communicable Diseases & Miscellaneous

WC0-950, WD100-175, WD200-226, WD300-375, WD400-430, WD500-530, WD600-670, WD700-758 (NLM numbers) 3,526 4,000 4,737

Computer Science

HF5548, Q300-390, QA75.5-76.36, QA76.38-76.545, QA76.58-76.59, QA76.55-76.57, QA76.6-76.73, QA76.75-.765, QA76.8, QA76.9, QA267-268.5, T57.62-.64, T58.6-58.62, TA1630-1650, TK5105.5-.9 49,202 33,767 40,789

Education

L0-9999, LA0-9999, LB0-1139.1, LB1139.2-1602.1, LB1602.2-1696, LB1705-2286, LB2300-2799, LB2801-9999, E97, LC0-9999, LD0-9999, LE0-9999, LF0-9999, LG0-9999, LH1-999, LJ1-999, LT1-4999 113,218 93,510 127,827

AAU ANALYSIS - PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION Version 2.20.2013 (3Q 2012) DCF

SCHOOL CALL NUMBERS

University of California, Berkeley

University of Michigan

University of California, Los Angeles

FTE ENROLLMENT (IPEDS DATA) 38,353 46,239 38,984FTE GRADUATE STUDENTS 11,046 15,221 12,423FTE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 27,307 26,945 26,561Philosophy & Religion 351,689 301,112 288,655Aesthetics 3,467 2,534 2,487Aesthetics BH0-9999 986 674 645History BH81-221 1,441 1,126 1,022Periodicals. Societies. Collected Works BH1-28 119 91 118Philosophy. Methodology BH39 894 627 679Study & Teaching. Research BH61 27 16 23Bible 19,003 21,668 21,342Apocryphal Books, N.T. & O.T. BS1691-1830; BS2831-2970 727 790 776Bible BS0-9999 547 508 610Bible - Archaeology. Geography. History BS620-646 446 455 476Bible - Biography BS569-580 564 612 687Bible - Commentaries, Criticism BS482-534 743 814 741Bible - Early Versions BS11-115 246 260 208Bible - General Works About the Bible, Concordance BS410-473 1,095 1,230 1,273Bible - Hermeneutics, Exegetics, Introductions BS474-478 258 251 243Bible - Modern Texts & Versions, English & Europea BS125-313 653 991 637Bible - Modern Texts & Versions, Non-European Lang BS315-355 429 474 418Bible - New Testament BS1901-2827 4,714 6,515 5,321Bible - Old Testament BS701-1690 7,606 7,642 8,765Bible - Selections, abridgments, parodies BS389-409 47 70 90Bible - Study & Teaching BS585-619 100 124 112Bible - Texts & Versions BS1-10 35 27 19Bible as Literature BS535-537 113 121 89Bible stories BS546-560 112 133 240Inspiration. Authority No LC Number 7 5 4Inspiration. Authority. Harmony BS480-481 100 117 103Prophecy BS647-649 99 134 132Theology of the Bible BS543-544 76 44 63Topics (Not Otherwise Provided For) BS680 286 351 335Buddhism 21,538 18,803 13,465Buddhism BQ0-9999 19 33 20

The “Right” Kind of Data

• Work with members and vendors to improve OCLC holdings….more electronic holdings make the analyses both more accurate…

• …and more relevant in a virtual environment.

• Comprehensive title lists nice, but Not essential in most cases.

Future Possibilities at UO

• UO created a library intranet page with existing comparisons for future reference.

• Would like the ability to re-run “canned” comparisons at will, at intervals.

• Library Administration and subject specialists have taken note of the data that has been harvested so far, and requests for data have been gradually increasing.

Future Possibilities at UO

• As audience becomes accustomed to large amounts of data being retrieved and summarized for them, the demand for even more data will grow.

• Essentially becomes a “data mining” operation for libraries.

Dave Fowlerdcfowler@uoregon.edu