WorldCat Collection Analysis Service

OCLC Online Computer Library Center

WorldCat Collection Analysis Service

Doug van der Zee

OCLC Library Services Consultant

[email protected]

Iowa Private Academic Libraries

March 22, 2007


Agenda

Product description

Group options

Individual library options

Demonstration

Pricing

Additional IPAL offers

Questions and answers


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 age & subject content

Compare collection to other OCLC member libraries to identify overlap and uniqueness

Analyze group collections for uniqueness and overlapfor 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


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


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.


Reports for individual libraries

Age and subject content analysis of library’scollection

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


Demonstration

Visit our Web site:

www.oclc.org/collectionanalysis


Staff View Screen


Group Analysis View


Drilldown to Divisions


Drilldown to Categories in Business


Call Numbers Display


Pre-1900 Economic Theory – 29 Titles


Graph View by Publication Date


Overlap View


Overlap by Categories/OCLC Symbol


View Overlap Using OCLC Symbol


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


Uniqueness View - Library Level


Uniqueness View - Division Level


Change Analysis – Change Column Values

Format


Column Values - Formats


Categories by Format View


Change Analysis – Column Values Languages


Categories by Language View


Limit Analysis Screen


Selected Limits


View with Set Limits


Selecting Group Aggregated Report


Group Aggregated Report - Divisions


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


Data to Analyze Screen

New screen for all WordCatCollection Analysis subscribers


Default ILL Borrower Screen


Expanded Date Column


Request Frequency


Request Cost


Default ILL Lender Screen


Administrative Module for Groups

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


Admin Screen for Group Subscriptions


Sub-group Creation


Staff View - Individual Library Report


Individual Analysis View


Administrative Module

Allows libraries to select peer groups for comparisons

Allows libraries to add/delete selected peer groups


Admin Screen for Individual Subscriptions


Peer Group Creation


Pricing

Unlimited-use annual subscription

IPAL Group Price: $16,500

Individual option:

Set-up fee of $500 per OCLC symbol for individual subscriptions (one-time fee if library renews). SPECIAL PROMOTION: $500 SET-UP fee waived if ordered before June 27, 2007

Subscription fee based on 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

* Per symbol


Current subscribers:

MI Oberlin Group:

Albion, Hope and

Kalamazoo College

Colby College

Bates College

Bowdoin College

Ohio Dominican

Dickinson College

Drake College

Hood College

Stephens College

Westminster College

AJCU Group

Assumption College

William Woods University


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


Additional IAPL Group Offers

FIRST SEARCH: Currently requesting input on renewal or NEW First Search subscriptions for IPAL members. Group pricing/discounts available.

10 New databases from the RLG acquisition

NETLIBRARY: Shared eBook custom collection for IPAL

Language Sets: 13 foreign language collections (Print and DVDs)


Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute

Anthropological Literature

Anthropology Plus

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

Bibliography of the History of Art

Chicano Database

FRANCIS (international humanities and social sciences)

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals

Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies (social sciences)

Hand Press Book Database

SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs

New First Search Databases from RLG


Questions & Answers

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Visit our Web site:

www.oclc.org/collectionanalysis

Doug van der Zee

OCLC

866-718-6697

[email protected]

WorldCat Collection Analysis Service

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