| WorldCat
Collection Analysis |
The new WorldCat Collection Analysis
service is now available to help you quickly analyze your individual
and group library collections. Now, libraries with subscriptions
to WorldCat on FirstSearch can compare their collections with thousands
of peer institutions that have their holdings in WorldCat. Using
the new service, library staff can analyze their collections anytime,
without extensive staff, time or financial resources.
The service
provides many benefits to libraries, including:
- Comparison with peer libraries —easily identify strengths, gaps and overlaps in your collection
- Multiple views of the collection —choose from many parameters, including subject, publication date, language, format and audience level, to create views to meet your needs
- Participate in consortia activities —groups can analyze member collections for more effective collaborative collection development
- Support library processes —analysis results facilitate acquiring, weeding, canceling and preserving processes
- Demonstrate fiscal responsibility —reports can be used to prove financial need and responsible stewardship to administrators and funding bodies
Features include:
- The ability to compare your collection with thousands of institutions that have their holdings in WorldCat
- Any collection can be analyzed regardless of the type of materials, classification scheme, library, or the integrated library system used
- Browser interface that’s easy to use from within the staff view of FirstSearch
- Affordable annual subscription, for predictable pricing
- Reports can be easily exported to other programs like Microsoft Excel
Requirements:
- Current generation Web browser
- Subscription to the WorldCat database on FirstSearch
To order:
Please contact
Tim Rivard (1.800.635.4638 x1949 or rivard@nelinet.net)or
visit the OCLC Online
Service Center.
For more information,
visit the WorldCat
Collection Analysis Web page. |
February 5, 2008
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