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WorldCat Collection Analysis at a glance

WorldCat Collection Analysis is a Web-based service that provides analysis and comparison of library collections based on holdings information contained in the WorldCat database.

Benefits

  • Identify your unique holdings—Compare your collection against all the holdings in WorldCat
  • Compare with peer institutions—Easily evaluate your collection against other WorldCat institutions of your choice
  • Assess your collection—Identify overlaps and gaps
  • Support decisions for both print and electronic acquisitions
  • Assess collection usage—Determine how your collection is being used by examining circulation and ILL statistics
  • Leverage your investment in WorldCat—Your holdings in WorldCat provide the necessary analysis data
  • Demonstrate fiscal responsibility—Analysis results provide justification for collections budgets or requests for additional funding
  • Support accreditation—Academic libraries can create reports to help meet accreditation requirements
  • Contribute to consortia activities—Create cooperative collection development lists

Features

  • Complimentary batchload upon request to get your institution's holdings up-to-date before running your analysis
  • Reports include the ability to generate tables or graphs
  • Capability to export to Microsoft Excel and similar programs
  • Handles an unlimited number of requests for peer institution comparisons
  • Browser interface that's easy to use from within FirstSearch
  • ILL data from WorldCat Resource Sharing that helps individual institutions analyze borrowing and lending over time to reveal acquisition priorities and collection use

Requirements

  • Your institution's holdings in WorldCat—please contact us for more information on how to set or update all of your holdings in WorldCat
  • Current generation Web browser (Netscape Navigator 7 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher)