Who Are You? Evaluate Your Library Holdings with WorldCat Collection Analysis

Slide 1: OCLC Online Computer Library Center Who Are You? Evaluate Your Library Holdings with WorldCat Collection Analysis Sirsi Midwest Users’ Group Annual Pre-Conference July 24, 2008 Christa Burns OCLC Member Services Coordinator NEBASE

Slide 2: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

Slide 3:What libraries want  Cost-effective service  Automated tools for routine analysis  Ability to compare collections to peers  Support for cooperative collection development and management

Slide 4:OCLC’s response . . . WorldCat Collection Analysis is