An Introduction to Maine Shared
Collections
Matthew Revitt,
Maine Shared Collections
&
Debbie Lozito,
Director of Edythe L. Dyer Community Library
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs/

Background
 Origins of Maine Shared Collections in IMLS
funded project.
 Project partners:
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Project Results
 Analyzed 3 million items
 Committed to retain 1.4 million titles for 15 years
 Policy on Retention Commitment Changes
 Disclosed commitments in local and union
catalogs
 Implemented E-Book-On-Demand and Print-On-
Demand services
 Established the Maine Shared Collections
Cooperative (MSCC)
 Fill in retention gaps and assist in weeding
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Edythe L. Dyer Pilot Project
 Edythe L. Dyer Community Library chosen as
pilot
 Demand for collection analysis services
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Edythe L. Dyer Pilot Project
OCLC
WorldCat
Local
Holdings
MSCC
Commitments
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MaineCat

Edythe L. Dyer Pilot Project
 Spreadsheet reports provided:
 Overlap with Maine Shared Collections
 Sub-set of overlap with titles that have fewer than
two circs
 Titles with zero Maine holdings in OCLC WorldCat
 Titles with 10 or fewer holdings in OCLC WorldCat
 Overlap with MaineCat
 Records that need their metadata cleaning e.g.
ISBN, OCLC numbers
 All item level records with circulation and OCLC
WorldCat holdings data
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Edythe L. Dyer Pilot Project
 Using data reports to make retention decisions
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 793 items weeded
 36 items committed to retain
 Transferred items to collection builder libraries
 Signed Memorandum of Understanding
 Minerva retention note example

Benefits of joining Maine Shared
Collections
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 Data cleanup
 Data-informed collection management decisions
 Insurance of retention commitments
 Guilt free weeding
 Freeing up storage space
 Contributing towards common good

Joining Maine Shared
Collections
 One-off fee for data extract and compiling reports
 No membership fees
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 Group discount
 New members coming on board
 Koha pilot project

Thank you!
matthew.revitt@maine.edu
debbie.lozito@edythedyer.lib.me.us
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs/
@MESharedColls
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