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Comparative Collection Assessment for Books

Goals

  1. Identify and characterize interlibrary loan (ILL) and usage patterns
  2. Identify and characterize book-collection holdings by library type, both domestic and international
  3. Formulate strategies for eBook collection development
  4. Contribute to the establishment of community-wide standards for eBook collections

Background

This research supports OCLC's strategy for the development of member services for collection development and assessment and the development of international member services. The project is one aspect of the Management Intelligence theme, which provides data to librarians for decision-making.

The Comparative Collection Assessment project will produce data that can be used by librarians for

Description

This project includes two phases: ILL usage data and collection assessment.

Phase I

The book-borrowing patterns of selected ARL libraries will be identified. These ILL statistics will be compared against the NetLibrary eBook collection.

Phase II

The WorldCat holdings collection assessment will include analyzing and comparing aggregate book holdings data for

Titles will be identified for each type of library, along with their

Schedule

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