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
- Request a complimentary* batchload project to get your institution's holdings up-to-date before running your analysis
*Your library is entitled to a one-time, no-charge reclamation project to synchronize your holdings with WorldCat - 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)