Nikki, it sounds like you are doing a collection assessment based on holdings rather than use. Be cautious with World Cat Collection Analysis- there were a couple of articles written about that product, one testing it shortly after its release, and a follow-up a year later. There had been improvement, but it was still not so good. As I recall, one of the big problems with World Cat Collection Analysis was that OCLC used the most common bibliographic record for a title as the 'standard', and if you had the title, but cataloged it with a different bib record, or it was a different edition with a different ISBN, WC Collection Analysis said 'you don't have this core item.'
If you do decide to do a use study, I'd be glad to help you, as that is my thing. I suspect if you look in Library Literature for 'World Cat Collection Analysis' you will find the things I read. Let me know if that doesn't work and I'll dig in my own files. Good luck!
Tony Greiner
Tony Greiner/Reference and Instruction Librarian
Portland Community College, Cascade Campus
971-722-5333
"Students First!" Amo de Bernardis
anthony.greiner_at_pcc.edu
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From: acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:16 am
Subject: [ACQNET-L] Collection Assessment Questions
To: ACQNET-L_at_lists.ibiblio.org
> **Apologies for crossposting**
>
> Good Day,
>
> Our library is working on a collection assessment program. We
> are currently
> in the data collection phase, gathering information with which
> to analyze
> our print collection. We will eventually move on to assess our
> electronicresources as well. Would anyone who has completed a
> collection assessment or
> evaluation be willing to share some experiences? In general:
>
> -Goals: What were the goals of your assessment program?
> -Metrics: What kind of time line did you have for the project?
> Did you find
> that it was reasonable?
> -Tools: Which tools did you find most helpful? We are primarily using
> WorldCat Collection Analysis and our ILS to gather the data. I
> have read
> that Ulrich's is not exceedingly helpful.
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Nikki
> --
> Nikki Bhumarom-Gilbert
> Liaison Support Specialist
> Collection Development and Preservation
> University Libraries
> Voice: (703) 993-2849
> Fax: (703) 993-2669
>
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