CDL: Library collections and capital campaign targets? (Response 1)

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Re: CDL: Library collections and capital campaign targets?
From: Hilary Davis <hilary_davis_at_ncsu.edu>

Hi Mike,

One idea might be to use your local ILL data in combination with the 
ILL Analyses in OCLC's WorldCat Collection Analysis service (since you 
have access to it) to determine the extent of resources that aren't 
currently in your collection and that your users have expressed a need 
for.  You can use the ILL Analyses in WCA to get a big picture across 
several years and across all subjects and formats for overall need of 
resources.  You can drill down to focus on specific areas that need 
attention and get at actual title lists (for books as well as 
serials).  Combine this information with your local ILL stats that may 
include locally-relevant info like need expressed by different patron 
types (e.g., faculty, undergrad, grad, distance ed, etc.) and by 
departments.  You could tie an average cost to each item based on 
subject (e.g., say you identify 100 books in Chemistry that have been 
requested via ILL, and you discover in your acquisitions data that the 
average cost of a Chemistry books is $150, then you could set a target 
amount for Chemistry books at $1500 for a given time span).

We've used WCA's ILL Analyses to help get a big picture view of where 
we need to fill in gaps based on high demand from our users for both 
books as well as serials.  For serials, we've also been able to 
identify need for backfiles from specific publishers.  And we've tied 
this data to local colleges/departments and patron types to help 
justify increased support.

My colleague, Annette Day, and I will be speaking at the upcoming 
Charleston Conference about our evaluation of the ILL Analyses module 
in the WorldCat Collection Analysis service as a resource to guide 
strategic collection decisions.   If you're interested, we can chat at 
the conference if you're going, or can send you our slides after the 
conference.


Cheers,
Hilary

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Hilary Davis
Collection Manager for Physical Sciences, Engineering & Data Analysis
Tel: 919.513.0654 | Fax: 919.513.1108
Box 7111, 2 Broughton Dr.
NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
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