CDL: Resources for College Libraries analysis

From: John P. Abbott <AbbottJP_at_appstate.edu> Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:41:22 -0500 To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu

Resources for College Libraries analysis
From:  SUSAN BEIDLER <BEIDLER_at_lycoming.edu>

Greetings,
We are a small (<1500 FTE) undergraduate 4-year college that 
subscribes to RCL with Bowker's Book Analysis System.  Over a 
period of time we've compared our holdings to those in RCL and 
have been able to see improvement in several targeted subject 
areas.  We are interested in benchmarking, but with no 
comparative statistics from similar institutions, it's hard to 
know what our percentage of coverage means either in specific 
subject areas or for the overall collection.

I would be very interested in sharing data with similar types of 
institutions who also subscribe to RCL with BBAS.

*Please contact me off-list if you are willing to share data.*

Thanks so much.
Regards,
Sue

Sue Beidler
Snowden Library
Lycoming College
700 College Place
Williamsport PA 17701

phone: 570-321-4084
fax:      570 321-4090
email: beidler_at_lycoming.edu