Karen--
(and the rest of the list) Thanks for the information...and my
apologies for posting things to the entire list that I meant to address
to individuals. It's an embarassing habit, and one I keep meaning to avoid.
Thanks again--
Jane Cothron
Karen Coyle wrote:
> The one I've seen is Library Dynamics (http://librarydynamics.com), but
> OCLC also has a product that does this.
>
> kc
>
> J Cothron wrote:
>
>> Karen Coyle wrote:
>> [snip]
>> There are statistical programs that will map your library in this way,
>> used as collection development tools. It's actually quite fun to see
>> where the peaks and valleys are in different libraries. They'll also map
>> circulation to the classification, so you can see where you have lots of
>> books but no one is checking them out.
>>
>>
>> Karen--
>> This sounds intriguing. Is there a specific program that you would
>> suggest? We have some small public libraries in our consortium, and it
>> would be interesting to see what the distributions look like.
>> Thanks--
>> Jane Cothron
>> Waldport, Oregon
>> jcothron_at_beachbooks.org
>>
>>>
>>
>>
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Received on Mon Jun 04 2007 - 14:25:28 EDT