> And, perhaps more importantly, have you seen an increase in circulation?
One of the advantages to next-gen catalogs is the potential to boost access to records with links to online full-text, either through the relevancy ranking algorithm or the post-search faceting. So circulation statistics, though certainly relevant, may not tell the whole story about impact.
-- Michael
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Walker, David
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:39 AM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [NGC4LIB] Stats showing impact of Next Gen Catalog ?
>
> We were talking about "next generation catalogs" here, and
> one of my colleagues said she didn't think that next
> generation catalogs would significantly impact use of library
> collections.
>
> I'm curious, for the libraries that have implemented a next
> generation catalog -- VUFind, Encore, Primo, Endeca's system,
> etc. -- do you have stats showing an increase in catalog
> usage? And, perhaps more importantly, have you seen an
> increase in circulation?
>
> --Dave
>
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> David Walker
> Library Web Services Manager
> California State University
> http://xerxes.calstate.edu
>
Received on Thu Sep 24 2009 - 12:16:46 EDT