understanding the collective shared print collection (january 2015)
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A WORK IN PROGRESS
UNDERSTANDING THE COLLECTIVE SHARED PRINT COLLECTION
Malpas, January 2015
• primarily a concern for ARL institutions• mostly focused on journal back-files• preserving last copies for specialized audiences• a marginal part of library enterprise
Unchallenged assumptions . . .
SHARED PRINT is
(Not so.)
As of December 2014:63 registered shared print repositories in WorldCat
High concentrations in NorCal, SoCal;
other notable concentrations in Cascadia
and ChiPitts megaregions
As of December 2014:1.46 million titles held in shared print repositories
High concentrations in Maine, Florida and
New York
As of December 2014 :54K serial titles held in shared print repositories
Primarily archived by CIC, CRL-JSTOR,
Empire Shared Collections and FLARE
programs
As of December 2014:1.4 million monographic titles in shared print repositories
Primarily archived by Maine
Shared Collections Strategy
and FLARE programs
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Shared Print Repositories by Library Type
ARL
Non-ARL academic
Liberal arts
Library cooperative
Public library
IRLA
State library
N = 63 repositories
Based on WorldCat data as of December, 2014.
Liberal arts35%
ARL25%
Non-ARL academic
23%
Public library14%
State library3%
Library cooperative0%
IRLA0%
Percent of Aggregate Shared Print Resource by Holding Library Type
N = 1.92M shared print holdingsBased on WorldCat data as of December 2014.
93% 94% 95% 96% 97% 98% 99% 100%
Material Types under Shared Print Agreements as of December 2014
book seri visu intg scor map rcrd mixd file
N = 1.47M shared print titles
>95% books ~4% serials
Based on WorldCat data as of December 2014.
Selected Characteristics of Aggregate Shared Print Resourceas of December 2014
Material Type*
Count of Titles
Count of Languages
Count of Broad Subject Areas
Avg. WorldCat Holdings per Title
Avg. SPHoldings per Title
Books 1,401,115 209 31 260 1.3
Serials 53,610 56 31 156 1.3
Visual Resources
8,589 56 31 77 1.0
Integrating Resources
2,789 5 24 36 1.0
*These four categories account for 99% of all titles in the aggregate shared print resource
Based on WorldCat data as of December 2014.
WorldCat Holdings Distribution:
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Shared Print Serial Titlesas of December 2014
<5 libraries 5 to 9 libraries 10 to 24 libraries 25 to 99 libraries >99 libraries
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Shared Print Book Titlesas of December 2014
44% with >99 holdings
63% with >99 holdings
Based on WorldCat data as of December 2014.
Bibliographic Diversity of Aggregate Shared Print Resourceas of December 2014
1,297,375 distinct creative works
embodied in 1,468,523 distinct editions/manifestations,
for an average of 1.13 editions per work
Top 5 works by number of archived editions:Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam – 243 editions in shared print collectionsLongfellow. Poems. – 119 editions in shared printHawthorne. The Scarlet Letter. – 85 editions in shared printHouseman. A Shropshire Lad. – 77 editions in shared printHomer. The Odyssey. – 66 editions in shared print
91% of archived works represented by a single manifestation
‘Most widely held’ titles in collective shared print collection
Top 5 Books
• David G. McCullough. Truman (1992) held by 4,838 libraries;2 shared print repositories
• S. Johnson. Who moved my cheese? (1998) held by 4,803libraries; 2 shared print repositories
• David G. McCullough. John Adams (2001) held by 4,783libraries; 2 shared print repositories
• J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban(1999) held by 4,778 libraries; 2 shared print repositories
• Mitch Albom. Tuesdays with Morrie… (1997). Held by 4,704libraries; 2 shared print repositories
Top 5 Serials
• Time. Held by 6,854 libraries; 1 shared print repository • Newsweek. Held by 6,301 libraries; 1 shared print repository• Scientific American. Held by: 5,865 libraries; 2 shared print repository• U.S. News & World Report. Held by 5,536 libraries; 2 shared print repositories• Psychology Today. Held by 4,948 libraries; 2 shared print repositories
‘Most widely preserved’ titles in collective shared print collection
• Plan for shortening the time of passage between New York and London: with documents relating thereto, including the proceedings of the Railway Convention at Portland, Maine (1850) – held by 58 libraries; 8 shared print (14%); another edition with 21 holdings retained by 1 shared print partner (5%)
• A.J. Coolidge. A history and description of New England, general and local(1859) – held by 76 libraries; 8 shared print (11%);
• I.S. Proper. Monhegan, the cradle of New England (1930) – held by 94 libraries; 8 shared print (9%)
• A.H. Chadbourne. Maine place names and the peopling of its towns (1955) – held by 116 libraries; 8 shared print (7%); 13 additional editions in shared print collections
• J.E. Mooney. Maps, globes, atlases, and geographies through the year 1800: the Eleanor Houston and Lawrence M.C. Smith Cartographic Collection at the Smith Cartographic Center, University of Southern Maine(1988) – held by 176 libraries; 8 shared print (5%)
Challenging assumptions…with evidence
Shared print is altering the library landscape• It affects the full spectrum of library materials
– formats, languages, audiences• It concerns all segments of the library
community• It is increasingly embedded in our shared
bibliographic infrastructure • It will reshape the gamut of library operations
– cataloging, collection management, resource sharing, public service and outreach
What’s next
In consultation with Advisory Council,• Refine definitions of ‘last copy’ in context
of FRBR – last expression, manifestation, item
• Develop statistical profile of system-wide print collection and shared print resource, starting with North America
• Experimental visualization, maps of materials within and outside of shared print collections; scaled to existing consortia
Explore. Share. Magnify.
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