WorldCat Collection Analysis Tool

Towards CooperativeCollection Development

Purpose

Analyze age and subject content Identify strong/average/weak

collection areas Identify gaps and duplicate works Help coordinate future collection

planning within a group

Subject Areas

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500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

Biology ComputerScience

Psychology American Lit Education -Theory &Practice

EconomicHistory &

Conditions

Subjects

Tit

les

1960-69

1970-79

1980-89

1990-99

2000-2007

WPU & NJ North Comparison NJ NORTH GROUP

Kean Montclair State New Jersey City Ramapo

LIMITS

1960 – 2007 Books only English language

only Adult

WPU & NJ NORTH

  1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-07 TOTALS

TOTALS

139,499

211,694

161,713

165,584

92,360

770,850

NJ NORTH

98,406

149,818

110,923

114,850

65,069

539,066

YEAR % 18% 28% 21% 21% 12%  

WPU

41,093

61,876

50,790

50,734

27,291

231,784

YEAR % 18% 27% 22% 22% 12%  

NJ NORTH Group

Unique Titles 539,066

Held by 1 of the libraries

374,937 70%

Held by 2 of the libraries

109,647 20%

Held by 3 of the libraries

42,605 8%

Held by 4 of the libraries

11,877 2%

OVERLAP

11,877 titles x $30 = $356,310

11,877 titles x 4 copies = 47,508 volumes

$356,310 x 4 copies = $1,425,240

Overlap Areas History & Auxiliary Sciences – 1,828

United States, Colonial, Special Topics – 286

General Works – 118

TitlesTITLE AUTHOR CALL NUM

American place-names: a concise & selective dictionary

Stewart, George Rippey

E155

American ways: a guide for foreigners in the U.S.

Althen, Gary E158

America through women’s eyes

Beard, Mary Ritter E161

The birth of the Nation Schlesinger, Arthur M. E162

The empire of reason Commager, Henry Steele

E163

Travels with Charley Steinbeck, John E169

America & the world revolution

Toynbee, Arnold Joseph

E169.1

Group Unique: NJ North

  TOTALS HELD BY 4 (NOT AT WPU) PERCENT

Held by 4

11,877

3,712 31%

Art 672 256 38%

History

2,583 767 30%

Lang/Lit

2,412 784 33%

Sociology

1,070 353 33%

WPU Unique with NJ North

  TOTALS UNIQUE TO WPU PERCENT

WPU (WITH NJ North)

231,784

92,076 40%

Lang/Lit

34,425

11,415 33%

History

31,099

9,821 32%

Sociology

19,370

7,582 39%

Medicine

18,873

10,497 56%

Education

16,909

6,898 41%

Art/Architecture

10,639

4,107 39%

Phys Ed

3,376

1,811 54%

Computer Science

3,127

2,029 65%

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