WorldCat Collection Analysis Tool Hands-On Demo - VALE News

WorldCat Collection Analysis Tool Hands-On Demo

VALE Members are invited to attend this free program:

Date: Monday, Nov. 21, 2005
Time: 1:00-3:00PM
Place: Scholarly Communications Center Information Handling Lab, Rm. 413, Rutgers U., New Brunswick, NJ

Presenter: Kristin Senecal, PALINET Library Consultant

The WorldCat Collection Analysis service can help you quickly analyze your individual and group library collections. Now, libraries with subscriptions to WorldCat on FirstSearch can compare their collections with thousands of peer institutions that have their holdings in WorldCat. Library staff can use the service to analyze their collections anytime, without extensive staff, time or financial resources.

This demo will examine comparison with peer libraries, for both individual and group subscriptions; comparing a library's holdings to all of WorldCat; and manipulating the multiple views of the collection the software provides. Come learn how easy this new collection analysis tool is to use.

To register for this free program, please send an email to mallerym@mail.montclair.edu. The program is limited to 30 participants.

[Oct 27, 2005]