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CURL/RSLP Collection Mapping Project. Chris Bailey Acting Director Library Services University of Glasgow. About CURL. http://www.curl.ac.uk/ - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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March 2002
CURL/RSLP Collection Mapping Project
Chris BaileyActing Director Library
ServicesUniversity of Glasgow
March 2002
About CURL• http://www.curl.ac.uk/• “…to optimise the combined
information resources and expertise of the CURL libraries, in partnership with relevant organisations, for the benefit of research scholarship…”
• “…the development of a national collection mapping strategy…”
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Concerns…• Different communities, different
approaches
• Inconsistent collection description
• Inconsistencies in retrieval
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OCLC/Lacey• Automated collection analysis
software• Uses standard classification schemes• Maps to Conspectus headings• Analysis to title level• Institutional analysis• Consortial analysis
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RSLP • CURL response to Circular 2000/3
• Proposal to co-fund a pilot project on collection mapping using iCas
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The Project• Purpose• Partners• Process• Methodology• Preliminary Results
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Purpose• Small pilot project• Evaluate the usefulness of the
methodology used • Provide a cross institutional
analysis to compare overlap and uniqueness
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Partners• University of Edinburgh• University of Liverpool• Imperial College• University of Hull• SOAS• Natural History Museum
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Process• Questionnaire to be submitted by
each partner• Test file supplied by each partner• OPAC upload to OCLC/Lacey• Data analysis by OCLC
…….approx 9 months in total………
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Methodology• De-duplication• Records matched to WorldCat in
order to locate an LC classification• Conspectus analysis• Results provided on CD
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Results
• Sent 2,767,669 bibliographic records
• De-duplication – 2,707,696 records• 2,268,225 records analysed – 84%
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Results….• Edinburgh – 78% analysis• Liverpool – 85% analysis• Imperial – 74% analysis• Hull – 99% analysis• SOAS – 92% analysis• NHM – 47% analysis
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Issues…• Standard use of standard
classification seems OK…• Local adaptation of standard
classification causes inconsistencies
• Issues relating to the standards….
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…watch this space!….
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