WorldCat Collection Analysis Tool Towards Cooperative Collection 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

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 TOTALS 139, , , ,584 92, ,850 NJ NORTH 98, , , ,850 65, ,066 YEAR %18%28%21% 12% WPU 41,093 61,876 50,790 50,734 27, ,784 YEAR %18%27%22% 12%

NJ NORTH Group Unique Titles539,066 Held by 1 of the libraries 374,93770% Held by 2 of the libraries 109,64720% Held by 3 of the libraries 42,6058% Held by 4 of the libraries 11,8772%

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

Titles TITLEAUTHORCALL NUM American place-names: a concise & selective dictionary Stewart, George RippeyE155 American ways: a guide for foreigners in the U.S. Althen, GaryE158 America through women’s eyesBeard, Mary RitterE161 The birth of the NationSchlesinger, Arthur M.E162 The empire of reasonCommager, Henry SteeleE163 Travels with CharleySteinbeck, JohnE169 America & the world revolutionToynbee, Arnold JosephE169.1

Group Unique: NJ North TOTALS HELD BY 4 (NOT AT WPU)PERCENT Held by 4 11,877 3,71231% Art % History 2, % Lang/Lit 2, % Sociology 1, %

WPU Unique with NJ North TOTALSUNIQUE TO WPUPERCENT WPU (WITH NJ North) 231,784 92,07640% Lang/Lit 34,425 11,41533% History 31,099 9,82132% Sociology 19,370 7,58239% Medicine 18,873 10,49756% Education 16,909 6,89841% Art/Architecture 10,639 4,10739% Phys Ed 3,376 1,81154% Computer Science 3,127 2,02965%

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