ReCAP Data Part 6: High-Use Titles Zack Lane ReCAP Coordinator December 2010 ReCAP Columbia Univeristy

High-Use Titles at ReCAP A high-use title is any title that has been requested 5 or more times since accession Includes both physical delivery and EDD Desire by staff to study high-use titles Initial purpose of ReCAP was to shelve low- use collections Due to space need, selector decision and patron trends, some titles may be considered higher- or high-use ReCAP Columbia Univeristy

Potential Uses for Data Acquisition of electronic backfiles De-accession Change in selection method Changes to access permissions Other collection management decisions High-use titles can not automatically be returned to onsite shelving ReCAP Columbia Univeristy

High-Use Title List List of high-use titles is available at ReCAP Data Center Includes Format and CLIO Location Allows staff to identify department-owned collections ReCAP Columbia Univeristy

High-Use Title Statistics 192,433 different titles requested from ReCAP (2,063,044 titles at ReCAP) 8,885 titles request 5 or more times since ReCAP opened Those 8,885 titles account for 134,920 requests or 34.1% of all requests To compare: August 2009: 6,234 titles, 95,449 requests and 33.0% of all ReCAP requests ReCAP Columbia Univeristy

Chart 1/2: Breakdown by Format Summarizes the total request volume by format Serials : 54.4% Monographs : 25.3% Archives : 16.6% Other : 3.7% The majority of requests for high-use titles are serials ReCAP Columbia Univeristy

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Chart 3/4: Ultra-High-Use Titles An ultra-high-use title is any title that has been requested 100 or more times since accession 136 titles accounting for 28,516 requests or 7.2% of all requests These titles are rough half archival collections and half serials Print vs non-print ReCAP Columbia Univeristy

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High-Use Titles Comments Address impact on service points Reduce physical traffic of CUL collections Improve access model for patrons Find opportunities for instruction Reduce costs Usage patterns differ for print vs non-print ReCAP Columbia Univeristy

More Data Available More information about data sets can be found on the ReCAP Data Center website Primary data categories include: accession, retrieval, delivery and circulation Tailored data sets and analysis will be provided to staff via the ReCAP Coordinator Please see the main ReCAP website for general information about CUL procedures and systems ReCAP Columbia Univeristy