Prospector Annual Director’s Meeting NOTE: To change the image on this slide, select the picture and delete it. Then click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. November 15, 2018 Rose Nelson Assistant Director CO Alliance of Research Libraries
Prospector Director’s Meeting Prospector Highlights Upgrades New Libraries and System Migrations Impact Measures Future Outlook
Map of Prospector
Local System Makeup
Migrations & New Libraries (2017-2018)
Quick Facts 48 92% 15 million 34 million 85% 498,000 Number of Libraries Number of Coloradans with access to Prospector Number of lends per year Unique titles Copies 2 & 4 year institutions with access to Prospector 92% 498,000 15 million 34 million 85%
Webpac Classic Before
WebPac Refresher
Encore
Top 10 Borrowers
Top 10 Lenders
Database size from 2006-2018
Prospector Fulfillments 2008-2018 YTD
Prospector Vs. Non Returnables ILL
Percentage of Lends vs. Record Contribution
Title Report Example
Lends to Mobius
Prospector Customer Survey
How often do you use Prospector?
What’s the nature of your use?
Did you find what you were looking for?
What do you value most about Prospector? Availability of Resources 242 38% Sharing among libraries 128 20% Variety of Material 86 14% Ease of Use 72 11% Other 47 7% Convenience 32 5% Delivery 12 2% Free 11
How can we improve Prospector?
Future Outlook API Development 3rd party vendors Discussions with State Library about integration with SWIFT Better discovery of E-Resources
Questions?