1. Collection Sharing Trends (in 3 Broad Strokes)
Print Archive Network, June 26, 2015
Collection Sharing Trends (in 3 Broad Strokes)
Dennis Massie
Program Officer, OCLC Research

2. OCLC/Borrow Direct ILL Study
What numbers of borrows and loans has each institution executed in each of the various resource sharing venues in the past 5 years?
What factors determine the requesting method or model used for each request?
How is all this changing over time?
How will it most likely change in the future?

3. #1:Total sharing activity is going up.

4. #2: Circ-to-Circ is where the growth is.

5. #3. Growth is due to new players.

6. Next steps/further study
Interview each Borrow Direct ILL unit
Validate numbers
Chart interactions via OCLC as new members joined Borrow Direct
Look at fill rates
Isolate returnables and non-returnables
Overlay other variables on sharing data
Repeat study with the CIC
Report out

7. Thanks! Comments? Questions?
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Thanks! Comments? Questions?
Dennis Massie
Program Officer, OCLC Research