A Collection Analysis of the 5 Google Print for Libraries participants

["Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@uillinois.edu>]

An interesting piece from the September issue of D-Lib Magazine.

The authors analyzed the collections of the "Google 5" libraries using
WorldCat.

>From the article:

Questions addressed include: 

* Coverage: What proportion of the system-wide print book collection
  will GPLP potentially cover? What is the degree of holdings overlap
  across the print book collections of the five participating libraries? 
* Language: What is the distribution of languages associated with the
  print books held by the GPLP libraries? Which languages are predominant?
* Copyright: What proportion of the GPLP libraries' print book holdings
  are out of copyright? 
* Works: How many distinct works are represented in the holdings of the
  GPLP libraries? How does a focus on works impact coverage and holdings
  overlap? 
* Convergence: What are the effects on coverage of using a different set
  of five libraries? What are the effects of adding the holdings of
  additional libraries to those of the GPLP libraries, and how do these
  effects vary by library type

Full text at:

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september05/lavoie/09lavoie.html 

Bernie Sloan
Senior Information Systems Consultant
Consortium of Academic & Research Libraries in Illinois
Champaign, IL  61820-5752
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu