Building Collections Cooperatively: Analysis of Collection Use in the OhioLINK Library Consortium

摘要

The OhioLINK circulation data is the largest and most diverse set of academic usage data for books ever collected. From a statistical perspective, the results are limited to the Ohio academic libraries. However, because of the number and diversity of the OhioLINK libraries, most of the findings, certainly the general trends, are expected to apply to most academic libraries.rnThe project is still ongoing-while the data collection phase is complete, the analysis phase has just begun. We have already answered some questions and improved our understanding of the books usage patterns in academic libraries but the results are raising new questions.