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Report Documents Changes in Global Collection Patterns in ARL Libraries, New Interactive Mapping Tools Also Available

Report Documents Changes in Global Collection Patterns in ARL Libraries

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A report analyzing Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member library cataloging data in the OCLC WorldCat database presents evidence of changing patterns of collecting books with foreign imprints.

This analysis of book records and holdings in WorldCat finds that the overlap of global book collections among ARL libraries is not as extensive as expected. The analysis found that, on average:

For all countries combined, fewer than five ARL libraries own copies of any foreign-imprint book represented in WorldCat.

When the same data are examined by world regions, excluding North America, the overlap in holdings ranges from three to six ARL libraries. On average, three ARL libraries hold any given East Asian book and six hold any given book published in Latin America.

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The report also introduces the OCLC WorldMap, an interactive prototype system that provides visual tools for managing and representing geographically based library collections and library data. The WorldMap can be viewed on the OCLC Web site at http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/worldmap/prototype.htm.

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