This list is at a high level of abstraction to exemplify current needs of Shared Print programs. Interested in adding or learning more to this list? Contact info@sharedprint.org.
Selection & Acquisitions
- Systematic way to make Retentions viewable and actionable in the selection and acquisitions process. E.g. see retentions in users program and set retentions automatically on new material.
Discovery & Resource Sharing
- Statistics – Borrowed and lent shared print within and between programs
- Retentions discoverable in patron facing discovery and requesting systems
- Retentions Viewable and actionable in staff resource sharing systems
Collection Assessment, Management, and Preservation
Collection Analysis:
- Compare list of records to known retentions within or across programs
- Varied levels of comparison (e.g. group different editions/publishers of same title) along with degrees of certainty of the match (i.e. high confidence it is a match vs suspect match).
- Tools to accurately compare titles that are parts of monographic series
- See Open Data Requirements / Needs for more specific information on needs surrounding retention commitment data
Risk Analysis tool:
- Determine if a title is at risk of being permanently unavailable in a specified program’s collective collection. For example, how many copies are currently retained? Are any retained copies in secure storage? Where are they located geographically? Is there a digitized copy?
- What titles are most at risk currently? For example, titles that are not currently under retention and not widely held in a prescribed set (library’s resource sharing ecosystem, geographic area, etc.)
See also the CCH Lifecycle document, which delves more deeply into integrating shared print into the collections lifecycle.
Have anything to add? Contact us at info@sharedprint.org