Business Library and ReCAP: Update and Statistics Zack Lane ReCAP Coordinator July 2015 ReCAP Columbia University
Business at ReCAP Business Library has both general and special collections at ReCAP Circulating and non-circulating collections Items in poor physical condition do not circulate Lots of information and instructions can be found on the Business/ReCAP website ReCAP Columbia University
Business Customer Codes CU : Columbia Unrestricted deliver to all locations and circulate CR : Columbia Restricted deliver to all locations but do not circulate BS : Business special collections deliver only to Business Circulation and do not circulate ReCAP Columbia University
Business Library CLIO Locations How CUL demarcates collections off,bus : Business (circ) off,bssc : Business Special (noncirc) ReCAP Columbia University
Data Available Four basic categories of data Accessions Requests Delivery Circulation Detailed information can be found at the ReCAP Data Center Website now includes introductory presentations for all basic categories AND analysis ReCAP Columbia University
Accessions/Requests by CLIO Location TOTAL : 239,614 / 29,796 (Request Rate 1.62%) off,bus : 239,605 / 29,796 (1.62%) off,bssc : 9 / 0 (0.00%) ReCAP Columbia University
Accessions View of Business Library accessions by fiscal year Detailed information on project may be found on Business/ReCAP website ReCAP Columbia University
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Request Requests begin immediately after transfer Monthly request volumes in phase with academic calendar Data for lower-use collections is noisy Staff processing requests are included (mainly FY07-FY08) Approximately 20% of the requests for Business collections are placed by staff Most requests are delivered to Butler ReCAP Columbia University
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Delivery Items physically delivered to Business Library circulation desk (no EDD) Majority are Business-owned collections, followed by Butler Requests for Offsite Business collections far outpace deliveries to Business circulation ReCAP Columbia University
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EDD (and Format) Volume of EDDs has risen sharply but fallen off recently More EDDs are for monographs System-wide trend has been downward Note: failed requests may be included in data ReCAP Columbia University
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Request Rate Request rate is a measure of collection usage It is the percentage of ReCAP collections requested during a twelve-month period Provides staff one way to gauge overall use of offsite collections Request rate is one factor used to structure ReCAP facility staffing model Patron access to offsite collections is excellent: dynamic with few failures Measured two ways: Annual Lifespan ReCAP Columbia University
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More Data Available More information and data can be found on the Business/ReCAP website ReCAP Data Center includes more information about system-wide data and special projects Tailored data sets and analysis will be provided to staff via the ReCAP Coordinator Please see the main ReCAP website for general information about CUL procedures and systems ReCAP Columbia University