Cataloging, Collections and Technical Services
This quarter Gil Kenner embarked on an ambitious effort to update the library's online catalog holdings for items in the Skillsoft database subscription. Vendor Skillport had updated its MARC record datasets (which we download from OCLC and install on our local library catalog) to fix a number of problems, notably links that were not leading patrons to eBooks in the Skillsoft Books database and in some cases records to Skillsoft content that VDOT no longer subscribed to. VDOT has changed its subscription both in terms of content categories and actual titles and today the resource contains close to 28,000 items in 7 content categories, including: eBooks, book summaries, audio books and videos.
| OCLC WorldCat Cataloging Statistics - June 30, 2023 | ||
| FY23 Q3 | FY23 Q4 | |
| Transactions | 327 | 308 |
| Holdings Added to WorldCat Records | 28 | 29 |
| Total Titles | 149,635 | *92,875 |
| Catalog Record Count | ||
| March 31 | June 30 | |
| Titles | 161,442 | *148,559 |
| Copies | 171,034 | *158,150 |
| Volumes (Items) | 174,175 | *161,295 |
* Note: Skillsoft MARC record updates were in progress this quarter as we collected data, which means tens of thousands of records may have been temporarily removed in order to update them and reinstall them in the library catalog. This is causing large swings in "holdings" data we are reporting this quarter and next.
| Print Collection Usage for the Quarter | |||
| Type | Items | Location | Print Items |
| VDOT | 91 | NOVA | 38 |
| VTRC | 30 | Central Office | 21 |
| Other In House/ILL | 2 | Fredericksburg | 17 |
| UVA | 1 | Culpeper | 8 |
| Total Print Usage | 124 | Bristol | 4 |
| Hampton Roads | 3 | ||
| Staunton | 0 | ||
| Staunton | 0 | ||
| Lynchburg | 0 | ||
| Salem | 0 | ||
The table to the left adds the total number of print items borrowed by each district/division of VDOT (91) to items borrowed by UVA personnel and others, creating an unusually low hard copy borrowing total of 311.
The table below adds the number of downloads from the library's virtual collection this quarter to the circulation from the library's print holdings for a total of 3,586 items borrowed or accessed this quarter.
| Print Circulation | 124 |
| Subscription Downloads | 3,462 |
| Library Usage for the Quarter | 3,586 |
The table to the left shows the total collection usage for the past five quarters. The FY22 Q4 bar reflects the total seen in the chart above, 3,586, a slight decrease from recent quarters.
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