Examining the Collection

After analyzing our data and comparing it to sources such as WorldCat, Resources for College Libraries, and Choice Reviews, SCS was able to give us some detailed information about our circulating collection.

While the criteria below are not the exact criteria used to create our candidate lists, the chart provides an overview of some key data about our titles - circulation history, other Alabama and US holdings of items, availability in electronic book format, etc.

University of North Alabama Summary -Circulating Collection
	Title Count	Item Count	Percent of Filtered Item Records
All Bib Records	270,286	286,073	N/A
All Bib Records - Filtered	196,137	207,218	100%
Record Counts - Circulation
Circulation - No Historical Charges (at the title level)	63,445	66,319	32%
No circulations in past 5 years (4/1/07 onwards)	161,663	170,142	82%
No circulations in past 10 years (4/1/02 onwards)	133,314	140,181	68%
Holdings Counts - WorldCat
> 100 holdings in USA	174,662	183,896	89%
> 5 holdings in Alabama	119,297	126,431	61%
< 5 holdings in USA	703	785	0%
0 other holdings in Alabama	13,376	14,507	7%
Other Factors
Publication Year before 2000	167,328	177,729	86%
Publication Year before 1990	136,430	146,242	71%
Hathi Trust Public Domain Match	7,007	8,479	4%
CHOICE Reviewed	34,641	35,117	17%
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles	6,304	7,014	3%
In RCL	10,703	11,176	5%
Other Form Ebook	4,703	4,833	2%
Titles with at least one additional copy	1,540	3,602	2%