Subject Librarians Vs Collection Data: How to Use Data to Visualize a Small Monograph Collection

To understand an Anthropology print collection, a librarian at an urban university created data visualizations. The librarian analyzed the Library of Congress Classification call numbers GN, publication decade, checkout rage, gender of author and title keywords for analysis. The analysis found an ov...

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Published inTechnical services quarterly Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 33 - 53
Main Author Looby, Kimberly
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Routledge 02.01.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
analyzing print collection
Anthropology
anthropology collection
Checkout
Collection development
data analysis
data visualization
Librarians
Library collections
monograph evaluation
Print collection visualization
Spreadsheets
Visualization
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Summary:To understand an Anthropology print collection, a librarian at an urban university created data visualizations. The librarian analyzed the Library of Congress Classification call numbers GN, publication decade, checkout rage, gender of author and title keywords for analysis. The analysis found an overemphasis of books in certain geographical areas, authors skewed male, and during the years 2013-2019 only 200 books were checked out and 75% of the collection was not checked out. The goals of the study are to visualize a print collection quickly, increase librarian confidence in using spreadsheets, and advocate for strong collection development.
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ISSN:0731-7131
1555-3337
DOI:10.1080/07317131.2020.1854576