1. An Introduction to Maine Shared
Collections
Matthew Revitt,
Maine Shared Collections
&
Debbie Lozito,
Director of Edythe L. Dyer Community Library
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2. Background
Origins of Maine Shared Collections in IMLS
funded project.
Project partners:
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3. Project Results
Analyzed 3 million items
Committed to retain 1.4 million titles for 15 years
Policy on Retention Commitment Changes
Disclosed commitments in local and union
catalogs
Implemented E-Book-On-Demand and Print-On-
Demand services
Established the Maine Shared Collections
Cooperative (MSCC)
Fill in retention gaps and assist in weeding
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4. Edythe L. Dyer Pilot Project
Edythe L. Dyer Community Library chosen as
pilot
Demand for collection analysis services
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5. Edythe L. Dyer Pilot Project
OCLC
WorldCat
Local
Holdings
MSCC
Commitments
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MaineCat
6. Edythe L. Dyer Pilot Project
Spreadsheet reports provided:
Overlap with Maine Shared Collections
Sub-set of overlap with titles that have fewer than
two circs
Titles with zero Maine holdings in OCLC WorldCat
Titles with 10 or fewer holdings in OCLC WorldCat
Overlap with MaineCat
Records that need their metadata cleaning e.g.
ISBN, OCLC numbers
All item level records with circulation and OCLC
WorldCat holdings data
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7. Edythe L. Dyer Pilot Project
Using data reports to make retention decisions
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793 items weeded
36 items committed to retain
Transferred items to collection builder libraries
Signed Memorandum of Understanding
Minerva retention note example
8. Benefits of joining Maine Shared
Collections
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Data cleanup
Data-informed collection management decisions
Insurance of retention commitments
Guilt free weeding
Freeing up storage space
Contributing towards common good
9. Joining Maine Shared
Collections
One-off fee for data extract and compiling reports
No membership fees
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Group discount
New members coming on board
Koha pilot project