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- Holdings are used by libraries to communicate what they currently own or license by associating their unique institution symbol with specific records in WorldCat. Libraries set and maintain their holdings information by using tools and services included in OCLC cataloging subscriptions.
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May 1, 2024 · What are WorldCat holdings? Holdings are used by libraries to communicate what they currently own or license by associating their unique institution symbol with specific records in WorldCat. Libraries set and maintain their holdings information by using tools and services included in OCLC cataloging subscriptions.
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- Library Holdings of Print Books vs. Ebooks Across Subjects
- Population of Print and Ebooks in Libraries Over Years
- Distribution of Library Print vs. E-Book Holding Counts
- Proportion Cited of Books in Metrics Across Fields
- Normalised Proportion Cited of Books in Metrics
- Average of Book Metrics Over Years
- Highly Acquired Book Titles in Libraries: Print vs. E-Books
In answer to the first research question, Fig. 2 shows the relative sum of print and electronic library holdings compared across broader disciplinary levels in Dataset1. On average counts of books consist of 72% library electronic holding (LEH) and approximately 28% library print holdings (LPH). The highest proportions of LPH were seen in Arts and ...
There were 64,395,780 total holdings recorded for 115,706 book titles. Figure 3 gives a comparison of sum of library holdings across print and electronic over time for six sampled fields (Dataset 2). The patterns of library print and ebook holdings are persistent across fields and over publication date of their first edition. However, the charts fo...
Figure 5 shows distribution of various holding counts in a logarithmic scale for all books in Dataset1. The overall patterns suggest that the highest frequency TLH counts was at 139 (frequency = 463), LPH counts (904) was at 13, and LEH counts peaked twice at 2 (frequency = 1803) and 85 (frequency = 990). Figures 6, 7 and 8 show the changes in the ...
In answer to the second research question, Tables 3 and 4 offer a comparison of proportion mentioned of books across metrics. The average proportion of books with at least one library holding count in OCLC was 99.7% for print books and 99.1% for ebooks which corroborate with proportions (Table 1) reported for library holding in previous studies (Ko...
In answer to the second and third research questions, Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14gives a comparison of the Normalized Proportion Cited (NPC) of books across 14 different indicators each at one period of time based on the original publication date (Dataset 2). There was an almost comprehensive coverage of books through LPH and LEH across all fiel...
In response to the second and third RQs, geometric mean library print holdings and library eholdings are compared (Fig. 15). LEH average counts are the most numerous among all metrics, reflecting the massive collection of ebooks in libraries. Geometric mean LEH have undulated over time with a steadier drop from 2009–2011 onwards in all fields. Howe...
Age and subject theme were the two predominating characteristic distinguishing books with extremely high library print holdings (old books) and electronic holdings (recent books). In Medicine, most highly acquired library print holdings were often in “basic and theoretical aspects” of medicine, specifically for nursing, whereas for eholdings they w...
- Ashraf Maleki
- ashraf.maleki@utu.fi
WorldCat also tracks library holdings, which indicate that a specific library has (or holds) at least one copy of that item. The Library 100 is based on the total number of holdings for a specific novel across all libraries that have registered that information in WorldCat.
Jul 24, 2020 · Currently, library holdings—thanks above all to WorldCat and PlumX—constitute part of the altmetrics toolkit and, as they have shown in various studies, represent one of the indicators that offers the best coverage when compared with others such as reviews in Goodreads or Amazon.
- Daniel Torres-Salinas, Wenceslao Arroyo-Machado
- 2020
Dec 20, 2021 · Libraries are the major source of data for academic books and most scholars seek to obtain the materials they need from their institutional library rather than a bookstore. Library Holding (LH) refers to the number of libraries that have acquired a certain book title in their collection.
- Ashraf Maleki
- ashraf.maleki@utu.fi
Dec 31, 2021 · There are three major findings: (a) library holdings are a more comprehensively available metric for books (over 97%) than any other metric and could be useful after short time after first...
There are three major findings: (a) library holdings are a more comprehensively available metric for books (over 97%) than any other metric and could be useful after short time after first edition publication, followed by Google Books, Goodreads and Scopus, respectively; (b) on average electronic holdings are seven times (median three times ...
