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make holdings more readily visible across institu-
tions. Where there is no central catalog or institutions’
integrated systems are not uniform, sharing holdings
information may be more difficult to execute.
Endnotes
1 These figures are very likely to be under-reported
or under-estimated. Shared print programs were
asked to report either title counts, volume counts,
or both whatever could be reasonably collected.
When only titles were reported, monograph title
counts were converted to volumes (estimated 1
title=1 volume) no attempt was made to estimate
and incorporate volume counts for journal titles,
resulting in a likely significant underestimation
of volumes held. These figures do not include
shared print programs that are in planning or
have planned deposits.
2 Three shared print programs reported data for
this survey some notable monograph programs
did not. Maine Shared Collections Strategy and
Connect NY reported more than 2.2 million
monographic titles and PALNI/ALI reported more
than 5 million monographic volumes subject to
retention commitments.
3 Lavoie, Malpas, and Shipengrover. 2012, p. 26–28.