50 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
SHARED RESOURCES DISCOVERY, DISPLAY, AND DELIVERY
22. Which retained titles appear in your local catalog to users? Check all that apply. N=49
Retained items held in place at my institution appear in my local library catalog 47 96%
Retained items held in storage contributed by my library appear in my local library catalog 31 63%
Retained items held in storage contributed by other libraries appear in my local library catalog 10 20%
Retained items held in place at other institutions appear in my local library catalog 7 14%
Retained items appear in my local library catalog as interlibrary loan 6 12%
Retained items held in other storage facilities in the group appear in my local library catalog 4 8%
None 1 2%
23. Which retained titles appear in your consortium’s catalog to users? Check all that apply. N=40
Retained items held in place at my institution appear in the consortium’s catalog 29 73%
Retained items held in place at other institutions appear in the consortium’s catalog 23 58%
Retained items held in storage contributed by my library appear in the consortium’s catalog 23 58%
Retained items held in storage contributed by other libraries appear in the consortium’s catalog 20 50%
Retained items held in other storage facilities in the group appear in the consortium’s catalog 13 33%
None 11 28%
Retained items appear in the consortium’s catalog as interlibrary loan 7 18%
24. Shared print retention commitments can be recorded in a variety of ways. Some require greater
effort than others and result in a more or less permanent record of commitments. For the
long term, how important are each of these methods for recording shared print retention
commitments? Please make one selection per row. N=50
Methods 1 Not at all
Important
2 3 Important 4 5 Very
Important
N
Disclosing retention commitments in OCLC WorldCat
(using separate shared print OCLC symbols, Local
Holdings Records, 561 and 583 fields)
0 1 9 10 30 50
Disclosing retention commitments in the Center
for Research Libraries’ Print Archives Preservation
Registry (PAPR)
2 2 14 11 21 50
Disclosing retention commitments in another union
catalog
17 17 7 2 7 50
Recording a list of committed titles in a formal
agreement
10 11 16 7 6 50
Recording a list of committed titles on a website 13 14 12 5 5 49
Total Responses 24 29 36 21 35 50
SHARED RESOURCES DISCOVERY, DISPLAY, AND DELIVERY
22. Which retained titles appear in your local catalog to users? Check all that apply. N=49
Retained items held in place at my institution appear in my local library catalog 47 96%
Retained items held in storage contributed by my library appear in my local library catalog 31 63%
Retained items held in storage contributed by other libraries appear in my local library catalog 10 20%
Retained items held in place at other institutions appear in my local library catalog 7 14%
Retained items appear in my local library catalog as interlibrary loan 6 12%
Retained items held in other storage facilities in the group appear in my local library catalog 4 8%
None 1 2%
23. Which retained titles appear in your consortium’s catalog to users? Check all that apply. N=40
Retained items held in place at my institution appear in the consortium’s catalog 29 73%
Retained items held in place at other institutions appear in the consortium’s catalog 23 58%
Retained items held in storage contributed by my library appear in the consortium’s catalog 23 58%
Retained items held in storage contributed by other libraries appear in the consortium’s catalog 20 50%
Retained items held in other storage facilities in the group appear in the consortium’s catalog 13 33%
None 11 28%
Retained items appear in the consortium’s catalog as interlibrary loan 7 18%
24. Shared print retention commitments can be recorded in a variety of ways. Some require greater
effort than others and result in a more or less permanent record of commitments. For the
long term, how important are each of these methods for recording shared print retention
commitments? Please make one selection per row. N=50
Methods 1 Not at all
Important
2 3 Important 4 5 Very
Important
N
Disclosing retention commitments in OCLC WorldCat
(using separate shared print OCLC symbols, Local
Holdings Records, 561 and 583 fields)
0 1 9 10 30 50
Disclosing retention commitments in the Center
for Research Libraries’ Print Archives Preservation
Registry (PAPR)
2 2 14 11 21 50
Disclosing retention commitments in another union
catalog
17 17 7 2 7 50
Recording a list of committed titles in a formal
agreement
10 11 16 7 6 50
Recording a list of committed titles on a website 13 14 12 5 5 49
Total Responses 24 29 36 21 35 50
