WorldShare Collection Evaluation
Collection Evaluation allows you to access information about your current collections and evaluate it against other individual libraries and library groups. This helps your staff make well-informed collection management decisions based on comparisons to authoritative lists and the tens of thousands of libraries that have contributed data to WorldCat.
- Get started
- Get started with WorldShare Collection Evaluation.
- My Library
- My Library allows you to view an analysis of your holdings in WorldCat based on the OCLC Subject Conspectus.
- My Comparisons
- My Comparisons allows you to view comparisons for your library, go to the Benchmarking and Unique/Shared Titles pages, and export the Comparison Title List.
- Manage Comparisons
- Manage Comparisons allows you to create, search, edit, and export comparisons for your institution. Use comparisons to view your institution's WorldCat holdings against the holdings of other institutions.
- Download export files
- You can download exported files using SFTP or WorldShare My Files.
- OCLC Conspectus
- The OCLC Conspectus is a subject hierarchy consisting of divisions, categories, and subject descriptors. The Conspectus can be used with Dewey Decimal, Library of Congress, and National Library of Medicine classifications.
- Circulation report (non-WMS)
- Non-WMS institutions must create a circulation data file and send it to OCLC in order to use circulation filters.
- WorldShare Collection Evaluation release notes and known issues
- Find WorldShare Collection Evaluation release notes and known issues. Release notes are documents that contain information about new product features and enhancements as installed in scheduled releases.
- WorldShare Collection Evaluation training
- Find training on WorldShare Collection Evaluation.
- Troubleshooting
- Find frequently asked questions (FAQ) and troubleshooting steps (Troubleshooting).
- Does the My Library chart show title- or item-level counts?
- Do Collection Evaluation My Library counts include both print and ebook titles we have holdings on?
- Do items in temporary locations appear in Collection Evaluation?
- Featured WorldShare Collection Evaluation Troubleshooting articles
- How can I get a count of the digital/electronic serials we subscribe to ?
- How do I request a quote for WorldShare Collection Evaluation?
- How often does Collection Evaluation Update?
- In the My Library area of Collection Evaluation, does the Circulated # of times in lifetime limiter include soft checkouts and renewals?
- What does it mean for titles to be in "Unknown Classification"?
- Why am I not seeing My comparisons and Manage Comparisons under the Analytics tab
- Why does my Collection Evaluation total for government documents not match Query collection results
- Will I receive notifications when my Collection Evaluation files are processed and delivered?