The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD

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The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD

• Goals
• 1. Compare journal collection of nearly 300
  titles at Cherry Creeks District Library
  Visual Media Services with EBSCOs Education
  Research Complete and other products to determine
  future resource mix.
• 2. Analyze results efficiently, completely, and
  quickly to accommodate upcoming subscription
  renewal deadline.

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The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD

• Without making a project out of analyzing
  available collection analysis tools, Gold Rush
  Reports was selected because it fit the bill for
  functionality, usability, and affordability.
• How it worked
• Collection list by ISSN, title, and holdings was
  submitted to the Alliance, which created a
  database entry for the collection within Gold
  Rush Reports.

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The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD

• ? Cherry Creek title list in Excel consisting of
  ISSN, title, and holdings that was sent to the
  Alliance. Cherry Creeks resulting database entry
  in Gold Rush.

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The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD

• In the Select Database window, Cherry Creek
  School District Office is selected as Database 1,
  while EBSCOs Education Research Complete is
  selected as Database 2. Full text comparison is
  optional, but central to this project.

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The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD

• Alternative example of comparing databases
  EBSCOs ERC and Gales ERC.

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The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD

• Results the Compare DB List window summarizes
  Cherry Creek vs. EBSCOs ERC. Of full-text
  significance 159 unique, 129 same, and 720
  unique, stacked against each databases totals of
  288 and 849. The Download button gives you the
  summarized results in Excel format.

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The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD

• Alternative example of Compare DB List for
  EBSCOs ERC and Gales ERC.

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The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD
Clicking on the 610 link produces a report of
EBSCOs ERC full-text titles unique to EBSCO,
which can be downloaded into Excel format.
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The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD

• A series of comparison summaries downloaded and
  copied into a single Excel worksheet. Again,
  clicking on the links gives you reports of either
  unique or common titles (as long as youre logged
  in to Gold Rush).

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The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD

• Example of a report of full-text titles common to
  Cherry Creek and EBSCOs ERC in Excel format.

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The Alliances Gold Rush Reports at CCSD

• Project Analysis
• 1. Gold Rush Reports made quick, efficient, and
  complete work of comparing the Cherry Creek
  District Library Visual Media Services journal
  collection to EBSCO and other products.
• 2. Final decisions about resource mix were based
  on considerations in addition to Gold Rush
  Reports, such as user needs and preferences,
  accessibility, existing collection usage,
  reviews, and cost vs. budget.