Reflections on Collective Collections

Brian Lavoie, Lorcan Dempsey, Constance Malpas
2020 College and Research Libraries  
Collective collections are multiple local collections described and/or managed as a single collection. Constructing, understanding, and operationalizing collective collections is an increasingly important aspect of collection management for many libraries. This article presents some general insights about collective collections, drawn from a series of studies conducted by OCLC. These insights identify salient characteristics of many collective collections and serve as a starting point for
more » ... ping collective collection-based strategies for such library priorities as shared print, digitization, and group-scale discovery and fulfillment. . The authors are deeply grateful to several anonymous reviewers, as well as editor Wendi Kaspar, for comments and suggestions that greatly improved the paper. We also thank the many collaborators, including OCLC staff and members of the OCLC library cooperative, who have contributed to our collective collections research. ©2020 OCLC, Attribution-NonCommercial (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) CC BY-NC.
doi:10.5860/crl.81.6.981 fatcat:xptx6kwjwrfw5ocila6qahqpcu