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CURL ISLP - iCAS Collection Mapping Project

CURL and RSLP have just agreed the co-funding of a collection analysis project. The project will map library collections against LC Conspectus headings using the iCAS software developed by OCLC/Lacey . The project will produce an analysis at division/ category/subject level and an analysis of overlap and uniqueness for the six participants as a whole and will also provide an analysis at division/category/subject/title level for each participant.

Once completed the project will identify potential for further development in the area of collection mapping and could be an important tool for collection development.

There are three CURL and three non-CURL libraries participating in the project:

Edinburgh University Library
Hull University Library
Imperial College (including the Science Museum)
Liverpool University Library
Natural History Museum Library
School of Oriental and African Studies

These libraries reflect a mix of those with specialist collections and those with broader collections as well as a range of different classification schemes, some standard and others in-house or hybrid systems.

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