Slides from Matthew Revitt's (Maine Shared Collections Librarian) presentation at the 2015 Maine Library Directors Institute on Friday June 5th in Augusta, ME.

1. Matthew Revitt,
Special Collections and
Maine Shared Collection Librarian,
University of Maine
An Introduction to Maine Shared
Collections
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs/

2. Background
 Origins of Maine Shared Collections in IMLS
funded project.
 Project partners:
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs

3. MSCS Project Results
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs
 Analyzed 3 million items
 Committed to retain 1.4 million titles for 15 years
 Disclosed commitments in local and union
catalogs
 Implemented E-book-on-demand and print-on-
demand services in MaineCat

4. In the Here and Now
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs
 Identify rare and interesting titles in other Maine
libraries
 Assist libraries with weeding their collections
 Promote collection analysis services

5. The Results So Far….
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs
 21 libraries participated in collection analysis
process, from URSUS, Minerva & Koha.
 Guilt free weeding, for example, 442 items at
Edythe L. Dyer to free up valuable storage space.
 Contributing towards the common good, average
retention commitments amongst public libraries is
40 titles.
 Cleaner data

6. MSCC Collection Analysis
Services
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs
Local
Holdings
OCLC
WorldCat
MSCC
Commitments
MaineCat

7. MSCC Collection Analysis
Services
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs
 Spreadsheet reports provided:
 Overlap with Maine Shared Collections
 Sub-set of overlap with titles that have fewer than
two circs
 Titles with zero Maine holdings in OCLC WorldCat
 Titles with nine or fewer holdings in OCLC WorldCat
 Overlap with MaineCat
 Consulting support to interpret data
 One off cost:
 $350 for under 50,000 print monograph volumes
 $420 for 50,000 to 100,000 print monograph
volumes
 Self-nominating option

8. Joining Maine Shared
Collections
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs
 Sign Memorandum of Understanding which
includes terms and conditions of retention
commitment:
 15-year retention period, with 5-year reviews
 Libraries retain ownership
 Distributed storage
 Items lend according to existing ILL and circulation rules
 Disclose retention commitments in catalogs
 Follow workflows for lost or damaged items
 Required to retain only copy of retained titles
 No membership fees
 Membership has more than doubled over
the last
six months

9. Thank you!
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs
matthew.revitt@maine.edu
www.maineinfonet.org/mscs/
@MESharedColls