to standardize how we report common statistics (to the extent possible); and
Build
build centralized statistics reports, generated at the Network Zone
How should the UC Libraries handle counts for items
previously represented by “Manuscript Units” in UCOP statistics and
with "Physical Items"."Bibliographic Details"."Resource Type" value “Manuscript”
in annual statistics? Used for
In both campus submissions for the UCL/UCOP annuals stats only (which is also used to submit data to our insurer) ? For and other, third-party reporting requirements like ARL, ACRL, etc.?
Decision summary
Exclude Special Collections materials from Alma Analytics based annual statistic reports. Instead, Special Collections on each campus will report their own counts of materials for risk-management and other purposes.
AASAP Team members consulted locally, including their local special collections colleagues
Heads of Special Collections (HOSC)
Informed
Leadership Group
Decision-making process
Team members gathered information from campus experts individually and as a group via HOSC.
Some campuses reviewed data from Alma, e.g., list of titles by location with Resource Type = Manuscript.
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2022-2023 Manuscript ExampleResource Type Irvine.xlsx
At this time, archival or manuscript collections are not effectively represented by counts of Alma item records with bibliographic resource type “Manuscript.” There are two ways that a count of items based on bibliographic resource type with current Alma data fail to provide useful information about Special Collections materials.