Global library cooperative OCLC has announced that Murdoch University Library, in Perth, Western Australia, has selected OCLC's Sustainable Collection Services to analyse its print monograph collections.
Murdoch will use the web-based SCS GreenGlass decision-support application to undertake a large-scale review of its print collections, seeking to integrate data on usage and holdings in other libraries into its decisions to retain, relocate or deselect resources. The project includes over 300,000 print monographs, reference books and audio-visual materials. Murdoch expects that the data-driven approach of GreenGlass will not only inform collection strategies, but will make the process efficient and cost-effective.
For GreenGlass, adaptation to Australian libraries represents a key component of a broader internationalisation strategy, as libraries worldwide seek new tools and techniques for managing print collections.
Murdoch University staff worked closely with SCS staff to ensure the GreenGlass application could support the collection management needs of the university, and other libraries in Australia.
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