A Distributed National Stored Collection: Testing the Possibilities

Figures & data

Table 1 Design holdings by publication date: RMIT compared to VAL and ART.

	1800–1899	1900–1949	1950–1959	1960–1969	1970–1979	1980–1989	1990–1999	2000–2010	2011–2012	Total
RMIT %	21 4.0	111 4.2	153 10.5	505 14.9	1343 18.5	1507 15.4	2013 19.8	4574 30.4	692 41.9	10,919 30.0
VAL %	324 62.0	1413 53.5	755 52.0	1626 47.9	3413 46.9	5276 53.8	5243 51.5	7739 51.4	700 42.5	26,489 50.9
ART%	178 34.0	1118 42.3	543 37.4	1265 37.2	2516 34.6	3026 30.8	2933 28.8	2751 18.3	260 15.7	14,590 28.1
Total	523	2642	1451	3396	7272	9809	10,189	15,064	1652	51,998

Table 2 Design unique titles and overlap: RMIT compared to VAL.

	Total	Unique	Overlap
RMIT %	10,919	4326 39.6	6593 60.4
VAL %	26,489	19,896 75.1	6593 24.9

Table 3 Design overlap expanded: RMIT compared to VAL.

Held by	Total held by VAL	Unique to VAL	Overlap titles with RMIT	Duplicate copies
1	18,184	15,358	2826	2826
2	4966	3180	1786	3572
3	2024	958	1066	3198
4	897	303	594	2380
5	295	78	217	1085
6	99	17	82	492
7	24	2	22	154
Total	26,489	19,896	6593	13,707

Table 4 Design overlap expanded: RMIT compared to VAL, 1800–1999.

Held by	Total held by VAL	Unique to VAL	Overlap titles with RMIT	Duplicate copies
1	12,390	11,307	1353	1353
2	3314	2381	933	1866
3	1390	749	641	1923
4	617	224	393	1572
5	241	66	175	875
6	79	12	67	402
7	19	2	17	119
Total	18,050	14,471	3579	8110

Table 5 Design unique titles and overlap: RMIT compared to ART.

	Total	Unique	Overlap
RMIT %	10,919	7921 72.5	2998 27.5
ART %	14,590	11,592 79.4	2998 20.6

Table 6 Design overlap expanded: RMIT compared to ART.

Held by	Total held by ART	Unique to ART	Overlap titles with RMIT	Duplicate copies
1	13,152	10,676	2475	2475
2	1377	891	486	972
3	62	25	37	111
Total	14,590	11,592	2998	3558

Table 7 Design unique titles and overlap: RMIT compared to VAL+ART.

	Total	Unique	Overlap
RMIT %	10,919	3796 34.8	7123 65.2
VAL+ART %	34,014	26,891 79.1	7123 20.9

Table 8 Design unique titles and overlap: VAL compared to ART.

	Total	Unique	Overlap
VAL %	26,489	19,424 73.3	7065 26.7
ART %	14,590	7525 51.6	7065 48.4

Table 9 Design holdings by publication date: RMIT compared to University of Melbourne (UM) and Monash University (MON).

	1800–1899	1900–1949	1950–1959	1960–1969	1970–1979	1980–1989	1990–1999	2000–2010	2011–2012	Total
RMIT %	21 6.8	111 8.5	153 20.4	505 27.7	1343 31.5	1507 23.5	2013 30.3	4574 41.1	692 56.9	10,919 32.3
UM %	170 54.8	689 52.7	397 52.9	881 48.6	1741 40.9	2765 43.1	2397 36.1	2306 20.7	198 16.3	11,544 34.1
MON %	119 38.4	507 38.8	200 26.7	436 23.9	1173 27.6	2136 33.3	2227 33.6	4247 38.2	325 26.7	11,370 33.6
Total	310	1307	750	1822	4257	6408	6637	11127	1215	33,833

Table 10 Design unique titles and overlap: RMIT compared to University of Melbourne (UM).

	Total	Unique	Overlap
RMIT %	10,919	8017 73.4	2902 26.6
UM %	11,544	8642 74.9	2902 25.1

Table 11 Design unique titles and overlap: RMIT compared to Monash University (MON).

	Total	Unique	Overlap
RMIT %	10,919	6935 63.5	3984 36.5
MON %	11,370	7386 65.0	3984 35.0

Table 12 Australian library holdings of items held by RMIT but not VAL (sample: n = 50).

	Academic	Public	National/State	Other
No of titles held	32	27	30	17
No of copies held (c)	96	191	61	18
Copies per title (c/50)	1.92	3.82	1.22	0.36