OCLC’s GreenGlass has for years been used by libraries that want extensive collection analysis metrics in one dashboard. GreenGlass offers a lot useful data, such as subject coverage, age of collection, and rarity of titles, based on OCLC holdings data. As a user of GreenGlass at two very different institutions (a large university and a community college) one of the big benefits of GreenGlass is that it requires very little work on the part of the library to get access to a wealth of data. Generally, a library will assist with a holdings refresh with OCLC and GreenGlass does the rest. However, one of the big drawbacks is that GreenGlass has only been able to analyze monograph collections.
That is changing with OCLC’s recent announcement of GreenGlass functionality for serials. GreenGlass for serials aims to fill in gaps in serials collections analysis that aren’t covered in traditional retention agreements among libraries. GreenGlass connects with JSTOR and other journal archives to offer a fuller picture of title availability, both print and electronic.
At a time when many libraries are having to make decisions about the serials collections, to save both space and money, any tool that helps inform retention decisions is welcome. Hopefully, GreenGlass for serials can live up to its promise.
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