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Data Products: Books In Print (BIP), Resources for College Libraries (RCL), Bowker Book Analysis System (BBAS)

Bowker Book Analysis System™ (BBAS) is a powerful collection-analysis tool and an essential resource for academic librarians to electronically compare their library’s collection against Resources for College Libraries (RCL). This customizable, self-service analysis tool eliminates tedious manual comparison via customized reports for data cleansing and management, and provides instant identification of the gaps and overlaps in your collection—so you can make better informed selection decisions.

E-Learning Videos

This session will highlight the collection assessment tool Bowker Book Analysis System or BBAS, and show how to use the site to evaluate the library's collections.  Duration 8 minutes 4 seconds.