Fascinating Facts......(2)
We're going up, up and away with contributions to the Platform. In case there is any perception that we're not accelerating our efforts....here's a few facts.
From January 2004 to January 2006, we processed 83,057,021 records. Since 1st January 2006, we have processed 35, 353,986 records. This means that we have processed approximately 47% of the sum total of records processed in 2 years, in a period of 5 months.
In ONE MONTH ALONE, (May 2006), we have processed 17,888,043 records compared with 19,579, 894 in the whole of 2004 and 28,123,141 records processed in the whole of 2005.
Since the beginning of 2006, 117 individual institutions have contributed their holdings to the Platform, compared to 138 institutions in the whole of 2005.
Our holdings this year have increased by 3 million records and counting....latest count, 45.3 million holdings.
Our bibliographic records have increased by 1.5 million records and counting.....latest count, 20.7 million records.
A massive testament to libraries who support the premise that a commitment to contribute holdings brings access to a hugely valuable FREE resource. A real architecture of participation.