How do your holdings compare to peer libraries?

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Paratext announces a groundbreaking suite of comparative library analytics built for bird®.

nest® elevates collection insights by comparing your library’s holdings to consortia members; IPEDS peers; by FTE; by Carnegie Classification, and other benchmarks. You can even compare your holdings directly to over 700 academic libraries.

SEE FURTHER AND REFINE YOUR COLLECTION STRATEGIES

With nest®, library directors, collection strategists and subject selectors have refined context to measure progress; spot emerging trends; identify duplication; and refine library budget decisions.

nest® works at both the university department levels, as well as with each of the 8,700 database profiles now online in bird®.

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Compare with:

  • Consortia members

  • Carnegie Classification

  • Similar FTEs

  • IPEDS peers

  • Any library you choose!

“We have big goals for our institution. nest gives me the comparative data to achieve those for our library.”
— Director, mid-size college library