Literature -- American

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on June 27, 2001.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2001.

Volume Count and Average Age

Counts and average ages of volumes (individual barcoded items) in Literature -- American. This count only includes bound monographic materials.

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1600-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899	127	2	250	121	259	759
1900-1909	168	2	217	137	228	752
1910-1919	193	2	202	129	168	694
1920-1929	326	5	326	184	168	1,009
1930-1939	364	33	449	275	270	1,391
1940-1949	542	28	761	492	337	2,160
1950-1959	893	99	878	736	284	2,890
1960-1969	1,980	497	1,474	1,896	563	6,410
1970-1974	716	297	496	922	249	2,680
1975-1979	584	361	513	819	213	2,490
1980-1984	658	251	498	1,088	226	2,721
1985-1989	581	484	519	1,271	283	3,138
1990-1994	605	581	420	781	396	2,783
1995	99	126	90	165	70	550
1996	84	146	76	150	51	507
1997	85	99	103	114	75	476
1998	106	94	72	101	67	440
1999	63	83	64	106	64	380
2000	52	84	18	100	35	289
2001	5	21	2	9	2	39
2002
Totals	8,231	3,295	7,428	9,597	4,008	32,559
Average Age	1964	1982	1960	1971	1957	1966
Percent of Collection	3.90%	1.85%	5.47%	7.28%	5.98%	4.50%

Title Count and Average Age

Counts and average ages of titles (excludes duplicate copies) in Literature -- American. This count only includes bound monographic materials.

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1600-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899	95	1	150	74	144	440
1900-1909	122	2	166	100	204	535
1910-1919	147	2	157	96	146	477
1920-1929	265	5	294	150	166	728
1930-1939	307	27	379	233	266	926
1940-1949	455	27	683	405	325	1,394
1950-1959	728	88	773	635	278	1,745
1960-1969	1,621	440	1,316	1,722	530	3,760
1970-1974	665	263	478	862	234	1,923
1975-1979	534	327	496	789	202	1,701
1980-1984	598	223	480	1,055	211	1,858
1985-1989	528	424	506	1,238	281	2,158
1990-1994	556	512	417	754	385	2,044
1995	95	111	90	162	70	418
1996	83	125	74	148	51	412
1997	83	78	102	111	74	376
1998	102	78	70	101	66	341
1999	62	70	64	105	64	306
2000	50	64	18	92	35	227
2001	5	16	1	9	1	30
2002
Totals	7,101	2,883	6,714	8,842	3,733	21,800
Average Age	1966	1982	1962	1973	1960	1967
Percent of Collection	3.92%	2.13%	5.63%	7.42%	6.18%	4.26%

Unique Books Count and Average Age

Counts and average ages of unique books (titles held by only one ALC library) in Literature -- American. This count only includes bound monographic materials.

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
1600-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899	72		116	48	114
1900-1909	81	1	112	72	154
1910-1919	94	1	94	57	102
1920-1929	159	2	182	78	96
1930-1939	168	11	199	85	138
1940-1949	212	10	351	126	134
1950-1959	307	29	330	193	67
1960-1969	637	131	465	609	137
1970-1974	378	124	237	483	92
1975-1979	239	132	197	379	72
1980-1984	287	89	145	554	60
1985-1989	252	176	183	639	73
1990-1994	273	272	230	389	132
1995	44	70	51	89	23
1996	45	79	54	76	25
1997	49	43	59	70	35
1998	54	42	50	54	29
1999	35	44	34	58	33
2000	33	41	11	53	23
2001	4	13		5
2002
Totals	3,423	1,310	3,100	4,117	1,539
Average Age	1964	1984	1959	1973	1951

Total Circulation

A count of charges and renewals for Literature -- American. This count only includes circulation of bound monographs.

	Patron System
	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	CJC	HPU	Total
ACU Items	1,663	155	286	98	5	7	2,214
APL Items	156	2,020	124	176	14	0	2,490
HSU Items	91	68	1,204	58	9	9	1,439
McM Items	94	138	95	1,002	7	8	1,344
HPU Items	30	8	24	24	0	313	399
Totals	2,034	2,389	1,733	1,358	35	337	7,886

Circulation by Item Age

A count of charges and renewals for Literature -- American, broken down by item age and item owner. This count only includes circulation of bound monographs, and only items which have a valid date in their DATE_1 field.

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1600-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899	11		6	4	7	28
1900-1909	6		3	8	6	23
1910-1919	6	1	14	10	5	36
1920-1929	35	1	24	11	10	81
1930-1939	35	26	10	10	19	100
1940-1949	67	9	24	28	21	149
1950-1959	162	54	100	64	23	403
1960-1969	451	261	236	254	55	1,257
1970-1974	167	161	81	104	22	535
1975-1979	144	181	100	96	29	550
1980-1984	206	172	152	163	38	731
1985-1989	293	372	243	180	45	1,133
1990-1994	284	447	221	190	67	1,209
1995	69	118	42	30	13	272
1996	47	109	60	33	3	252
1997	59	115	39	22	11	246
1998	84	121	40	25	8	278
1999	49	101	35	32	11	228
2000	32	227	9	77	5	350
2001	3	12		2		17
2002
Totals	2,210	2,488	1,439	1,343	398	7,878
Percent of Circulation	4.63%	0.70%	5.92%	10.63%	5.57%	1.77%

Non-Circulating Use

A count of Non-Circulating usage for Literature -- American (as recorded by the circulation "NC" command). This count only includes bound monographs.

ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
793	15	879	439	33

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