Writing and Books

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 Writing and Books. This count only includes bound monographic materials.

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1600-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899			2		3	5
1900-1909
1910-1919	2					2
1920-1929	2		4		3	9
1930-1939	12		9	3	4	28
1940-1949	21		22	8	9	60
1950-1959	27	1	25	15	4	72
1960-1969	14	10	44	35	15	118
1970-1974	13	6	14	7	5	45
1975-1979	22	14	13	6	14	69
1980-1984	19	12	22	13	6	72
1985-1989	4	18	29	32	10	93
1990-1994	21	31	15	24	10	101
1995	4	4	1	1		10
1996	2		2	1		5
1997	1	2	3	12	4	22
1998	7	6	6	1	3	23
1999	3	7	5	3	4	22
2000	2	1	1	1		5
2001
2002
Totals	176	112	217	162	94	761
Average Age	1969	1985	1970	1977	1970	1973
Percent of Collection	0.08%	0.06%	0.16%	0.12%	0.14%	0.11%

Title Count and Average Age

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

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1600-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899			1		2	3
1900-1909
1910-1919	2					2
1920-1929	2		4		3	8
1930-1939	12		9	3	4	26
1940-1949	19		21	7	8	48
1950-1959	23	1	25	13	4	58
1960-1969	13	9	42	33	15	95
1970-1974	13	6	14	6	5	41
1975-1979	20	13	13	6	14	59
1980-1984	19	9	21	13	6	64
1985-1989	4	14	28	31	10	73
1990-1994	21	29	15	23	10	92
1995	4	4	1	1		9
1996	2		2	1		5
1997	1	2	3	10	4	18
1998	7	4	6	1	3	18
1999	3	6	5	3	4	18
2000	2	1	1	1		5
2001
2002
Totals	167	98	211	152	92	642
Average Age	1970	1985	1970	1977	1971	1974
Percent of Collection	0.09%	0.07%	0.18%	0.13%	0.15%	0.13%

Unique Books Count and Average Age

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

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
1600-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899					1
1900-1909
1910-1919	2
1920-1929	1		3		2
1930-1939	12		8	2	1
1940-1949	17		16	4	3
1950-1959	16	1	17	7
1960-1969	7	5	28	20	8
1970-1974	11	5	12	4	3
1975-1979	13	10	10	3	10
1980-1984	17	7	12	8	6
1985-1989	4	12	18	21	4
1990-1994	19	27	11	15	5
1995	4	3
1996	2		2	1
1997		2	1	6	1
1998	5	3	3		1
1999	3	4	3	1	3
2000	2	1	1	1
2001
2002
Totals	135	80	145	93	48
Average Age	1970	1986	1969	1977	1973

Total Circulation

A count of charges and renewals for Writing and Books. This count only includes circulation of bound monographs.

	Patron System
	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	CJC	HPU	Total
ACU Items	18	2	0	0	0	0	20
APL Items	6	160	0	3	0	0	169
HSU Items	0	0	16	0	0	0	16
McM Items	0	1	0	3	0	0	4
HPU Items	0	0	0	0	0	13	13
Totals	24	163	16	6	0	13	222

Circulation by Item Age

A count of charges and renewals for Writing and Books, 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
1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939	1				1	2
1940-1949	1				2	3
1950-1959	1	3	1	1	1	7
1960-1969		12	1	1	1	15
1970-1974
1975-1979	1	8				9
1980-1984	1	24	2	1		28
1985-1989	2	25	2	1	3	33
1990-1994	7	42	4		4	57
1995		16				16
1996	2	4				6
1997		6	2			8
1998	2	9	4			15
1999	2	20			1	23
2000
2001
2002
Totals	20	169	16	4	13	222
Percent of Circulation	0.04%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.18%	0.05%

Non-Circulating Use

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

ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
7	0	20	4	3

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