Literature -- English

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on June 4, 2002.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2002.

Volume Count and Average Age

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

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1600-1699
1700-1799				4		4
1800-1899	427	8	478	307	324	1,544
1900-1909	305	1	390	319	469	1,484
1910-1919	344	26	204	228	301	1,103
1920-1929	561	12	448	443	296	1,760
1930-1939	616	27	664	471	329	2,107
1940-1949	766	22	583	496	299	2,166
1950-1959	1,725	100	896	1,081	394	4,196
1960-1969	2,576	420	1,728	2,620	670	8,014
1970-1974	651	243	478	909	148	2,429
1975-1979	484	222	476	606	162	1,950
1980-1984	511	170	525	690	174	2,070
1985-1989	462	344	647	858	227	2,538
1990-1994	423	197	435	310	242	1,607
1995	101	35	89	27	31	283
1996	100	62	73	52	25	312
1997	68	25	62	33	37	225
1998	104	30	49	43	56	282
1999	61	31	56	27	21	196
2000	47	42	31	26	24	170
2001	22	18	7	7	1	55
2002	4	2			1	7
Totals	10,358	2,037	8,319	9,557	4,231	34,502
Average Age	1956	1977	1955	1960	1946	1957
Percent of Collection	4.96%	1.17%	6.04%	7.20%	6.17%	4.77%

Title Count and Average Age

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

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1600-1699
1700-1799				2		2
1800-1899	210	6	240	209	206	790
1900-1909	230	1	216	196	356	898
1910-1919	270	10	168	178	270	766
1920-1929	452	12	360	340	258	1,158
1930-1939	481	22	494	352	297	1,276
1940-1949	627	20	500	399	279	1,269
1950-1959	1,404	89	769	864	339	2,377
1960-1969	2,203	325	1,537	2,300	607	4,918
1970-1974	549	224	447	868	146	1,805
1975-1979	453	194	430	576	146	1,386
1980-1984	468	130	510	650	167	1,427
1985-1989	445	273	639	836	210	1,724
1990-1994	406	176	430	302	238	1,266
1995	101	32	89	27	31	236
1996	93	54	72	52	25	249
1997	65	19	62	33	36	178
1998	97	24	49	42	54	209
1999	60	28	56	27	21	168
2000	47	40	31	26	24	150
2001	22	15	7	7	1	49
2002	4	2			1	6
Totals	8,687	1,696	7,106	8,286	3,712	22,307
Average Age	1959	1977	1960	1962	1949	1959
Percent of Collection	4.80%	1.30%	5.86%	6.90%	6.00%	4.36%

Unique Books Count and Average Age

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

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
1600-1699
1700-1799				1
1800-1899	141	2	160	151	149
1900-1909	147		138	137	278
1910-1919	169	3	103	105	197
1920-1929	281	3	239	199	135
1930-1939	273	7	275	167	158
1940-1949	298	8	213	137	95
1950-1959	629	33	289	301	89
1960-1969	990	86	623	1,051	189
1970-1974	325	103	265	576	68
1975-1979	268	89	215	322	63
1980-1984	251	37	235	351	56
1985-1989	235	82	299	445	59
1990-1994	286	87	297	193	86
1995	77	16	69	14	13
1996	66	34	50	31	8
1997	49	11	43	19	16
1998	69	9	33	20	21
1999	44	24	36	15	12
2000	36	30	22	14	19
2001	19	11	5	5	1
2002	4	1
Totals	4,657	676	3,609	4,254	1,712
Average Age	1959	1980	1959	1962	1939

Total Circulation

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

	Patron System
	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	CJC	HPU	Total
ACU Items	2,170	204	225	21	13	6	2,639
APL Items	97	1,113	85	46	12	3	1,356
HSU Items	164	95	1,235	15	6	3	1,518
McM Items	80	85	99	262	0	2	528
HPU Items	5	0	14	4	0	108	131
Totals	2,516	1,497	1,658	348	31	122	6,172

Circulation by Item Age

A count of charges and renewals for Literature -- English, 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	39	2	21	4	6	72
1900-1909	48		8	20	7	83
1910-1919	29	3	7	2	6	47
1920-1929	35	6	20	10	8	79
1930-1939	60	23	42	18	10	153
1940-1949	123	24	75	14	7	243
1950-1959	297	49	160	38	11	555
1960-1969	620	236	274	149	21	1,300
1970-1974	180	124	88	57	9	458
1975-1979	203	114	56	35	2	410
1980-1984	213	118	161	30	7	529
1985-1989	224	242	208	76	10	760
1990-1994	239	139	212	37	14	641
1995	66	27	44	2	2	141
1996	48	64	45	10	1	168
1997	53	12	36	7	1	109
1998	87	27	33	8	4	159
1999	32	29	17	1		79
2000	21	69	11	3	5	109
2001	18	46		5		69
2002	3	1				4
Totals	2,638	1,355	1,518	526	131	6,168
Percent of Circulation	6.04%	0.37%	6.55%	4.45%	2.21%	1.38%

Non-Circulating Use

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

ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
1,033	0	896	285	28

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