Writing and Books

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 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			1		3
1920-1929	2		4		3	9
1930-1939	12		9	3	4	28
1940-1949	21		22	8	9	60
1950-1959	27		25	15	4	71
1960-1969	14	2	44	35	16	111
1970-1974	13	4	14	7	5	43
1975-1979	22	5	13	7	14	61
1980-1984	19	8	22	13	6	68
1985-1989	4	10	28	32	10	84
1990-1994	21	23	15	25	10	94
1995	4	4	1	1		10
1996	3		2	1		6
1997	2	2	3	12	4	23
1998	7	6	7	1	3	24
1999	3	9	5	4	4	25
2000	3	1	2	2		8
2001		2		1		3
2002		1				1
Totals	179	77	218	168	95	737
Average Age	1969	1989	1970	1977	1970	1973
Percent of Collection	0.09%	0.04%	0.16%	0.13%	0.14%	0.10%

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			1		3
1920-1929	2		4		3	8
1930-1939	12		9	3	4	26
1940-1949	19		21	7	8	48
1950-1959	23		25	13	4	57
1960-1969	13	2	42	33	16	90
1970-1974	13	4	14	6	5	39
1975-1979	20	5	13	7	14	53
1980-1984	19	7	21	13	6	62
1985-1989	4	8	28	31	10	67
1990-1994	21	21	15	24	10	85
1995	4	4	1	1		9
1996	3		2	1		6
1997	2	2	3	10	4	18
1998	7	4	7	1	3	18
1999	3	8	5	4	4	21
2000	3	1	1	2		6
2001		2		1		3
2002		1				1
Totals	170	69	212	158	93	623
Average Age	1970	1989	1970	1977	1971	1974
Percent of Collection	0.09%	0.05%	0.17%	0.13%	0.15%	0.12%

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			1
1920-1929	1		3		2
1930-1939	12		8	2	1
1940-1949	17		16	4	3
1950-1959	16		17	7
1960-1969	7	1	29	21	9
1970-1974	11	3	12	4	3
1975-1979	14	4	10	4	11
1980-1984	17	6	12	8	6
1985-1989	4	7	18	21	4
1990-1994	19	19	11	16	6
1995	4	3
1996	3		2	1
1997		2	1	5	1
1998	5	3	3		1
1999	3	6	3	2	3
2000	2	1
2001		2		1
2002		1
Totals	137	58	145	97	51
Average Age	1970	1989	1969	1977	1974

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	24	1	6	0	0	0	31
APL Items	13	86	1	1	0	0	101
HSU Items	0	2	21	0	0	0	23
McM Items	4	1	0	9	0	0	14
HPU Items	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	41	92	28	10	0	0	171

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			2			2
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969			1	4		5
1970-1974
1975-1979	1	1	2	2	1	7
1980-1984		11				11
1985-1989		21	4		1	26
1990-1994	7	18	3	2		30
1995	4	3				7
1996			1			1
1997	2	1	2	1		6
1998	2	28	8	1		39
1999	11	12		2		25
2000	4	1		2		7
2001
2002		5				5
Totals	31	101	23	14	2	171
Percent of Circulation	0.07%	0.03%	0.10%	0.12%	0.03%	0.04%

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
3	0	4	9	1

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