Literature -- American

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2003.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2003.

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	135	2	252	122	259	770
1900-1909	193	1	219	137	230	780
1910-1919	180	2	202	133	170	687
1920-1929	318	3	328	191	169	1,009
1930-1939	343	25	453	292	270	1,383
1940-1949	530	18	771	503	342	2,164
1950-1959	950	76	893	750	286	2,955
1960-1969	2,086	390	1,507	1,926	569	6,478
1970-1974	770	257	522	931	251	2,731
1975-1979	585	313	524	828	216	2,466
1980-1984	623	240	534	1,125	231	2,753
1985-1989	574	497	558	1,298	288	3,215
1990-1994	672	599	459	811	457	2,998
1995	123	128	97	169	80	597
1996	113	145	92	157	60	567
1997	108	104	115	118	90	535
1998	125	98	85	107	81	496
1999	87	92	88	117	70	454
2000	104	115	64	119	55	457
2001	60	78	53	47	44	282
2002	63	98	18	9	28	216
2003	19	44		2		65
Totals	8,761	3,325	7,834	9,892	4,246	34,058
Average Age	1966	1985	1961	1971	1959	1967
Percent of Collection	3.89%	1.54%	5.45%	7.31%	6.03%	4.31%

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	103	1	151	75	144	447
1900-1909	124	1	168	100	206	541
1910-1919	141	2	157	98	148	472
1920-1929	258	3	295	155	167	726
1930-1939	298	19	382	246	266	929
1940-1949	457	17	693	415	330	1,409
1950-1959	774	69	784	648	280	1,792
1960-1969	1,721	346	1,343	1,745	536	3,852
1970-1974	711	224	503	869	236	1,969
1975-1979	536	286	507	794	205	1,687
1980-1984	561	212	511	1,085	216	1,851
1985-1989	515	425	539	1,263	286	2,184
1990-1994	622	519	449	783	444	2,197
1995	116	113	97	165	80	452
1996	110	122	87	153	60	448
1997	104	77	114	114	89	411
1998	117	81	81	107	80	375
1999	84	77	87	115	70	356
2000	98	89	64	111	55	346
2001	59	65	50	47	42	230
2002	63	73	18	9	28	184
2003	14	35		2		51
Totals	7,586	2,856	7,080	9,099	3,968	22,909
Average Age	1967	1984	1963	1972	1962	1968
Percent of Collection	4.08%	1.83%	5.59%	7.50%	6.24%	4.12%

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	78		117	50	116
1900-1909	83		121	72	166
1910-1919	89	1	101	59	101
1920-1929	155		190	84	98
1930-1939	167	10	215	97	142
1940-1949	217	6	382	140	149
1950-1959	336	22	352	209	80
1960-1969	709	107	505	645	148
1970-1974	413	101	263	496	95
1975-1979	235	112	212	404	82
1980-1984	247	80	164	580	61
1985-1989	227	181	198	674	77
1990-1994	305	281	237	405	156
1995	57	71	57	94	29
1996	58	75	56	84	30
1997	60	43	64	70	38
1998	65	45	52	60	32
1999	46	47	43	58	32
2000	60	53	31	54	23
2001	32	49	22	28	25
2002	38	53	12	5	22
2003	13	28		2
Totals	3,690	1,365	3,394	4,370	1,702
Average Age	1966	1987	1960	1973	1953

Total Circulation

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

	Patron System
	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	CJC	HPU	Total
ACU Items	1,936	91	68	22	17	2	2,136
APL Items	286	1,974	91	116	82	1	2,550
HSU Items	287	46	837	24	15	20	1,229
McM Items	160	159	100	647	10	4	1,080
HPU Items	24	0	11	5	0	112	152
Totals	2,693	2,270	1,107	814	124	139	7,147

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, CDs, videos, and DVDs, 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	18		4	9	5	36
1900-1909	3		7	7	3	20
1910-1919	7	2		8	3	20
1920-1929	15		6	10	1	32
1930-1939	31	6	16	23		76
1940-1949	46	2	23	36	7	114
1950-1959	130	36	87	48	3	304
1960-1969	322	168	174	166	21	851
1970-1974	177	144	91	87	14	513
1975-1979	129	119	77	78	7	410
1980-1984	161	140	124	152	4	581
1985-1989	239	327	176	179	15	936
1990-1994	371	475	173	129	34	1,182
1995	67	126	34	26	6	259
1996	54	103	42	21	4	224
1997	74	121	42	14	8	259
1998	85	155	32	20	5	297
1999	69	98	38	17	3	225
2000	70	176	42	29	6	323
2001	56	132	37	20	3	248
2002	12	217	4	1		234
2003		3				3
Totals	2,136	2,550	1,229	1,080	152	7,147
Percent of Circulation	5.47%	0.47%	5.13%	11.31%	3.50%	1.15%

Non-Circulating Use

A count of Non-Circulating usage for Literature -- American (as recorded by the circulation "Mark Item Used" command). This count only includes bound monographs, CDs, videos, and DVDs.

ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
586	1	1,274	301	17

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