Literature -- American

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2004.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2004.

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	204	2	251	122	259	838
1900-1909	291	1	219	137	230	878
1910-1919	245	3	203	133	170	754
1920-1929	359	3	328	191	169	1,050
1930-1939	427	28	454	292	270	1,471
1940-1949	588	18	772	503	342	2,223
1950-1959	983	76	895	750	286	2,990
1960-1969	2,118	390	1,515	1,928	569	6,520
1970-1974	776	257	524	931	251	2,739
1975-1979	604	315	529	828	217	2,493
1980-1984	631	242	538	1,125	231	2,767
1985-1989	591	498	563	1,299	288	3,239
1990-1994	682	605	465	815	457	3,024
1995	121	128	97	169	80	595
1996	114	146	93	157	60	570
1997	111	105	117	119	90	542
1998	124	98	86	107	81	496
1999	88	94	94	117	71	464
2000	107	115	63	119	56	460
2001	63	80	57	51	45	296
2002	79	107	39	19	36	280
2003	37	88	5	19	19	168
2004	6	34	4	2	7	53
Totals	9,349	3,433	7,911	9,933	4,284	34,910
Average Age	1964	1985	1961	1971	1960	1967
Percent of Collection	3.74%	1.50%	5.38%	7.31%	6.01%	4.19%

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	165	1	150	75	144	503
1900-1909	196	1	168	100	206	609
1910-1919	190	3	158	98	148	517
1920-1929	303	3	295	155	167	772
1930-1939	369	21	383	246	266	996
1940-1949	497	17	694	415	330	1,445
1950-1959	803	69	786	648	280	1,830
1960-1969	1,748	346	1,351	1,747	536	3,890
1970-1974	711	224	505	869	236	1,972
1975-1979	542	287	512	794	206	1,699
1980-1984	565	213	515	1,085	216	1,856
1985-1989	521	426	544	1,264	286	2,189
1990-1994	619	524	455	786	444	2,196
1995	114	113	97	165	80	448
1996	109	123	88	153	60	449
1997	103	78	116	115	89	411
1998	116	81	82	107	80	374
1999	84	79	93	115	71	364
2000	100	89	63	111	56	347
2001	61	67	54	51	43	240
2002	78	80	39	19	36	232
2003	29	72	5	19	19	133
2004	6	28	1	2	4	37
Totals	8,029	2,945	7,154	9,139	4,003	23,509
Average Age	1965	1985	1963	1972	1962	1968
Percent of Collection	4.00%	1.79%	5.52%	7.50%	6.22%	4.05%

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	131		114	48	115
1900-1909	143		119	72	166
1910-1919	129	1	98	58	100
1920-1929	198		189	84	98
1930-1939	222	9	215	96	140
1940-1949	249	6	377	138	149
1950-1959	365	22	351	208	79
1960-1969	731	107	511	642	147
1970-1974	411	99	263	497	95
1975-1979	237	112	214	403	82
1980-1984	245	81	164	575	61
1985-1989	221	178	200	672	76
1990-1994	283	286	240	404	154
1995	51	70	57	93	29
1996	55	75	57	84	30
1997	54	44	65	71	38
1998	62	45	53	59	32
1999	45	48	47	58	32
2000	58	53	31	55	23
2001	29	50	25	32	26
2002	41	54	20	14	24
2003	18	54	3	12	13
2004	2	23		2	1
Totals	3,980	1,417	3,413	4,377	1,710
Average Age	1962	1988	1960	1974	1954

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	2,089	94	91	61	22	7	2,364
APL Items	321	2,172	109	264	109	0	2,975
HSU Items	160	108	745	73	16	6	1,108
McM Items	126	157	50	643	26	9	1,011
HPU Items	34	0	23	9	0	208	274
Totals	2,730	2,531	1,018	1,050	173	230	7,732

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	9		8	1	2	20
1900-1909	18		2	8	1	29
1910-1919	3	4	7	4	1	19
1920-1929	9		7	12	5	33
1930-1939	23	4	26	8	5	66
1940-1949	40	4	38	30	11	123
1950-1959	144	38	73	50	18	323
1960-1969	386	175	163	173	30	927
1970-1974	204	112	83	85	20	504
1975-1979	144	154	52	63	4	417
1980-1984	184	141	107	133	27	592
1985-1989	235	341	149	152	28	905
1990-1994	346	540	142	127	56	1,211
1995	58	157	38	25	8	286
1996	77	130	43	25	3	278
1997	72	125	26	31	13	267
1998	65	156	15	23	4	263
1999	81	121	43	15	7	267
2000	99	212	24	12	14	361
2001	58	98	50	20	11	237
2002	84	226	12	6	6	334
2003	22	215		8		245
2004	3	22				25
Totals	2,364	2,975	1,108	1,011	274	7,732
Percent of Circulation	5.57%	0.46%	4.76%	10.68%	4.76%	1.05%

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
665	2	425	361	27

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