Literature -- American

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2005.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2005.

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	212	2	252	122	259	847
1900-1909	295	1	221	137	230	884
1910-1919	247	3	203	133	170	756
1920-1929	376	3	328	191	169	1,067
1930-1939	453	28	453	292	270	1,496
1940-1949	628	18	772	503	342	2,263
1950-1959	1,059	76	896	750	286	3,067
1960-1969	2,272	385	1,518	1,928	569	6,672
1970-1974	825	255	525	931	251	2,787
1975-1979	638	305	531	828	217	2,519
1980-1984	665	242	540	1,126	231	2,804
1985-1989	616	495	565	1,304	288	3,268
1990-1994	714	603	472	819	458	3,066
1995	127	127	98	173	80	605
1996	124	146	94	158	60	582
1997	121	96	118	119	90	544
1998	134	98	88	109	82	511
1999	101	95	95	123	71	485
2000	115	115	67	120	56	473
2001	76	81	64	72	44	337
2002	86	111	60	47	38	342
2003	61	99	55	40	38	293
2004	23	110	15	30	25	203
Totals	9,968	3,494	8,030	10,055	4,324	35,871
Average Age	1964	1986	1962	1971	1960	1967
Percent of Collection	3.88%	1.49%	5.39%	7.32%	5.86%	4.21%

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	171	1	151	75	144	510
1900-1909	200	1	167	100	206	612
1910-1919	192	3	158	98	148	519
1920-1929	319	3	295	155	167	785
1930-1939	394	21	382	246	266	1,010
1940-1949	536	17	694	415	330	1,463
1950-1959	872	69	787	648	280	1,870
1960-1969	1,893	343	1,354	1,747	536	3,949
1970-1974	748	223	506	869	236	1,996
1975-1979	575	280	514	794	206	1,710
1980-1984	597	213	517	1,086	216	1,882
1985-1989	546	425	546	1,268	286	2,205
1990-1994	649	523	461	789	444	2,224
1995	120	112	98	169	80	454
1996	119	123	89	153	60	457
1997	113	77	117	115	89	419
1998	126	81	84	109	81	386
1999	96	80	94	121	71	379
2000	108	89	67	112	56	356
2001	71	69	61	72	43	271
2002	85	82	59	47	38	277
2003	50	83	53	40	38	232
2004	22	88	12	30	21	154
Totals	8,602	3,006	7,266	9,258	4,042	24,120
Average Age	1965	1985	1964	1973	1963	1968
Percent of Collection	4.18%	1.79%	5.51%	7.51%	6.09%	4.07%

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	135		115	48	115
1900-1909	147		118	72	166
1910-1919	131	1	98	58	100
1920-1929	209		189	84	99
1930-1939	236	9	215	96	141
1940-1949	266	6	378	137	149
1950-1959	400	22	353	208	79
1960-1969	779	105	514	640	150
1970-1974	428	99	264	502	98
1975-1979	251	109	217	408	82
1980-1984	267	82	165	579	60
1985-1989	237	177	202	673	76
1990-1994	304	285	245	412	153
1995	56	69	58	95	29
1996	60	76	57	86	30
1997	60	44	67	71	38
1998	70	45	55	59	32
1999	52	48	47	60	32
2000	66	51	31	55	23
2001	36	49	30	40	25
2002	45	51	32	24	23
2003	27	61	31	21	23
2004	13	60	5	20	9
Totals	4,275	1,449	3,486	4,448	1,732
Average Age	1962	1988	1961	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	1,490	103	172	20	11	27	1,823
APL Items	236	2,115	138	135	81	0	2,705
HSU Items	83	86	1,079	21	11	16	1,296
McM Items	117	157	106	569	5	62	1,016
HPU Items	22	0	24	22	0	294	362
Totals	1,948	2,461	1,519	767	108	399	7,202

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		5	8	1	23
1900-1909	6		10	11	1	28
1910-1919	4	2	10	4		20
1920-1929	14	1	16	13	8	52
1930-1939	21	1	13	15	15	65
1940-1949	30	2	41	20	10	103
1950-1959	108	26	94	51	26	305
1960-1969	266	140	212	161	35	814
1970-1974	106	112	68	105	19	410
1975-1979	119	116	75	56	30	396
1980-1984	137	123	105	150	40	555
1985-1989	154	314	178	114	42	802
1990-1994	304	410	178	128	73	1,093
1995	56	113	32	43	9	253
1996	66	101	45	21	2	235
1997	62	101	30	15	19	227
1998	65	89	42	24	8	228
1999	68	100	34	16	2	220
2000	56	172	21	28	6	283
2001	68	76	25	10	6	185
2002	66	183	25	9	5	288
2003	25	120	33	10	4	192
2004	13	403	4	4	1	425
Totals	1,823	2,705	1,296	1,016	362	7,202
Percent of Circulation	4.79%	0.40%	5.32%	11.00%	5.85%	0.95%

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
711	0	656	348	42

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