Philosophy

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 Philosophy. This count only includes bound monographic materials.

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1600-1699	1					1
1700-1799	5					5
1800-1899	180		24	28	8	240
1900-1909	134		51	47	31	263
1910-1919	161		32	13	26	232
1920-1929	580	46	88	40	16	770
1930-1939	576	3	89	77	23	768
1940-1949	586	19	97	125	83	910
1950-1959	1,215	30	295	447	159	2,146
1960-1969	2,182	140	625	943	221	4,111
1970-1974	1,022	109	154	412	60	1,757
1975-1979	849	148	140	178	46	1,361
1980-1984	806	85	160	321	50	1,422
1985-1989	723	151	111	398	28	1,411
1990-1994	586	357	167	177	61	1,348
1995	113	91	33	43	6	286
1996	114	123	45	33	10	325
1997	113	92	26	28	16	275
1998	160	124	23	29	12	348
1999	144	114	29	32	13	332
2000	96	103	41	39	8	287
2001	74	110	63	21	4	272
2002	68	166	42	9	4	289
2003	105	147	37	11	14	314
2004	51	130	14	6	1	202
Totals	10,644	2,288	2,386	3,457	900	19,675
Average Age	1965	1990	1968	1970	1963	1969
Percent of Collection	4.15%	0.97%	1.60%	2.52%	1.22%	2.31%

Title Count and Average Age

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

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1600-1699	1					1
1700-1799	4					4
1800-1899	124		20	22	7	167
1900-1909	93		24	23	21	141
1910-1919	132		20	12	22	175
1920-1929	240	3	70	31	14	323
1930-1939	291	3	74	61	23	384
1940-1949	485	9	89	97	67	649
1950-1959	1,040	22	242	387	140	1,477
1960-1969	1,953	105	542	821	191	3,080
1970-1974	888	80	139	379	56	1,437
1975-1979	784	89	113	168	40	1,121
1980-1984	728	62	139	307	46	1,176
1985-1989	622	98	108	390	28	1,151
1990-1994	498	315	162	175	60	1,102
1995	103	86	32	43	6	261
1996	105	104	43	33	10	269
1997	104	68	26	26	13	220
1998	133	88	23	29	12	265
1999	135	87	29	32	13	279
2000	85	78	40	37	8	238
2001	60	82	56	21	4	208
2002	63	112	42	9	4	224
2003	73	104	37	11	11	219
2004	45	103	14	6	1	164
Totals	8,789	1,698	2,084	3,120	797	14,735
Average Age	1968	1991	1970	1971	1965	1971
Percent of Collection	4.27%	1.01%	1.58%	2.53%	1.20%	2.49%

Unique Books Count and Average Age

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

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
1600-1699	1
1700-1799	3
1800-1899	96		11	14	5
1900-1909	64		7	12	10
1910-1919	96		9	8	15
1920-1929	168		39	15	9
1930-1939	203	1	30	23	7
1940-1949	301	2	49	43	25
1950-1959	617	6	82	165	37
1960-1969	1,066	39	251	480	77
1970-1974	536	39	87	306	32
1975-1979	525	47	66	126	25
1980-1984	477	27	78	224	18
1985-1989	413	51	70	324	8
1990-1994	334	193	127	128	27
1995	79	69	27	40	3
1996	64	71	32	23	4
1997	73	43	19	19	5
1998	88	58	16	22	7
1999	95	57	23	26	9
2000	57	45	33	34	4
2001	41	51	43	16	3
2002	47	71	36	8	2
2003	43	64	26	9	5
2004	30	74	13	6	1
Totals	5,517	1,008	1,174	2,071	338
Average Age	1967	1993	1974	1974	1965

Total Circulation

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

	Patron System
	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	CJC	HPU	Total
ACU Items	732	40	70	26	3	16	887
APL Items	153	1,510	84	72	88	2	1,909
HSU Items	42	14	177	9	1	0	243
McM Items	27	16	54	326	3	2	428
HPU Items	4	0	0	0	0	69	73
Totals	958	1,580	385	433	95	89	3,540

Circulation by Item Age

A count of charges and renewals for Philosophy, 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	10			4		14
1900-1909	7		1			8
1910-1919	8		1			9
1920-1929	15	1	1			17
1930-1939	36		3	3		42
1940-1949	49	10	3	20	8	90
1950-1959	83	15	13	29	9	149
1960-1969	168	47	59	76	22	372
1970-1974	48	17	18	35	4	122
1975-1979	43	47	15	36	7	148
1980-1984	43	11	13	71	5	143
1985-1989	44	53	14	63	2	176
1990-1994	76	140	15	22	7	260
1995	17	69	3	10		99
1996	28	74	12	11	2	127
1997	23	73	7	8		111
1998	34	113	6	16	2	171
1999	25	127	9	5	1	167
2000	32	123	10	5	3	173
2001	26	93	10	10		139
2002	19	247	11	2		279
2003	26	257	19	2	1	305
2004	27	392				419
Totals	887	1,909	243	428	73	3,540
Percent of Circulation	2.33%	0.28%	1.00%	4.63%	1.18%	0.47%

Non-Circulating Use

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

ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
335	0	55	36	14

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