Literature -- American

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2006.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2006.

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	213	2	252	122	259	848
1900-1909	296	1	221	137	230	885
1910-1919	247	3	203	133	170	756
1920-1929	378	3	330	191	169	1,071
1930-1939	455	29	455	292	270	1,501
1940-1949	632	18	773	504	342	2,269
1950-1959	1,066	80	896	749	286	3,077
1960-1969	2,283	396	1,520	1,928	569	6,696
1970-1974	833	254	525	931	251	2,794
1975-1979	643	292	536	829	217	2,517
1980-1984	668	237	542	1,126	231	2,804
1985-1989	623	489	573	1,304	288	3,277
1990-1994	732	589	478	820	459	3,078
1995	129	123	105	173	81	611
1996	124	147	98	158	60	587
1997	126	92	121	119	90	548
1998	136	96	91	110	83	516
1999	112	94	100	124	71	501
2000	120	116	69	121	56	482
2001	89	79	69	74	44	355
2002	95	112	71	51	38	367
2003	72	101	65	44	39	321
2004	52	124	69	52	41	338
2005	18	90	29	29	14	180
2006	2	31		3		36
Totals	10,144	3,598	8,191	10,124	4,358	36,415
Average Age	1964	1986	1962	1971	1960	1968
Percent of Collection	3.82%	1.47%	5.36%	7.32%	5.81%	4.15%

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	321	3	297	155	167	788
1930-1939	396	23	383	246	266	1,014
1940-1949	539	17	695	416	330	1,468
1950-1959	877	73	787	647	280	1,875
1960-1969	1,901	358	1,356	1,747	536	3,958
1970-1974	753	225	506	869	236	2,002
1975-1979	579	268	519	795	206	1,705
1980-1984	599	210	519	1,086	216	1,883
1985-1989	551	420	554	1,268	286	2,206
1990-1994	663	516	467	790	444	2,229
1995	122	110	105	169	81	456
1996	119	124	90	153	60	459
1997	118	75	120	115	89	423
1998	128	80	87	110	82	391
1999	107	80	99	122	71	391
2000	111	90	68	113	56	358
2001	82	69	66	74	43	285
2002	93	83	70	51	38	299
2003	60	85	63	44	38	254
2004	48	99	65	52	37	256
2005	18	79	29	29	14	153
2006	2	27		3		30
Totals	8,750	3,119	7,421	9,327	4,074	24,524
Average Age	1966	1986	1965	1973	1963	1969
Percent of Collection	4.12%	1.79%	5.48%	7.52%	6.04%	4.03%

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	134		115	48	115
1900-1909	147		118	72	166
1910-1919	131	1	98	58	100
1920-1929	211		190	84	99
1930-1939	239	10	215	96	141
1940-1949	269	6	380	139	149
1950-1959	403	24	353	209	80
1960-1969	786	107	515	643	151
1970-1974	432	102	266	506	99
1975-1979	255	99	218	410	81
1980-1984	270	82	168	580	60
1985-1989	240	173	203	678	76
1990-1994	312	280	251	415	154
1995	60	69	61	96	28
1996	60	77	57	89	30
1997	66	42	67	71	38
1998	72	45	56	63	32
1999	60	48	49	61	32
2000	67	51	30	56	23
2001	44	49	30	40	24
2002	48	52	42	26	21
2003	32	61	41	22	22
2004	25	64	43	32	11
2005	12	59	13	23	9
2006		20		2
Totals	4,375	1,521	3,579	4,519	1,741
Average Age	1963	1989	1962	1974	1955

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	1,162	111	100	25	0	12	1,410
APL Items	248	1,940	91	106	0	2	2,387
HSU Items	62	147	1,016	4	0	6	1,235
McM Items	82	208	49	463	0	10	812
HPU Items	21	0	21	3	0	112	157
Totals	1,575	2,406	1,277	601	0	142	6,001

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	11		9	1	3	24
1900-1909	12		9	9	1	31
1910-1919	7	4	5	2	3	21
1920-1929	15	1	13	9	4	42
1930-1939	16	3	19	18	3	59
1940-1949	30	2	66	27	15	140
1950-1959	91	25	69	54	13	252
1960-1969	230	103	172	110	20	635
1970-1974	111	105	73	46	8	343
1975-1979	65	92	77	54	7	295
1980-1984	100	95	97	96	5	393
1985-1989	120	226	151	131	7	635
1990-1994	189	423	140	114	23	889
1995	52	87	40	18	3	200
1996	41	81	35	14	1	172
1997	41	62	27	5	2	137
1998	33	99	35	10	5	182
1999	52	79	50	10	8	199
2000	40	141	26	26	7	240
2001	47	72	27	8	5	159
2002	40	127	21	13	3	204
2003	21	140	46	10	5	222
2004	39	201	21	13	5	279
2005	6	183	7	14	1	211
2006	1	36				37
Totals	1,410	2,387	1,235	812	157	6,001
Percent of Circulation	3.69%	0.36%	5.36%	9.90%	3.19%	0.82%

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
382	0	684	210	23

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