Philosophy

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 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	579	2	90	77	23	771
1940-1949	588	18	97	125	83	911
1950-1959	1,224	26	306	447	159	2,162
1960-1969	2,188	126	657	943	221	4,135
1970-1974	1,024	104	169	412	60	1,769
1975-1979	853	133	147	178	46	1,357
1980-1984	815	77	165	321	50	1,428
1985-1989	729	140	116	398	26	1,409
1990-1994	595	328	172	177	61	1,333
1995	114	87	36	43	7	287
1996	117	117	48	33	10	325
1997	114	88	27	28	16	273
1998	163	106	25	29	12	335
1999	149	112	29	33	13	336
2000	104	103	41	39	8	295
2001	82	109	63	22	4	280
2002	82	167	53	10	4	316
2003	122	149	46	15	15	347
2004	74	143	27	17	2	263
2005	50	125	20	12	4	211
2006	4	65	1			70
Totals	10,831	2,371	2,530	3,487	905	20,124
Average Age	1966	1991	1969	1970	1964	1970
Percent of Collection	4.08%	0.97%	1.66%	2.52%	1.21%	2.30%

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	293	2	75	61	23	385
1940-1949	485	8	89	97	67	648
1950-1959	1,046	18	253	387	140	1,487
1960-1969	1,959	93	572	821	191	3,097
1970-1974	890	69	154	379	56	1,445
1975-1979	787	77	120	168	40	1,117
1980-1984	735	54	144	307	46	1,181
1985-1989	627	90	113	390	26	1,150
1990-1994	507	292	167	175	60	1,092
1995	104	83	35	43	7	263
1996	108	99	46	33	10	270
1997	105	67	27	26	13	221
1998	136	84	25	29	12	265
1999	140	84	29	33	13	281
2000	92	79	40	37	8	245
2001	67	81	56	22	4	215
2002	75	114	52	10	4	246
2003	90	105	46	15	12	249
2004	67	110	27	17	2	212
2005	38	85	20	12	4	154
2006	4	42	1			47
Totals	8,949	1,739	2,225	3,150	802	15,081
Average Age	1968	1993	1971	1971	1965	1972
Percent of Collection	4.21%	1.00%	1.64%	2.54%	1.19%	2.48%

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		38	15	9
1930-1939	205		30	23	7
1940-1949	302	1	49	43	25
1950-1959	620	4	87	164	37
1960-1969	1,069	37	267	478	75
1970-1974	538	32	101	307	32
1975-1979	527	36	70	126	26
1980-1984	480	22	81	224	18
1985-1989	418	44	73	323	7
1990-1994	339	177	131	126	26
1995	80	67	30	40	4
1996	66	69	34	23	4
1997	73	45	20	19	5
1998	90	54	17	22	7
1999	99	55	22	26	9
2000	60	45	33	33	4
2001	44	50	43	17	3
2002	57	70	43	7	2
2003	58	64	33	13	4
2004	44	70	24	13	1
2005	22	56	20	10	1
2006	4	24	1
Totals	5,623	1,022	1,274	2,086	336
Average Age	1968	1995	1975	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	1,044	27	54	18	0	9	1,152
APL Items	190	1,668	63	55	0	0	1,976
HSU Items	48	3	185	13	0	1	250
McM Items	91	2	19	123	0	0	235
HPU Items	3	0	0	1	0	69	73
Totals	1,376	1,700	321	210	0	79	3,686

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	9		1	3	2	15
1900-1909	4		3		2	9
1910-1919	4				2	6
1920-1929	204	1	1			206
1930-1939	18	4	1	6		29
1940-1949	32	5	5	3	1	46
1950-1959	105	4	14	24	7	154
1960-1969	151	33	24	23	23	254
1970-1974	54	19	16	38	6	133
1975-1979	26	20	14	6	4	70
1980-1984	52	26	26	17	4	125
1985-1989	57	45	15	46	5	168
1990-1994	99	130	24	16	7	276
1995	21	59	16	6	2	104
1996	39	70	14	13	3	139
1997	24	69	7	3		103
1998	33	114	3			150
1999	18	119	6	2		145
2000	29	108	4	3		144
2001	37	90	14	7		148
2002	48	160	18	5		231
2003	32	204	9	5	4	254
2004	44	282	14	9	1	350
2005	12	353	1			366
2006		61				61
Totals	1,152	1,976	250	235	73	3,686
Percent of Circulation	3.01%	0.30%	1.09%	2.87%	1.48%	0.50%

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
234	0	84	24	7

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