Literature, General Collections

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2007.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2007.

Volume Count and Average Age

Counts and average ages of volumes (individual barcoded items) in Literature, General Collections. This count only includes bound monographic materials.

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1400-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899	26		21	2	14	63
1900-1909	119		104	50	48	321
1910-1919	20	2	25	32	19	98
1920-1929	84	4	70	41	25	224
1930-1939	115	3	45	22	24	209
1940-1949	103	12	89	58	51	313
1950-1959	245	27	100	98	40	510
1960-1969	328	72	170	137	59	768
1970-1974	105	44	47	49	25	271
1975-1979	72	30	29	35	15	181
1980-1984	101	25	22	26	10	184
1985-1989	37	31	22	38	11	139
1990-1994	104	74	23	20	22	244
1995-1999	52	68	23	17	11	171
2000-2004	20	48	16	7	11	102
2005	5	6	4	2		17
2006	7	9	1	1		18
2007		3	1			4
Totals	1,543	458	812	635	385	3,837
Average Age	1957	1982	1949	1956	1949	1957
Percent of Collection	0.55%	0.17%	0.52%	0.46%	0.50%	0.42%

Title Count and Average Age

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

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1400-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899	21		17	2	5	43
1900-1909	22		16	15	9	58
1910-1919	17	1	11	12	10	48
1920-1929	46	4	39	17	22	105
1930-1939	57	3	41	21	23	125
1940-1949	94	10	78	48	50	219
1950-1959	188	24	84	88	38	338
1960-1969	285	61	141	130	52	553
1970-1974	76	43	42	47	23	207
1975-1979	49	29	28	34	15	130
1980-1984	70	22	22	26	10	126
1985-1989	30	30	21	37	11	112
1990-1994	99	64	20	17	19	195
1995-1999	36	54	22	17	10	124
2000-2004	18	39	16	7	11	86
2005	3	6	4	2		15
2006	6	8	1	1		16
2007		2	1			3
Totals	1,117	400	604	521	308	2,503
Average Age	1961	1981	1957	1962	1957	1963
Percent of Collection	0.49%	0.21%	0.43%	0.42%	0.45%	0.39%

Unique Books Count and Average Age

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

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
1400-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899	16		14	2	2
1900-1909	13		7	10	6
1910-1919	11		9	9	7
1920-1929	20	1	26	6	10
1930-1939	34	1	27	9	12
1940-1949	48	2	40	22	22
1950-1959	106	8	37	34	12
1960-1969	182	28	89	53	22
1970-1974	49	32	26	34	13
1975-1979	28	14	15	20	7
1980-1984	46	9	11	11	3
1985-1989	15	23	10	25	4
1990-1994	77	39	9	7	11
1995-1999	20	36	15	13	6
2000-2004	11	29	12	5	7
2005	1	5	3	1
2006	4	4		1
2007		1	1
Totals	681	232	351	262	144
Average Age	1962	1985	1956	1963	1957

Total Circulation

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

	Patron System
	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	CJC	HPU	Total
ACU Items	80	3	1	3	0	1	88
APL Items	18	192	3	5	0	0	218
HSU Items	3	6	23	0	0	1	33
McM Items	0	3	1	5	0	2	11
HPU Items	0	0	0	1	0	2	3
Totals	101	204	28	14	0	6	353

Circulation by Item Age

A count of charges and renewals for Literature, General Collections, 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
1400-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899
1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929	1	3				4
1930-1939		2	2	1		5
1940-1949	4	4	3			11
1950-1959	15	11	5	2		33
1960-1969	9	26	9	3		47
1970-1974	6	8	3	1		18
1975-1979	3	9		1		13
1980-1984	1	1				2
1985-1989	1	11	1			13
1990-1994	19	41			1	61
1995-1999	6	34	4	2		46
2000-2004	9	37	4		2	52
2005	9	4	2			15
2006	5	25		1		31
2007		2				2
Totals	88	218	33	11	3	353
Percent of Circulation	0.24%	0.03%	0.15%	0.15%	0.06%	0.05%

Non-Circulating Use

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

ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
56	0	10	14	0

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