Literature, General Collections

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2008.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2008.

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	2	70	41	25	222
1930-1939	115	4	45	22	24	210
1940-1949	105	11	88	56	51	311
1950-1959	247	27	100	98	40	512
1960-1969	330	54	171	137	59	753
1970-1974	105	29	47	49	25	256
1975-1979	73	29	29	35	15	181
1980-1984	101	31	22	26	10	190
1985-1989	36	30	23	38	11	138
1990-1994	108	69	23	20	22	243
1995-1999	54	59	23	17	11	164
2000-2004	24	45	17	8	11	105
2005	5	6	4	3		18
2006	8	12	2	1		23
2007	5	7	1			13
2008		1				1
Totals	1,565	418	815	635	385	3,822
Average Age	1957	1983	1950	1956	1949	1957
Percent of Collection	0.54%	0.17%	0.51%	0.45%	0.49%	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	2	39	17	22	104
1930-1939	57	4	41	21	23	126
1940-1949	95	9	77	47	50	218
1950-1959	190	24	84	88	38	341
1960-1969	287	45	142	130	52	547
1970-1974	76	29	42	47	23	196
1975-1979	49	28	28	34	15	130
1980-1984	70	23	22	26	10	127
1985-1989	30	29	22	37	11	113
1990-1994	103	61	20	17	19	196
1995-1999	38	49	22	17	10	122
2000-2004	22	38	17	8	11	90
2005	3	6	4	3		15
2006	7	11	2	1		20
2007	5	5	1			9
2008		1				1
Totals	1,138	365	607	522	308	2,504
Average Age	1962	1983	1957	1962	1957	1963
Percent of Collection	0.49%	0.21%	0.43%	0.41%	0.44%	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	1	40	22	22
1950-1959	108	7	38	35	12
1960-1969	185	22	90	54	22
1970-1974	49	22	27	35	13
1975-1979	30	13	15	21	7
1980-1984	47	8	11	11	3
1985-1989	16	23	11	27	5
1990-1994	78	39	9	7	11
1995-1999	22	34	16	13	6
2000-2004	12	29	13	5	7
2005	1	5	1	1
2006	5	6		1
2007	2		1
2008		1
Totals	697	212	355	268	145
Average Age	1963	1986	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	91	3	3	1	0	0	98
APL Items	13	204	10	2	0	0	229
HSU Items	2	3	17	3	0	0	25
McM Items	1	1	1	8	0	0	11
HPU Items	3	0	0	0	0	7	10
Totals	110	211	31	14	0	7	373

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			1
1930-1939	2		1			3
1940-1949	5	2	2	1	1	11
1950-1959	12	4		1		17
1960-1969	18	12	6	5	2	43
1970-1974	2	10	1		1	14
1975-1979	10	10				20
1980-1984	3	5		1		9
1985-1989		11	1		2	14
1990-1994	21	39				60
1995-1999	5	43	2	1	1	52
2000-2004	6	49	6		3	64
2005	4	7	3	1		15
2006	8	15		1		24
2007	2	21	2			25
2008		1				1
Totals	98	229	25	11	10	373
Percent of Circulation	0.28%	0.04%	0.12%	0.18%	0.18%	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
42	0	5	8	9

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