Literature -- American

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2009.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2009.

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
1400-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899	198	2	253	122	259	834
1900-1909	298	1	218	137	231	885
1910-1919	249	3	202	133	170	757
1920-1929	384	2	326	191	169	1,072
1930-1939	471	27	457	292	270	1,519
1940-1949	647	16	768	504	344	2,279
1950-1959	1,097	76	895	750	290	3,108
1960-1969	2,356	373	1,517	1,926	570	6,744
1970-1974	855	249	529	930	250	2,814
1975-1979	675	285	537	828	218	2,544
1980-1984	686	234	544	1,125	231	2,821
1985-1989	663	472	578	1,307	289	3,310
1990-1994	777	575	483	827	459	3,121
1995-1999	715	552	524	691	389	2,871
2000-2004	534	635	373	388	219	2,149
2005	57	104	107	77	27	372
2006	60	156	68	64	25	373
2007	72	169	69	28	19	357
2008	49	107	45	2	13	216
2009	8	61				69
Totals	10,851	4,099	8,493	10,322	4,442	38,215
Average Age	1966	1989	1964	1972	1961	1969
Percent of Collection	3.68%	1.43%	5.17%	7.35%	5.60%	3.95%

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
1400-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899	171	1	152	75	144	510
1900-1909	201	1	165	100	207	611
1910-1919	194	3	157	98	148	520
1920-1929	327	2	293	155	167	791
1930-1939	412	21	384	246	266	1,021
1940-1949	558	16	690	416	332	1,472
1950-1959	901	70	786	647	282	1,890
1960-1969	1,965	339	1,353	1,746	537	3,974
1970-1974	770	211	511	869	235	2,005
1975-1979	604	260	520	794	207	1,718
1980-1984	615	204	522	1,085	216	1,890
1985-1989	586	405	559	1,271	287	2,226
1990-1994	694	502	471	796	444	2,232
1995-1999	676	453	510	676	387	2,160
2000-2004	488	494	362	376	213	1,636
2005	56	89	100	72	27	292
2006	58	117	62	63	25	281
2007	66	131	65	28	19	264
2008	48	78	41	2	13	169
2009	8	35				41
Totals	9,398	3,432	7,703	9,515	4,156	25,703
Average Age	1967	1988	1966	1973	1964	1970
Percent of Collection	3.96%	1.79%	5.29%	7.54%	5.79%	3.87%

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
1400-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899	135		113	45	112
1900-1909	148		109	72	158
1910-1919	132	1	92	55	98
1920-1929	218		184	82	99
1930-1939	246	9	204	91	135
1940-1949	275	6	352	132	139
1950-1959	415	24	334	202	70
1960-1969	818	99	492	632	143
1970-1974	436	91	265	502	99
1975-1979	268	96	217	400	77
1980-1984	279	77	163	578	60
1985-1989	262	163	204	686	73
1990-1994	319	261	247	413	155
1995-1999	358	255	290	367	160
2000-2004	275	309	191	183	95
2005	35	61	53	38	9
2006	36	68	32	25	15
2007	34	85	35	6	10
2008	33	53	27	1	6
2009	5	17
Totals	4,727	1,675	3,604	4,510	1,713
Average Age	1965	1992	1964	1975	1956

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	1,546	167	66	25	0	10	1,814
APL Items	224	1,695	40	53	0	0	2,012
HSU Items	106	62	833	15	0	13	1,029
McM Items	97	140	29	253	0	10	529
HPU Items	11	0	4	1	0	180	196
Totals	1,984	2,064	972	347	0	213	5,580

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
1400-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899	3		14	1	1	19
1900-1909	2		25			27
1910-1919	3	3	25	4		35
1920-1929	11		39	9	4	63
1930-1939	28	10	44	8	7	97
1940-1949	35	5	60	7	14	121
1950-1959	101	24	96	31	19	271
1960-1969	203	98	173	67	27	568
1970-1974	114	72	35	54	9	284
1975-1979	109	80	41	34	10	274
1980-1984	141	71	61	62	11	346
1985-1989	169	126	99	67	20	481
1990-1994	239	237	71	66	34	647
1995-1999	213	211	102	59	11	596
2000-2004	287	370	85	36	18	796
2005	33	63	23	13	1	133
2006	35	135	14	4	3	191
2007	53	143	17	6	7	226
2008	30	331	5	1		367
2009	5	33				38
Totals	1,814	2,012	1,029	529	196	5,580
Percent of Circulation	5.35%	0.29%	4.76%	10.18%	3.98%	0.73%

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
477	26	307	319	11

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