Literature -- American

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2010.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2010.

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	200	2	248	122	259	831
1900-1909	298	1	212	137	231	879
1910-1919	251	3	184	133	170	741
1920-1929	385	2	300	191	169	1,047
1930-1939	472	27	426	292	270	1,489
1940-1949	647	16	739	504	344	2,250
1950-1959	1,097	76	846	750	290	3,059
1960-1969	2,369	373	1,467	1,926	570	6,707
1970-1974	870	247	524	930	250	2,822
1975-1979	687	283	534	828	218	2,551
1980-1984	701	234	539	1,125	230	2,830
1985-1989	683	467	578	1,307	289	3,325
1990-1994	807	567	484	827	460	3,145
1995-1999	763	538	525	691	390	2,907
2000-2004	597	625	388	389	221	2,220
2005	69	104	119	77	27	396
2006	73	156	75	64	25	393
2007	81	171	91	30	19	392
2008	78	110	85	8	23	304
2009	56	111	71	1	10	249
2010	17	52	9			78
Totals	11,201	4,165	8,444	10,332	4,465	38,615
Average Age	1967	1990	1966	1972	1961	1970
Percent of Collection	3.69%	1.38%	5.01%	7.35%	5.58%	3.88%

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	173	1	150	75	144	510
1900-1909	201	1	164	100	207	611
1910-1919	196	3	152	98	148	518
1920-1929	328	2	286	155	167	787
1930-1939	413	21	374	246	266	1,016
1940-1949	558	16	685	416	332	1,468
1950-1959	901	69	773	647	282	1,879
1960-1969	1,971	338	1,338	1,746	537	3,961
1970-1974	782	210	509	869	235	2,011
1975-1979	615	258	517	794	207	1,717
1980-1984	629	205	522	1,085	215	1,895
1985-1989	599	400	560	1,271	287	2,227
1990-1994	717	497	472	796	445	2,247
1995-1999	719	442	511	676	388	2,175
2000-2004	546	488	377	377	215	1,697
2005	67	89	112	72	27	308
2006	71	117	68	63	25	294
2007	74	133	87	30	19	275
2008	76	79	81	8	23	231
2009	54	61	69	1	10	172
2010	17	25	8			49
Totals	9,707	3,455	7,815	9,525	4,179	26,048
Average Age	1968	1989	1967	1974	1964	1971
Percent of Collection	3.98%	1.74%	5.23%	7.54%	5.76%	3.83%

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	137		113	45	112
1900-1909	147	1	110	72	158
1910-1919	133	1	95	56	98
1920-1929	220		186	84	99
1930-1939	247	9	204	94	136
1940-1949	276	6	357	132	139
1950-1959	415	23	331	202	71
1960-1969	819	98	483	632	142
1970-1974	443	91	262	500	98
1975-1979	270	96	211	398	77
1980-1984	283	77	162	572	60
1985-1989	264	158	202	684	73
1990-1994	336	258	246	412	156
1995-1999	376	249	288	354	161
2000-2004	323	301	195	185	96
2005	44	57	59	38	9
2006	48	62	33	25	14
2007	40	73	35	6	10
2008	59	41	42	4	8
2009	35	30	41	1	4
2010	15	8	6
Totals	4,930	1,639	3,661	4,496	1,721
Average Age	1966	1991	1965	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	1,656	113	54	23	0	7	1,853
APL Items	217	1,929	59	38	0	0	2,243
HSU Items	117	86	628	6	0	13	850
McM Items	153	154	38	155	0	7	507
HPU Items	25	0	9	1	0	87	122
Totals	2,168	2,282	788	223	0	114	5,575

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	5		12	2	3	22
1900-1909	3		20	3	1	27
1910-1919	2	4	21	2	1	30
1920-1929	5		18	5	2	30
1930-1939	24	3	13	9	3	52
1940-1949	24		40	20	14	98
1950-1959	138	16	53	21	6	234
1960-1969	265	69	97	52	7	490
1970-1974	109	31	41	48	7	236
1975-1979	79	41	37	34		191
1980-1984	109	58	61	80	11	319
1985-1989	161	91	72	66	10	400
1990-1994	236	193	67	55	13	564
1995-1999	217	240	111	59	19	646
2000-2004	241	568	67	30	9	915
2005	35	72	27	5	4	143
2006	33	219	18	8		278
2007	77	165	32	4	2	280
2008	60	188	24	2	8	282
2009	22	253	18	2	2	297
2010	8	32	1			41
Totals	1,853	2,243	850	507	122	5,575
Percent of Circulation	5.82%	0.29%	4.32%	8.60%	3.34%	0.67%

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
400	0	236	260	18

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