Political Science and Law

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2011.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2011.

Volume Count and Average Age

Counts and average ages of volumes (individual barcoded items) in Political Science and Law. This count only includes bound monographic materials.

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1400-1699
1700-1799	1					1
1800-1899	18		12	36	28	94
1900-1909	13		34	9	19	75
1910-1919	44		117	20	38	219
1920-1929	88		104	21	27	240
1930-1939	95		156	56	47	354
1940-1949	228	3	159	84	69	543
1950-1959	365	7	234	215	147	968
1960-1969	954	30	679	1,063	487	3,213
1970-1974	472	36	389	789	285	1,972
1975-1979	338	23	306	807	218	1,692
1980-1984	310	18	279	425	273	1,305
1985-1989	249	23	300	523	237	1,334
1990-1994	218	112	213	208	220	971
1995-1999	258	124	185	192	315	1,074
2000-2004	277	206	163	145	248	1,039
2005	42	54	40	45	62	243
2006	37	78	48	20	49	232
2007	35	86	39	9	62	231
2008	38	124	47	4	59	272
2009	28	56	67	1	31	183
2010	15	48	29	1	35	128
2011	4	19	20			43
Totals	4,127	1,047	3,620	4,673	2,956	16,426
Average Age	1973	1999	1972	1974	1979	1976
Percent of Collection	1.33%	0.33%	2.10%	3.32%	3.65%	1.61%

Title Count and Average Age

Counts and average ages of titles (excludes duplicate copies) in Political Science and Law. This count only includes bound monographic materials.

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1400-1699
1700-1799	1					1
1800-1899	17		11	12	8	43
1900-1909	12		15	8	11	45
1910-1919	41		74	16	24	145
1920-1929	84		83	21	21	196
1930-1939	92		117	46	41	269
1940-1949	214	2	127	71	64	398
1950-1959	350	7	207	192	129	702
1960-1969	888	30	591	972	459	2,401
1970-1974	451	29	337	724	270	1,572
1975-1979	321	19	240	748	205	1,356
1980-1984	295	14	232	396	264	997
1985-1989	239	22	289	497	224	1,072
1990-1994	199	104	180	200	203	764
1995-1999	240	116	175	187	297	929
2000-2004	224	160	151	140	238	819
2005	36	40	28	33	50	169
2006	33	53	44	19	46	178
2007	32	52	35	9	60	172
2008	34	77	45	3	57	203
2009	25	36	65	1	31	144
2010	13	29	27	1	35	102
2011	4	11	5			20
Totals	3,845	801	3,078	4,296	2,737	12,697
Average Age	1972	1998	1973	1975	1980	1977
Percent of Collection	1.55%	0.39%	2.01%	3.39%	3.73%	1.83%

Unique Books Count and Average Age

Counts and average ages of unique books (titles held by only one ALC library) in Political Science and Law. This count only includes bound monographic materials.

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
1400-1699
1700-1799	1
1800-1899	15		7	4	4
1900-1909	11		7	6	7
1910-1919	31		50	8	13
1920-1929	68		59	12	13
1930-1939	70		77	28	27
1940-1949	144		67	21	28
1950-1959	215	1	96	74	46
1960-1969	501	14	281	522	231
1970-1974	269	14	188	509	150
1975-1979	202	10	135	586	104
1980-1984	183	6	126	224	132
1985-1989	154	10	174	315	112
1990-1994	130	67	112	121	108
1995-1999	173	85	120	121	216
2000-2004	145	98	104	84	158
2005	25	23	15	23	32
2006	25	33	35	11	29
2007	19	27	24	6	43
2008	23	39	36	2	44
2009	17	20	55	1	19
2010	11	16	22	1	29
2011	4	7	3
Totals	2,436	470	1,793	2,679	1,545
Average Age	1972	1998	1975	1976	1983

Total Circulation

A count of charges and renewals for Political Science and Law. This count only includes circulation of bound monographs, CDs, videos, and DVDs.

	Patron System
	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	CJC	HPU	Total
ACU Items	210	11	22	5	0	2	250
APL Items	25	452	27	8	0	0	512
HSU Items	24	16	231	13	0	2	286
McM Items	16	9	25	35	0	3	88
HPU Items	4	0	3	1	0	63	71
Totals	279	488	308	62	0	70	1,207

Circulation by Item Age

A count of charges and renewals for Political Science and Law, 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	1			1		2
1900-1909	2			1	2	5
1910-1919	3		7			10
1920-1929	2		2		2	6
1930-1939	2		6			8
1940-1949	2	1	2		2	7
1950-1959	7		5	4	6	22
1960-1969	35	1	13	6	4	59
1970-1974	13	4	23	11	2	53
1975-1979	9	6	12	7	9	43
1980-1984	18	5	36	5		64
1985-1989	10	5	33	14	3	65
1990-1994	16	21	15	9	5	66
1995-1999	19	28	13	12	9	81
2000-2004	66	37	12	7	10	132
2005	7	9	19	6	3	44
2006	6	25	10	4	5	50
2007	10	29	10		5	54
2008	7	75	21	1	3	107
2009	11	57	39		1	108
2010	4	173	5			182
2011		36	3			39
Totals	250	512	286	88	71	1,207
Percent of Circulation	0.77%	0.07%	1.43%	1.66%	2.05%	0.15%

Non-Circulating Use

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

ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU
50	0	47	16	25

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