Literature -- American

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2012. (Revised Aug 30, 2012)
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2012.

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	205	2	245	122	259	833
1900-1909	314	1	207	137	231	890
1910-1919	249	3	179	133	171	735
1920-1929	385	1	297	189	169	1,041
1930-1939	470	25	423	288	270	1,478
1940-1949	650	15	729	502	344	2,240
1950-1959	1,092	72	832	743	290	3,029
1960-1969	2,362	352	1,434	1,913	571	6,634
1970-1974	876	232	503	929	250	2,791
1975-1979	706	264	521	824	218	2,534
1980-1984	704	218	513	1,104	230	2,770
1985-1989	695	445	548	1,287	290	3,267
1990-1994	811	547	471	808	460	3,097
1995-1999	745	500	504	680	391	2,820
2000-2004	580	610	315	390	222	2,117
2005	69	103	86	78	28	364
2006	64	153	62	65	25	369
2007	84	171	79	28	20	382
2008	84	112	81	20	23	320
2009	67	121	84	11	19	302
2010	71	124	64	14	27	300
2011	24	92	25	2	10	153
2012	3	29	1	1		34
Totals	11,310	4,192	8,203	10,268	4,518	38,500
Average Age	1967	1991	1965	1972	1962	1970
Percent of Collection	3.55%	1.34%	4.68%	7.28%	5.52%	3.73%

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	178	1	148	75	144	513
1900-1909	215	1	159	100	207	619
1910-1919	197	3	147	98	149	516
1920-1929	329	1	283	153	167	784
1930-1939	412	20	372	242	266	1,010
1940-1949	558	14	676	414	332	1,458
1950-1959	893	66	763	640	282	1,860
1960-1969	1,947	321	1,309	1,734	538	3,906
1970-1974	786	196	488	868	235	1,986
1975-1979	622	239	504	790	207	1,703
1980-1984	631	188	497	1,064	215	1,858
1985-1989	603	385	532	1,251	288	2,180
1990-1994	707	480	460	777	445	2,198
1995-1999	705	418	490	665	389	2,122
2000-2004	523	480	305	378	216	1,614
2005	66	89	80	73	28	282
2006	63	115	58	64	25	278
2007	77	134	76	28	20	274
2008	82	81	76	20	23	246
2009	64	71	81	11	19	212
2010	69	65	57	13	27	209
2011	21	51	25	2	10	100
2012	3	18	1	1		23
Totals	9,751	3,437	7,587	9,461	4,232	25,951
Average Age	1968	1990	1967	1974	1964	1971
Percent of Collection	3.83%	1.71%	4.87%	7.46%	5.68%	3.72%

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	142		111	45	112
1900-1909	158	1	105	72	158
1910-1919	133	1	92	56	99
1920-1929	221		184	82	99
1930-1939	247	9	203	92	137
1940-1949	274	4	355	131	140
1950-1959	408	22	328	199	71
1960-1969	803	94	471	627	141
1970-1974	447	82	250	500	98
1975-1979	276	89	208	400	78
1980-1984	283	70	149	562	62
1985-1989	265	149	186	671	73
1990-1994	330	247	243	407	153
1995-1999	389	244	278	353	166
2000-2004	327	297	181	185	95
2005	45	58	49	40	9
2006	43	59	29	25	13
2007	43	75	34	6	10
2008	64	43	42	13	8
2009	44	34	46	8	7
2010	55	30	34	12	8
2011	14	24	18	1	4
2012	3	11		1
Totals	5,014	1,643	3,596	4,488	1,741
Average Age	1967	1993	1965	1975	1956

Total Circulation

A count of charges and renewals for Literature -- American. This count only includes circulation of bound monographs, CDs, videos, scores, and DVDs.

	Patron System
	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	CJC	HPU	Total
ACU Items	729	116	42	15	0	25	927
APL Items	92	1,742	91	27	0	0	1,952
HSU Items	38	89	398	5	0	2	532
McM Items	89	117	26	117	0	8	357
HPU Items	8	1	20	3	0	38	70
Totals	956	2,065	577	167	0	73	3,838

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	1		2	2	4	9
1900-1909	4		2	1	1	8
1910-1919	1	2	4	1		8
1920-1929	8		2	2		12
1930-1939	15	5	9	4		33
1940-1949	25	1	15	8	6	55
1950-1959	50	20	19	16	1	106
1960-1969	89	104	49	51	9	302
1970-1974	39	60	25	25	3	152
1975-1979	58	94	42	22	2	218
1980-1984	48	77	45	49	9	228
1985-1989	59	123	49	32	7	270
1990-1994	121	188	44	44	11	408
1995-1999	99	211	68	46	6	430
2000-2004	124	228	54	30	6	442
2005	27	47	7	11		92
2006	17	83	14	5		119
2007	29	117	14	1	2	163
2008	21	54	5		2	82
2009	16	67	40	3		126
2010	55	122	18	4	1	200
2011	21	325	5			351
2012		24				24
Totals	927	1,952	532	357	70	3,838
Percent of Circulation	3.55%	0.30%	2.72%	8.32%	2.92%	0.55%

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
130	0	173	228	6

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