Literature, General Collections

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2013. (Revised Oct 17, 2013)
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2013.

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	28		21	2	14	65
1900-1909	110		105	50	46	311
1910-1919	21	2	25	31	19	98
1920-1929	95	2	70	33	25	225
1930-1939	121	5	43	17	24	210
1940-1949	109	9	85	55	51	309
1950-1959	226	25	95	82	40	468
1960-1969	317	42	166	128	57	712
1970-1974	115	22	44	46	25	253
1975-1979	76	22	28	32	15	173
1980-1984	89	22	21	26	11	169
1985-1989	35	27	18	37	11	128
1990-1994	114	59	22	18	23	237
1995-1999	55	45	22	17	11	150
2000-2004	32	47	40	8	11	138
2005-2009	41	30	52	8		131
2010	7	3	13		1	24
2011	2	8	19			29
2012		6	7			13
2013		4				4
Totals	1,599	393	915	590	384	3,885
Average Age	1959	1986	1957	1956	1950	1960
Percent of Collection	0.50%	0.12%	0.51%	0.42%	0.47%	0.37%

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	23		17	2	5	45
1900-1909	22		17	15	8	58
1910-1919	17	1	11	11	10	47
1920-1929	50	2	38	12	22	104
1930-1939	61	5	39	16	23	126
1940-1949	95	8	74	45	50	212
1950-1959	169	22	79	74	38	305
1960-1969	272	33	138	121	50	514
1970-1974	84	22	39	44	23	192
1975-1979	50	21	27	31	15	121
1980-1984	70	17	21	26	11	126
1985-1989	29	25	17	36	11	105
1990-1994	105	51	19	15	20	186
1995-1999	38	36	21	17	10	111
2000-2004	28	39	25	8	11	106
2005-2009	30	24	42	8		100
2010	6	3	10		1	20
2011	2	5	16			22
2012		5	6			11
2013		2				2
Totals	1,157	328	668	481	308	2,537
Average Age	1963	1985	1964	1963	1958	1966
Percent of Collection	0.45%	0.16%	0.42%	0.38%	0.42%	0.36%

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	18		14	2	2
1900-1909	14		8	10	6
1910-1919	10		9	8	7
1920-1929	22	1	25	4	10
1930-1939	35	1	26	8	12
1940-1949	47	1	37	20	22
1950-1959	89	7	35	24	13
1960-1969	172	16	90	47	21
1970-1974	56	15	25	33	13
1975-1979	31	8	14	19	7
1980-1984	47	8	12	15	4
1985-1989	17	19	9	27	5
1990-1994	81	29	9	6	12
1995-1999	28	22	16	13	6
2000-2004	16	29	20	5	7
2005-2009	21	13	32	4
2010	5	3	8
2011	1	2	14
2012		4	5
2013		1
Totals	714	182	414	245	147
Average Age	1965	1989	1965	1965	1957

Total Circulation

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

	Patron System
	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	CJC	HPU	Total
ACU Items	73	8	9	1	0	2	93
APL Items	8	121	1	0	0	0	130
HSU Items	2	11	20	2	0	0	35
McM Items	2	3	1	0	0	0	6
HPU Items	0	0	1	0	0	4	5
Totals	85	143	32	3	0	6	269

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			4			4
1910-1919
1920-1929		1	2			3
1930-1939		2				2
1940-1949	1	1	2			4
1950-1959	2		1			3
1960-1969	3	3				6
1970-1974	2				2	4
1975-1979	3	5	1			9
1980-1984		3				3
1985-1989	6	3				9
1990-1994	13	16	1			30
1995-1999	12	8	1	3	1	25
2000-2004	18	17	4		2	41
2005-2009	30	18	7	3		58
2010	1	2	1			4
2011		26	6			32
2012		14	1			15
2013		3				3
Totals	91	122	31	6	5	255
Percent of Circulation	0.34%	0.02%	0.17%	0.16%	0.26%	0.04%

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
3	0	12	3	2

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