Political Science and Law

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 Political Science and Law. This count only includes bound monographic materials.

	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	HPU	ALC
1400-1699	2					2
1700-1799	2					2
1800-1899	120		12	36	28	196
1900-1909	70		34	9	19	132
1910-1919	109		117	20	38	284
1920-1929	307	54	103	21	27	512
1930-1939	506		150	56	47	759
1940-1949	489	6	159	84	69	807
1950-1959	800	23	232	215	147	1,417
1960-1969	1,659	99	677	1,063	491	3,989
1970-1974	908	65	379	789	279	2,421
1975-1979	765	102	298	807	223	2,195
1980-1984	736	49	251	425	280	1,741
1985-1989	676	118	286	523	235	1,840
1990-1994	499	222	201	208	224	1,354
1995-1999	544	275	184	192	316	1,511
2000-2004	477	496	178	145	250	1,546
2005-2009	270	759	180	81	237	1,527
2010	42	76	61	2	61	242
2011	30	54	77		50	211
2012	18	95	32		47	192
2013	3	31	1		2	37
Totals	9,102	2,686	3,683	4,677	3,106	23,257
Average Age	1970	1997	1973	1974	1981	1976
Percent of Collection	2.83%	0.82%	2.06%	3.32%	3.81%	2.21%

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	2					2
1700-1799	2					2
1800-1899	65		11	12	8	86
1900-1909	44		15	8	11	74
1910-1919	91		74	16	24	188
1920-1929	176	2	82	21	21	279
1930-1939	227		115	46	41	387
1940-1949	415	4	127	71	64	574
1950-1959	675	12	207	192	129	961
1960-1969	1,500	45	589	972	462	2,827
1970-1974	788	38	334	724	271	1,823
1975-1979	702	36	235	748	210	1,684
1980-1984	665	34	223	396	268	1,305
1985-1989	571	49	277	497	228	1,356
1990-1994	440	186	168	200	207	1,006
1995-1999	494	248	174	187	298	1,243
2000-2004	398	385	159	140	240	1,176
2005-2009	242	472	170	67	218	1,064
2010	40	46	55	2	61	186
2011	27	36	57		50	155
2012	17	65	27		45	143
2013	3	22	1		1	26
Totals	7,641	1,769	3,169	4,300	2,893	16,775
Average Age	1972	1999	1975	1975	1982	1977
Percent of Collection	2.98%	0.85%	2.00%	3.39%	3.90%	2.37%

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	2
1700-1799	2
1800-1899	48		7	4	4
1900-1909	31		7	6	7
1910-1919	66		50	8	13
1920-1929	136		57	12	13
1930-1939	177		77	28	27
1940-1949	288		67	21	28
1950-1959	437	2	97	74	46
1960-1969	869	16	279	523	233
1970-1974	487	16	186	509	151
1975-1979	481	16	134	587	107
1980-1984	443	16	122	224	135
1985-1989	398	21	169	315	116
1990-1994	303	109	104	122	112
1995-1999	359	189	119	125	217
2000-2004	261	264	108	85	156
2005-2009	162	261	123	41	152
2010	31	23	43	2	42
2011	20	25	43		38
2012	10	44	16		39
2013	3	17	1
Totals	5,051	1,064	1,864	2,687	1,657
Average Age	1972	2001	1976	1976	1984

Total Circulation

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

	Patron System
	ACU	APL	HSU	McM	CJC	HPU	Total
ACU Items	228	12	11	4	0	6	261
APL Items	28	1,205	7	11	0	0	1,251
HSU Items	23	12	94	3	0	9	141
McM Items	5	9	9	32	0	6	61
HPU Items	1	0	9	2	0	77	89
Totals	285	1,238	130	52	0	98	1,803

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			2			2
1900-1909			2			2
1910-1919	2		1			3
1920-1929	1	1				2
1930-1939				2		2
1940-1949	4		1	2		7
1950-1959	14	1	3	6	1	25
1960-1969	43	15	8	3	4	73
1970-1974	12	4	9	8	2	35
1975-1979	9	45		7	8	69
1980-1984	20	9	2	3	4	38
1985-1989	13	17	8	6	3	47
1990-1994	19	36	3	9	3	70
1995-1999	26	102	8	5	14	155
2000-2004	34	161	11	5	12	223
2005-2009	36	385	18	5	20	464
2010	12	62	27		6	107
2011	2	59	13		7	81
2012	5	245	12		3	265
2013		10	1			11
Totals	252	1,152	129	61	87	1,681
Percent of Circulation	0.94%	0.21%	0.70%	1.64%	4.61%	0.28%

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
176	0	16	38	17

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