Literature -- American

Volume, Title, and Unique Books data collected on May 31, 2019.
Circulation statistics for the ALC fiscal year ending May 31, 2019.

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	222	3	245	122	259	851
1900-1909	327	1	207	137	229	901
1910-1919	253	2	178	132	171	736
1920-1929	391	5	296	187	168	1,047
1930-1939	480	22	421	288	268	1,481
1940-1949	666	20	725	497	337	2,245
1950-1959	1,113	69	833	742	292	3,049
1960-1969	2,396	319	1,433	1,900	575	6,625
1970-1974	894	211	505	925	263	2,799
1975-1979	725	196	523	823	227	2,496
1980-1984	734	169	520	1,101	236	2,761
1985-1989	728	396	561	1,284	297	3,269
1990-1994	843	463	497	805	459	3,068
1995-1999	784	443	552	678	397	2,855
2000-2004	614	594	372	390	233	2,204
2005-2009	406	593	453	208	109	1,772
2010-2014	155	377	251	24	67	874
2015	48	41	74	1	7	171
2016	48	24	53		14	139
2017	26	19	44		4	93
2018	8	23	20		2	54
2019	1	8	3			12
Totals	11,903	4,070	8,830	10,244	4,619	39,684
Average Age	1968	1993	1968	1972	1963	1971
Percent of Collection	3.31%	1.09%	4.81%	7.29%	5.61%	3.46%

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	189	2	148	75	144	525
1900-1909	225	1	159	100	205	626
1910-1919	201	2	146	97	149	519
1920-1929	334	5	282	151	166	790
1930-1939	419	20	371	242	263	1,016
1940-1949	566	18	672	412	325	1,457
1950-1959	905	65	764	639	284	1,880
1960-1969	1,968	296	1,308	1,723	539	3,957
1970-1974	802	175	490	866	246	2,015
1975-1979	629	174	506	789	214	1,689
1980-1984	650	147	504	1,061	221	1,863
1985-1989	625	337	545	1,248	295	2,180
1990-1994	729	404	486	774	444	2,195
1995-1999	738	377	538	664	391	2,144
2000-2004	550	481	360	378	227	1,673
2005-2009	383	478	428	202	109	1,351
2010-2014	144	237	243	23	66	650
2015	42	30	73	1	7	147
2016	47	20	53		14	129
2017	26	13	44		4	81
2018	8	18	20		2	45
2019	1	8	3			12
Totals	10,219	3,354	8,207	9,445	4,320	27,087
Average Age	1970	1992	1970	1974	1965	1972
Percent of Collection	3.63%	1.43%	4.97%	7.47%	5.74%	3.53%

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	150		111	45	112
1900-1909	166	1	105	72	155
1910-1919	137	1	91	56	100
1920-1929	227	4	183	82	98
1930-1939	252	10	201	95	136
1940-1949	279	7	350	132	136
1950-1959	419	33	334	198	76
1960-1969	836	129	474	641	144
1970-1974	468	87	253	516	103
1975-1979	287	62	216	409	84
1980-1984	303	60	155	568	68
1985-1989	288	120	192	681	85
1990-1994	353	211	263	426	165
1995-1999	415	218	301	365	168
2000-2004	338	291	208	186	101
2005-2009	259	271	229	94	46
2010-2014	99	130	174	17	32
2015	34	21	66		4
2016	41	17	47		6
2017	21	8	37
2018	5	10	20		2
2019	1	8	2
Totals	5,404	1,726	4,065	4,583	1,823
Average Age	1969	1994	1970	1975	1958

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	476	137	109	3	0	1	726
APL Items	18	778	55	7	0	0	858
HSU Items	21	85	330	3	0	1	440
McM Items	23	140	16	84	0	0	263
HPU Items	3	0	4	5	0	48	60
Totals	541	1,140	514	102	0	50	2,347

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	6			3		9
1900-1909	4		5		1	10
1910-1919	1	2		5	2	10
1920-1929	9		2	2		13
1930-1939	8	3	5	2	3	21
1940-1949	20		12	5	3	40
1950-1959	39	4	22	21	5	91
1960-1969	82	19	33	41	1	176
1970-1974	48	25	9	27	5	114
1975-1979	26	14	15	19	6	80
1980-1984	31	20	31	35	6	123
1985-1989	49	30	42	26	2	149
1990-1994	100	62	34	41	9	246
1995-1999	82	77	46	23	4	232
2000-2004	72	127	41	7	7	254
2005-2009	66	140	44	9	3	262
2010-2014	24	136	52		1	213
2015	19	8	7			34
2016	18	24	12		1	55
2017	7	26	7			40
2018	3	88	4			95
2019		12	1			13
Totals	714	817	424	266	59	2,280
Percent of Circulation	3.75%	0.17%	3.55%	7.98%	2.26%	0.44%

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
154	84	35	172	21

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