Political Science and Law

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 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	129		13	36	28	206
1900-1909	70		34	9	29	142
1910-1919	111		117	20	38	286
1920-1929	312	25	103	21	27	488
1930-1939	504		150	55	86	795
1940-1949	490	5	158	84	66	803
1950-1959	805	18	229	215	148	1,415
1960-1969	1,689	66	672	1,060	517	4,004
1970-1974	917	49	374	787	290	2,418
1975-1979	793	52	285	800	236	2,168
1980-1984	744	69	240	423	287	1,763
1985-1989	688	105	271	521	231	1,819
1990-1994	515	175	185	203	230	1,308
1995-1999	569	179	173	191	314	1,427
2000-2004	505	333	187	144	264	1,436
2005-2009	375	539	262	84	290	1,551
2010-2014	153	317	326	13	206	1,015
2015	35	71	58	1	25	194
2016	33	42	58		15	148
2017	19	49	63	1	16	148
2018	24	43	19		13	99
2019	5	11	1	1	3	21
Totals	9,530	2,231	4,025	4,671	3,365	23,837
Average Age	1971	2000	1977	1975	1981	1977
Percent of Collection	2.65%	0.60%	2.19%	3.32%	4.08%	2.08%

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	71		12	12	8	93
1900-1909	44		15	8	12	75
1910-1919	93		74	16	24	190
1920-1929	176	2	82	21	21	279
1930-1939	225		115	45	42	386
1940-1949	414	3	126	71	63	572
1950-1959	678	7	204	192	130	963
1960-1969	1,518	24	585	969	463	2,831
1970-1974	792	30	331	722	273	1,817
1975-1979	706	36	223	745	210	1,671
1980-1984	669	42	214	394	264	1,305
1985-1989	579	58	266	495	225	1,363
1990-1994	452	148	154	195	192	967
1995-1999	517	143	168	186	297	1,171
2000-2004	425	256	166	139	238	1,095
2005-2009	334	404	250	70	270	1,195
2010-2014	143	220	280	12	195	763
2015	33	49	53	1	24	154
2016	30	34	56		14	132
2017	17	32	62	1	16	123
2018	21	31	19		12	78
2019	5	10	1	1	3	20
Totals	7,985	1,577	3,502	4,297	3,002	17,378
Average Age	1973	2002	1979	1975	1983	1979
Percent of Collection	2.84%	0.67%	2.12%	3.40%	3.99%	2.26%

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	51		8	4	4
1900-1909	31		7	6	7
1910-1919	69		50	8	13
1920-1929	135		57	12	13
1930-1939	175		77	28	28
1940-1949	287	1	67	21	28
1950-1959	441	3	95	75	47
1960-1969	879	13	281	523	234
1970-1974	494	11	185	509	151
1975-1979	485	16	124	587	105
1980-1984	446	23	119	225	135
1985-1989	406	31	162	316	114
1990-1994	317	81	100	125	109
1995-1999	380	104	123	130	220
2000-2004	290	164	112	84	157
2005-2009	227	254	185	44	186
2010-2014	102	127	209	10	127
2015	25	27	46	1	19
2016	23	26	51		11
2017	9	21	54		11
2018	15	21	16		10
2019	4	9	1	1	3
Totals	5,321	959	2,168	2,711	1,735
Average Age	1973	2003	1982	1976	1986

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	140	29	11	6	0	5	191
APL Items	17	567	9	7	0	0	600
HSU Items	18	5	113	6	0	0	142
McM Items	9	3	3	64	0	3	82
HPU Items	0	0	1	5	0	71	77
Totals	184	604	137	88	0	79	1,092

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	1					1
1700-1799
1800-1899
1900-1909
1910-1919				1	3	4
1920-1929			1			1
1930-1939				2	1	3
1940-1949	5		1	8	3	17
1950-1959	1		4	13	7	25
1960-1969	23	4	20	24	6	77
1970-1974	26	3	1	5	1	36
1975-1979	19	1	3	11		34
1980-1984	10	1		1	1	13
1985-1989	9	2	12	5	2	30
1990-1994	17	8	4	4	4	37
1995-1999	18	22	2	3	10	55
2000-2004	11	36	5		13	65
2005-2009	13	93	17	4	3	130
2010-2014	14	89	29	1	17	150
2015	1	31	12		5	49
2016	3	21	5			29
2017		44	12			56
2018	11	214	7		1	233
2019	2	3				5
Totals	184	572	135	82	77	1,050
Percent of Circulation	0.97%	0.12%	1.13%	2.46%	2.94%	0.20%

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
27	53	9	2	13

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