Item Selection Rate Averages for Selective Depository Libraries As of January 1998
|
Library Type |
Total # Libraries |
Average Selection % by Library Size |
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|
Small # libs % |
Medium # libs % |
Large # libs % |
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|
Academic, 4-year + |
651 |
111 17 |
324 29 |
216 57 |
|
Academic, 2-year |
70 |
65 14 |
4 21 |
1 26 |
|
Academic, Law |
155 |
24 9 |
125 14 |
6 13 |
|
Federal Agency |
50 |
28 10 |
12 13 |
10 28 |
|
Federal Court |
16 |
15 5 |
1 11 |
0 0 |
|
Public |
273 |
70 15 |
134 20 |
69 43 |
|
Service Academy |
5 |
1 11 |
3 21 |
1 22 |
|
Special |
22 |
13 9 |
6 12 |
3 4 |
|
State Court |
37 |
26 5 |
10 9 |
1 6 |
|
State Library |
31 |
10 20 |
15 30 |
6 35 |
There were 6710 items available for selection at the time of this tabulation.
Size designations are based on the number of volumes in the library's entire depository and non-depository collection, as follows:
Small = 10,000 - 150,000
Medium = 150,000 - 600,000
Large = 600,000 +