Administrative Notes

Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

Vol. 19, no. 05    GP 3.16/3-2:19/05     March 15, 1998


 

Item Selection Rate Averages for Selective Depository Libraries

As of January 1998

 

Library Type

Total #

Libraries

Average Selection % by Library Size

Small

# libs     %

Medium

# libs     %

Large

# libs     %

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 +