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In-house Use Statistics

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In-house Use 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Annual 2007 Increase
Return Shelf 252,815 244,129 220,162 215,027 192,628 170,833 163,922 -4.0%
Periodicals Down Arrow 372,838 255,017 227,002 173,040 140,100 92,355 62,026 -32.8%
Ref Areas 117,779 102,531 102,554 117,674 126,999 114,662 103,034 -10.1%
Total In-house Use 743,432 601,677 549,718 505,741 459,727 377,850 328,982 -12.9%
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Call number ranges
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Annual 2007 Increase
1st Floor East
Psychology BF 1,334 3,325 3,473 3,231 2,250 2,198 1,907 -13.2%
Aux. Science of History C-CT 410 1,576 1,376 1,482 1,250 980 1,011 3.2%
General History D-DX 5,861 13,744 13,120 12,557 12,573 10,198 9,748 -4.4%
U.S. History E 2,362 5,942 5,738 7,360 6,646 4,491 5,377 19.7%
Local and Latin American History F 3,988 11,766 11,511 12,176 10,364 8,619 7,677 -10.9%
Anthropology GF-GN 387 930 955 818 884 997 811 -18.7%
Folklore/Sports/ Recreation GR-GV 1,484 3,276 3,266 3,302 2,572 2,116 2,127 0.5%
Curriculum Collection 1,030 1,310 1,779 2,392 1,364 531 273 -48.6%
Quartos 173 439 448 348 326 236 69 -70.8%
1st Floor North
Social Sciences HM-HX 4,311 9,327 9,230 8,279 6,380 6,742 5,525 -18.1%
Political Science J-JZ 1,309 2,982 2,841 2,589 2,717 2,171 2,352 8.3%
Law K-KZ 312 889 633 586 624 525 516 -1.7%
Education L-LT 2,431 5,300 5,300 4,263 3,899 2,916 2,912 -0.1%
Military Science U-VM 324 889 725 754 606 673 681 1.2%
General Works A-AZ Down Arrow 65 285 626 154
General Bibliography Z-ZA 108 360 999 197
Quartos & Folios 10 103 87 54 95 75.9%
SamplerDown Arrow 1,004
1st Floor South
Social Sciences H-HJ 2,916 7,528 7,246 6,449 5,939 4,568 4,107 -10.1%
Quartos & Folios 28 131 91 31 19 10 15 50.0%
2nd Floor
Geography, Hydrology, Oceanography,
and Environmental Science G-GE
310 888 807 689 999 635 570 -10.2%
Science Q-QR 4,891 17,049 14,329 13,599 13,107 10,373 9,499 -8.4%
Medicine and Nursing R-RZ 3,768 10,534 9,519 8,137 8,365 6,022 4,782 -20.6%
Agriculture S-SK 957 3,083 2,293 2,077 2,125 1,728 1,104 -36.1%
Engineering/ Technology T-TP 2,035 7,300 5,567 5,091 5,334 3,592 3,177 -11.6%
Manufacturing/ Home Economics TS-TX 692 2,453 2,072 2,162 1,971 1,768 1,443 -18.4%
Quartos 222 408 271 296 303 212 256 20.8%
2nd Floor East Down Arrow
Religion BL-BX 5,015 9,208 10,124 9.9%
Mormonism BX 8600 5,203 11,405 12,888 13.0%
Quartos/Folio 79 146 156 6.8%
3rd Floor
General Works A-AZ 511 1,195 779
General Bibliography Z-ZA 709 1,626 852
Quartos 53 49 34
4th Floor Down Arrow
Juvenile (Dewey 000-999) 10,856 29,460 24,981 30,187 27,603 25,318 26,224 3.6%
Juvenile Quartos 55 337 519 356 564 931 375 -59.7%
5th Floor South Down Arrow
Literature PN-PZ 10,818 31,676 27,840 25,897 22,316 18,662 17,056 -8.6%
Quartos 86 372 202 189 219 8
General Bibliography Z-ZA Down Arrow 709 965 36.1%
Welsh/Arabic/Icelandic Down Arrow 219 100 -54.3%
5th Floor North
Fine Arts N-NX 8,618 21,632 20,621 19,889 16,338 14,667 11,955 -18.5%
Literature P-PN 4,153 10,479 10,097 9,179 7,369 10,756 10,698 -0.5%
General Works A-AZDown Arrow 265 690 160.4%
Philosophy & Religion B-BK Down Arrow 5,813 15,998 13,265 11,743 6,036 1,987 2,079 4.6%
Mormonism BX 8600 4,849 14,433 13,499 13,216 5,575
Photography TR 1,348 3,294 2,912 2,819 2,016 1,880 1,619 -13.9%
Quartos B 49 142 130 105 97 16 2 -87.5%
Quartos P 13 70 39 41 0 4 64 1500.0%
Quartos A & Z Down Arrow 34 56 64.7%
Quartos N & TR 844 1,741 1,633 1,780 1,575 1,425 1,455 2.1%
Folios A, P, B, Z 9 33 266.7%
Folios N & TR 62 125 101.6%
Ancient Studies 84 371 113 143 190 371 220 -40.7%
Welsh/Arabic/Icelandic 17 185 56 67 104 45
Total 252,815 244,129 220,345 215,027 192,628 170,833 163,922 -4.0%

Return Arrow Periodicals
Periodical in-house use is tracked by scanning items that have been deemed to have been used. This reflects paper use only.

Return Arrow Return Shelf Call Number Ranges
The breakdown detail for items processed from the Return shelves was not started until the fall of 2001 and varies slightly from the breakdown used for circulation and inventory tables included in this report. This is to better reflect reshelf activity on the various floors of the HBLL.

Return Arrow 2nd Floor East
These items were moved from 5th floor during the year.

Return Arrow 4th Floor
Return shelf Music & Dance and Asian are processed by Music and Asian personnel, not Circulation.

Return Arrow Philosophy & Religion B-BX
Religion mixed here until July 2005 when collection moved to 2nd East.

Return Arrow General Works A-AZ
The A's & Z's were moved to 5th South & 5th North respectively

Return Arrow Sampler
Sampler counts began in November 2007.

Return Arrow 5th Floor South
PN & Quartos Moved to 5th North during 2006.

Return Arrow Welsh/Arabic/Icelandic
Moved from 5th Sourth during 2006