Table 5
Collection Growth Statistics, 1999/00


1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
Volumes     
Monograph volumes added 
13,132
9,828 
14,356 
 9,562
 11,262
Serial and bound periodical volumes added 
4,205
3,706
4,109
3,840
 3,473
SUB TOTAL 
17,337
13,534
18,465
13,402
 14,735
Volumes withdrawn 
3,689
2,489
2,559
2,325
 1,730
TOTAL CATALOGED VOLUMES 
797,345
808,320 
821,308
832,385
845,392
      
Government documents 
430,681
436,681
444,507
447,963
458,800
Cataloging backlogs
2,398
1,790
3,000
1,675
 1,412
TOTAL # OF VOLUMES 
1,230,424
1,246,791
1,268,815
1,282,023
1,305,602
     
Non-book materials     
Sound recordings 
16,665
17,136
17,360
17,365
 17,429
Videocassettes 
1,917
2,010
2,074
2,092
 2,278
Audiocassettes 
639
774
869
869
 870
Multimedia and CD-ROMS 
71
95
9511
1,144
 1,154
TOTAL CATALOGED NON-BOOK MATERIALS 
19,292
20,015
21,246
21,470
 21,731
Cataloging backlogs 
17
60
162
190
 58
      
Microform pieces
1,542,906
1,559,362
1,576,998
1,603,748
 1,624,712
Archives and manuscripts (in cubic feet)
3,705
3,899
4,133
4,380
4,690
Print and Serial subscriptions 
4,803
4,243
4,243
4,213
 4,167

           1 First year in which CD-ROMS are included in this category