Section X:
Table 5
Collection Growth

 
1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00

2000/01

Volumes

 

 

 

 

  
Monograph volumes added 
9,828 
14,356
 9,562
 11,262
8,822
Serial and bound periodical volumes added 
3,706
4,109
3,840
 3,473
3,983
SUB TOTAL 
13,534
18,465
13,402
 14,735
12,805
Volumes withdrawn 
2,489
2,559
2,325
 1,730
42,5541
TOTAL CATALOGED VOLUMES 
808,320
821,308
832,385
845,392
815,643
Government documents 
436,681
444,507
447,963
458,800
462,987
Cataloging backlogs
1,790
3,000
1,675
 1,412
450
TOTAL # OF VOLUMES 
1,246,791
1,268,815
1,282,023
1,305,602
1,279,380
Non-book materials          
Sound recordings 
17,136
17,360
17,365
 17,429
17,661
Videocassettes 
2,010
2,074
2,092
 2,278
2,351
Audiocassettes 
774
869
869
 870
930
Multimedia and CD-ROMS 
95
9512
1,144
 1,154
1,309
TOTAL CATALOGED NON-BOOK MATERIALS 
20,015
21,246
21,470
 21,731
22,251
Cataloging backlogs 
60
162
190
 58
26
Microform pieces
1,559,362
1,576,998
1,603,748
 1,624,712
1,639,385
Archives and manuscripts (in cubic feet)
3,899
4,133
4,380
4,690
4,908
Print and Serial subscriptions 
4,243
4,243
4,213
 4,167
4,112
Electronic Subscriptions          
15,885

         1 Includes items withdrawn following the 1998/1999 Inventory
           2 First year in which CD-ROMS are included in this category