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                               March 15, 2002
                             GP 3.16/3-2:23/04
                             (Vol. 23, no. 04)

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         Item Selection Rate Averages by Size and Type of Library, January 2002

   LIBRARY   TOTAL              AVERAGE ITEM SELECTION % BY LIBRARY SIZE
     TYPE
                    <100K  100K-250K  250K-500K  500K-1M   1M-3M  3M-5M  5M-10M  >10M

                           # %        # %        # %

                    # %                                    # %    # %    # %     # %

   Comm.        63  29 14  26 15      5 23       1 27      0 0    0 0    2 12    0 0
   College

   Academic    660  24 19  101 19     124 27     142 36    182    45 70  33 73   10
                                                           56                    81

   Law         154  6 13   15 10      86 12      38 15     6 16   2 28   1 12    0 0

   Fed.         43  12 8   9 13       10 22      5 12      4 19   1 30   1 16    1 94
   Agency

   Fed.         14  3 4    7 5        2 8        1 5       1 5    0 0    0 0     0 0
   Court

   Public      252  16 11  60 15      56 18      40 26     48 40  14 50  6 48    12
                                                                                 56

   Serv.         4  0 0    1 17       0 0        2 28      1 26   0 0    0 0     0 0
   Acad.

   State        36  11 4   14 6       8 13       2 5       0 0    0 0    0 0     1 15
   Court

   State        44  6 18   6 23       5 16       5 24      15 72  4 84   2 100   1
   Lib.                                                                          100

   Special      23  5 4    8 10       5 14       2 5       2 6    1 100  0 0     0 0

   TOTAL      1293



  Figures under the pound sign (#) represent the number of libraries of the designated
  size and type responding to the 2001 Biennial Survey. Figures under the percentage
  sign (%) denote the average percentage of items available for selection that are
  actually selected by the libraries. Size designations are based on the number of
  cataloged and uncataloged materials in the library system. All formats and all
  collections, depository and non-depository, under the purview of the depository's
  library director are included. Data for library size and item selection percentage
  were derived from Questions 2 and 3 respectively of the 2001 Biennial Survey of
  Depository Libraries, from 1293 responding depository libraries.

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  Library Size

       (cataloged and uncataloged library items)

       (In column headings, K = thousand; M = million

       < 100,000

       100,000 - 250,000

       250,001 - 500,000

       500,001 - 1,000,000

       1,000,001 - 3,000,000

       3,000,001 - 5,000,000

       5,000,001 - 10,000,000

       > 10,000,000

  Library Type

       Comm. Coll. Academic - Community/2 Year College Library

       Academic Academic General Library - 4 year institution of higher learning (not
       law library)

       Law Academic Law Library

       Fed. Agen. Federal Agency Library

       Fed. Court Federal Court Library

       Public Public Library

       Serv. Acad. Service Academy Library

       State Court State Court Library

       State Lib. State Library

       Special Special Library