F e d e r a l    D e p o s i t o r y    L i b r a r y    P r o g r a m

 

                            ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

            Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program

                    
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                               April 15, 2002
                             GP 3.16/3-2:23/05
                             (Vol. 23, no. 05)

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                   2002 Item Selection Rate Chart Revised

The chart titled New Item Selection Rate Averages by Size and Type of
Library, January 2002, was published in the March 15, 2002 Administrative
Notes. The information on the chart was taken directly from responses to
the 2001 Biennial Survey, including additional size categories.

The additional sizes make it difficult to compare library item selection
rates over the years. To remedy this, a revised chart, shown below, uses
the same size categories as in the past. Although the chart name remains
the same, we will refer to the new edition of the traditional chart as the
New Item Selection Rate Averages by Size and Type of Library, April 2002.

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 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.

         LIBRARIES              AVERAGE SELECTION % BY LIBRARY SIZE

       Type        Total       Small          Medium           Large
                     #
                           # %            # %             # %

  Academic,          661   124 19         266 32          271 61
  4-year+

  2-year              63   55 15          6 24            2 12

  Academic, Law      153   19 12          125 13          9 18

  Federal Agency      43   21 10          15 19           7 31

  Federal Court       14   10 5           3 7             1 5

  Public             252   76 15          96 21           80 45

  Service              4   1 17           2 28            1 26
  Academy

  Special             23   13 8           7 11            3 37

  State Court         36   25 5           10 11           1 15

  State Library       44   12 20          10 20           22 78

Small = < 250,000

Medium = 250,000 - 1,000,000

Large = > 1,000,000