WELLESLEY COLLEGE LIBRARY

Statistics For the Year Ending

30 June 2008

GROWTH OF THE COLLECTION

2007-2008

 

Holdings

6/30/07

Added

Withdrawn

Net Growth

Holdings

6/30/08

Classified

Volumes

(Books, journals, scores, docs.)

  874,728

15,882

 

      2,766

 

    13,116

   887,844

Unclass.

Volumes

(Documents)

  143,433

  0

  1,524

-1,524

    141,909

Sound

Recordings

    20,634

     562

         227

         335

     20,969

Video

Recordings

    11,856

    1,421

           197

      1,224

 

     13,080

TOTAL

    1,050,651

    17,865

 4,714

 13,151

 1,063,802

 

Periodicals – Print                                     1,303

Periodicals – Electronic                           20,983      

Electronic Books 241,561

Total Periodicals                                    22,286      

Electronic Gov Docs   36,783

Newspapers                                                21

Other Serial Publications                          382

Total Serial Titles Currently Received      22, 689

 



ANALYSIS OF COLLECTION GROWTH

2007-2008

 

Holdings

6/30/07

Added

Withdrawn

Holdings

6/30/08

Classified Volumes

 

 

 

 

    Clapp

630,098

 12,184

  1,552

640,730

    Art

 66,917

   1,656

       41

  68,532

    Astronomy

 10,646

        43

         6

  10,683

    Music

 45,763

      938

      104

  46,597

    Science

121,304

   1,061

     1,063

121,302

TOTAL

874,728

 15,882

  2,766

887,844

 

 

 

 

 

Sound

Recordings

 

 

 

 

   Clapp

    1,163

        33

       0

   1,196

   Music

 19,464

      529

       227

 19,766

   Science

           7

          0

         0

           7

TOTAL

 20,634

      562

        227

  20,969

 

 

 

 

 

   Science

  18,166

          0

         0

 18,166

   Docs      (unclassed)

 263,076

1,334

 19,224

245,186

TOTAL

 498,217

   1,334

  19,224

480,327

Videos

 

 

 

 

   Clapp

  9,435

      1,251

      161

    10,525 

   Art

460

        45

        0

       505

   Music

            894

      106

        28

972

   Science

  1,067

        19

        8

    1,078

TOTAL

 11,856

      1,421

      197

   13,080

 


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