1. Florida University Libraries Collection Assessment Project Conducted by Anna H. Perrault Professor, University of South Florida School of Library and Information Science Assisted by Diana Loper, Graduate Student, SLIS Sponsored by the Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) Gainesville, Florida 2008

2. SUL Total Collections

3. Table 1-1 Libraries ranked by Size of Book Collection Total Collection Rankings LibraryHoldings 1UF1889707 2FSU1261412 3USF1101073 4UCF852985 5FAU734449 6FIU700454 7UNF549034 8UWF482818 9FAMU425963 10FIU BB258880 11St Pete205085 12FGCU194935 13NC185120

4. Table 1-3 SUL Aggregate Collection by Subject Aggregate Subject Total %Totals% s Divisions3713334 Agriculture542761.46% Anthropology256990.69% Art & Architecture1705844.59% Biological Sciences772212.08% Business & Economics3120038.40% Chemistry200700.54% Computer Science463911.25% Education1331883.59% Engineering & Technology1779644.79% Geography & Earth Sciences571201.54% Government Documents3139658.46% Health Facilities, Nursing & History136700.37% Health Professions & Public Health476531.28% History & Auxiliary Sciences46046212.40% Language, Linguistics & Literature77542620.88% Law1052062.83% Library Science, Generalities & Reference890162.40% Mathematics478971.29% Medicine807322.17% Medicine By Body System167660.45% Medicine By Discipline336860.91% Music466331.26% Performing Arts373671.01% Philosophy & Religion1820064.90% Physical Education & Recreation275810.74% Physical Sciences565141.52% Political Science1050392.83% Preclinical Sciences200510.54% Psychology342600.92% Sociology1448883.90%

5. Percentages of total book collection by subject division are similar for the SUL, ASERL, and a research libraries grouping in WorldCat.

6. Table 1-4 Percentages of Total by Subject: SUL, WorldCat, and ASERL (first half) ASERL Total% of totalWorldCat Total% of totalSUL Total% of total Divisions5151463 1745034 3713334 Agriculture788941.53%392692.25%542761.46% Anthropology341380.66%118980.68%256990.69% Art & Architecture2530994.91%778304.46%1705844.59% Biological Sciences1019061.98%350802.01%772212.08% Business & Economics4049937.86%1701689.75%3120038.40% Chemistry253350.49%78270.45%200700.54% Computer Science555101.08%105980.61%463911.25% Education1673063.25%591223.39%1331883.59% Engineering & Technology2441674.74%1068446.12%1779644.79% Geography & Earth Sciences814051.58%396772.27%571201.54% Government Documents3853877.48% 3139658.46% Health Facilities, Nursing & History177860.35% 136700.37% Health Professions & Public Health596501.16% 476531.28% History & Auxiliary Sciences65646412.74%24227413.88%46046212.40% Language, Linguistics & Literature114118122.15%40567823.25%77542620.88%

7. Table 1-4 Percentages of Total by Subject: SUL, WorldCat, and ASERL (second half) ASERL Total% of totalWorldCat Total% of totalCSUL Total% of total Divisions5151463 538769 1027642 Law1220532.37%680622.98%1052062.22% Lib Sci, Generalities & Reference1407652.73%530202.32%890161.88% Mathematics595211.16%166030.73%478971.01% Medicine1123482.18%536232.35%807321.70% Medicine By Body System239200.46% 167660.35% Medicine By Discipline434360.84% 336860.71% Music691521.34%212630.93%466330.98% Performing Arts495170.96%134460.59%373670.79% Philosophy & Religion3081085.98%1301855.70%1820063.84% Physical Education & Recreation408100.79%169430.74%275810.58% Physical Sciences742501.44%260871.14%565141.19% Political Science1393262.70%573862.51%1050392.22% Preclinical Sciences260620.51% 200510.42% Psychology469800.91%162810.71%342600.72% Sociology1879943.65%658702.88%1448883.06%

8. By Subject In the general libraries from 65% to 79% of the book collections are comprised of nine subject divisions. Four humanities subject divisions (Language, Linguistics, Literature; History; Philosophy & Religion; and Art & Architecture) Three social sciences subject divisions (Sociology, Psychology, and Education) Business, and Government Documents are the other of the nine subject divisions. The remaining 21 subject divisions altogether range from 21% to 28% in percentage total of collections.

9. Table 1-5 Percentage of Subject Divisions by Library NC 22.72% UF21.49% FSU20.53% St Pete18.80% FGCU18.83% UWF18.05% USF17.64% UNF16.52% FAU16.02% UCF15.96% FIU BB14.62% FIU14.23% FAMU10.97% History NC 17.55% St. Pete15.79% UWF14.0% FSU13.77% FUG13.21% UNF12.47% FAU12.34% FIU12.25% FGCU12.07% USF10.50% UCF10.29% FIU BB9.06% FAMU8.92% Humanities Language, Linguistics & Literature Art & Architecture NC 5.06% FAMU4.90% FGCU4.78% FIU4.64% USF4.47% FSU4.13% UCF3.73% UF3.70% UNF3.59% UWF3.45% St Pete2.93% FAU2.89% FIU BB2.11% Philosophy & Religion NC 8.02% FIU5.45% FSU5.19% UF5.01% USF4.65% UWF4.62% St Pete4.45% FAU4.25% UNF3.76% UCF3.74% FGCU3.24% FAMU3.21% FIU BB2.70%

10. Social Sciences Sociology St Pete 8.49% FGCU8.20% FIU BB7.32% UNF6.62% UCF5.55% FAU5.41% UWF5.40% NC5.25% FAMU5.07% FIU5.02% FSU4.41% USF4.41% UF3.86% Education FGCU 8.24% St. Pete5.75% FAMU5.72% UNF5.04% UCF4.41% UF4.32% FAU4.30% UWF3.83% USF3.81% FSU3.14% FIU3.07% FIU BB2.94% NC2.55% Political Science NC 4.58% St. Pete4.19% FIU4.04% UWF3.92% FIU BB3.78% UNF3.72% FSU3.38% UCF3.36% UF3.08% FAU2.95% USF2.83% FGCU2.67% FAMU2.23%

11. Other Business FGCU 11.96% UNF11.53% St. Pete11.36% FIU11.13% UCF10.42% FAMU9.99% UWF9.89% FIU BB9.31% FAU8.82% UF8.63% FSU8.59% USF7.48% NC5.86% Government Documents FIU BB 26.94% FIU18.88% USF17.69% FAU16.26% FAMU15.16% UF12.86% UNF8.92% UWF8.51% UCF7.96% FSU6.90% NC5.55% St Pete0.80% FGCU0.49%

12. Table 1-6 Libraries Ranked by Humanities and Social Sciences Ranked Humanities NC 53.35 FSU43.62 UF43.41 St Pete41.16 UWF40.13 FGCU38.92 USF37.26 FIU36.57 UNF36.38 FAU35.52 UCF33.72 FIU28.49 FAMU28.00 Ranked Social Sciences FGCU 19.11 St Pete18.43 UNF15.38 FIU BB14.04 UCF13.32 UWF13.15 FAMU13.02 FAU12.66 NC12.38 FIU12.13 UF11.26 USF11.05 FSU10.93

13. Uniqueness Twelve libraries have over 20% of collection in unique records. The Ringling Museum Library (54%) and the Florida Solar Energy Center (41%) have the largest percentage of unique records among the twenty-five collections. The University of South Florida Mental Health Institute Library (38%) and the University of Florida Health Sciences Library (33%) also have high percentages of unique records.

14. Table 2-13 Uniqueness by Library (first half) RankInstitution% Unique 1RINGLING MUS OF ART LIBR (FSJ)54.37% 2FLORIDA SOLAR ENERGY CTR (FSE)41.40% 3UNIV OF FLORIDA (FUG)39.84% 4UNIV OF S FLORIDA, MENTAL HEALTH (FHI)38.14% 5UNIV OF S FLORIDA, HEALTH SCI CTR (FHJ)36.96% 6UNIV OF FLORIDA, HEALTH CTR LIBR (FUH)33.24% 7FLORIDA STATE UNIV (FDA)30.21% 8FLORIDA STATE UNIV, LAW LIBR (FSL)28.31% 9UNIV OF FLORIDA, LAW LIBR (FUB)25.85% 10FLORIDA INT UNIV COL OF LAW LIBR (FIUCL)24.37% 11UNIV OF FLORIDA, HEALTH SCI CTR, JHEP (FUJ)22.84% 12FLORIDA STATE UNIV, MUSIC LIBR (FMZ)22.57% 13FLORIDA A&M UNIV COL OF LAW (FAMLW)17.28%

15. Table 2-13 Uniqueness by Library (second half) RankInstitution% Unique 14UNIV OF S FLORIDA (FHM)15.07% 15UNIV OF CENT FLORIDA (FTU)14.67% 16FLORIDA STATE UNIV COL OF MED (FFQ)13.71% 17NEW COL OF FLORIDA (FHC)12.84% 18FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIV (FGM)12.71% 19FLORIDA INT UNIV (FXG)11.61% 20UNIV OF W FLORIDA (FWA)11.09% 21FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIV (FGA)9.93% 22FLORIDA A&M UNIV (FCM)9.39% 23UNIV OF N FLORIDA, CARPENTER LIBR (FNP)9.22% 24FLORIDA INT UNIV, BISCAYNE BAY CAMP LIBR (FXN)6.07% 25UNIV OF S FLORIDA, ST PETERSBURG (FHS)5.32%

16. UniquenessUniqueShared by 2Shared by 3 FLORIDA STATE UNIV (FDA)41.72%30.17%28.11% UNIV OF FLORIDA (FUG)52.59%28.65%18.76% UNIV OF S FLORIDA (FHM)28.87%38.93%32.20% Table 2-1 Uniqueness by Large Collections Group Table 2-2 Overlap for Large Collections Group OverlapFDAFUGFHM FLORIDA STATE UNIV (FDA) 100.00 %47.66%38.73% UNIV OF FLORIDA (FUG)31.81%100.00%34.36% UNIV OF S FLORIDA (FHM)44.37%58.97%100.00%

17. Table 2-3 Uniqueness for Medium Size General Library Group UniquenessUniqueShared by 2Shared by 3Shared by 4 FLORIDA A&M UNIV (FCM)21.97%20.74%18.86%18.50% FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIV (FGM)27.72%21.29%19.24%17.09% FLORIDA INT UNIV (FXG)29.76%22.01%18.06%15.86% UNIV OF CENT FLORIDA (FTU)30.45%22.55%19.20%14.94% UNIV OF N FLORIDA, CARPENTER LIBR (FNP)20.29%20.04%21.37%19.60% UNIV OF W FLORIDA (FWA)22.93%18.62%18.69%19.42% Table 2-4 Overlap for Medium Size General Library Group OverlapFCMFGMFXGFTUFNPFWA FLORIDA A&M UNIV (FCM)100.00%43.99%39.82%50.20%34.86%31.51% FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIV (FGM)25.52%100.00%39.38%45.43%33.90%29.34% FLORIDA INT UNIV (FXG)24.22%41.29%100.00%43.42%31.69%26.37% UNIV OF CENT FLORIDA (FTU)25.07%39.12%35.65%100.00%33.21%27.48% UNIV OF N FLORIDA, CARPENTER LIBR (FNP)27.04%45.35%40.43%51.59%100.00%37.16% UNIV OF W FLORIDA (FWA)27.80%44.64%38.26%48.54%42.25%100.00%

18. Table 2-5 Uniqueness for Small General Library Grouping UniquenessUniqueShared by 2Shared by 3Shared by 4 FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIV (FGA)61.21%25.67%10.08%3.04% FLORIDA INT UNIV, BISCAYNE BAY CAMP LIBR (FXN)66.48%22.19%9.04%2.29% NEW COL OF FLORIDA (FHC)59.34%25.80%11.66%3.21% UNIV OF S FLORIDA, ST PETERSBURG (FHS)51.68%32.50%12.93%2.89% OverlapFGAFXNFHCFHS FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIV (FGA)100.00%18.30%14.74%21.91% FLORIDA INT UNIV, BISCAYNE BAY CAMP LIBR (FXN)13.78%100.00%13.83%19.53% NEW COL OF FLORIDA (FHC)15.52%19.34%100.00%23.87% UNIV OF S FLORIDA, ST PETERSBURG (FHS)20.82%24.66%21.55%100.00% Table 2-6 Overlap for Small General Library Grouping

19. University of Florida and Florida State University, Florida Atlantic have high percentages of unique with 40%, 30%, and 30 % respectively. The next libraries in size have close to the same percentages of unique at 15%. The remaining general libraries have 13% or less unique records for books. The smaller general collections do not have a sufficient number of records to have larger percentages of unique.

20. Table 2-7 Uniqueness for Medical Health Sciences Libraries UniquenessUniqueShared by 2Shared by 3Shared by 4Shared by 5 FFQ - FSU MED24.81%49.15%21.64%4.33%0.07% FUH - UF HEALTH80.56%16.82%2.36%0.26%0.00% FUJ - UF HEALTH, JAX53.17%31.99%12.31%2.49%0.04% FHJ - USF HEALTH SCI62.23%31.52%5.55%0.69%0.01% FHI - FHMI87.59%10.32%1.92%0.16%0.02% Table 2-8 Overlap for Medical/Health Sciences Libraries OverlapFFQFUHFUJFHJFHI FFQ - FSU MED100.00%69.17%10.63%24.46%1.44% FUH - UF HEALTH3.95%100.00%3.86%12.81%1.71% FUJ - UF HEALTH, JAX6.05%38.53%100.00%18.11%1.56% FHJ - USF HEALTH SCI3.75%34.41%4.88%100.00%1.70% FHI - FHMI0.47%9.75%0.89%3.61%100.00%

21. Table 2-9 Uniqueness for Law Libraries UniquenessUniqueShared by 2Shared by 3Shared by 4 FLORIDA A&M UNIV COL OF LAW (FAMLW)41.24%22.68%21.77%14.32% FLORIDA INT UNIV COL OF LAW LIBR (FIUCL)38.92%23.04%26.09%11.95% FLORIDA STATE UNIV, LAW LIBR (FSL)52.42%37.39%7.64%2.56% UNIV OF FLORIDA, LAW LIBR (FUB)61.82%30.23%5.98%1.97% OverlapFAMLWFIUCLFSLFUB FLORIDA A&M UNIV COL OF LAW (FAMLW)100.00%23.99%40.24%44.94% FLORIDA INT UNIV COL OF LAW LIBR (FIUCL)20.02%100.00%42.76%48.29% FLORIDA STATE UNIV, LAW LIBR (FSL)7.18%9.14%100.00%44.00% UNIV OF FLORIDA, LAW LIBR (FUB)6.19%7.97%33.95%100.00% Table 2-10 Overlap for Law Libraries

22. Table 2-11 Uniqueness for Combined Groupings UniquenessUniqueShared by 2Shared by 3Shared by 4Shared by 5 FAMUcombined14.73%18.02%20.18%26.02%21.05% FIUcombined17.60%20.38%26.12%24.92%10.97% FSUcombined35.78%23.30%18.62%15.35%6.96% UFcombined45.72%21.09%16.94%11.71%4.55% USFcombined22.34%23.31%27.05%19.71%7.59% OverlapFAMUcombinedFIUcombinedFSUcombinedUFcombinedUSFcombined FAMUcombined100.00%46.26%48.97%64.34%61.06% FIUcombined24.12%100.00%44.02%63.80%59.34% FSUcombined16.19%27.92%100.00%49.53%40.78% UFcombined13.91%26.45%32.38%100.00%35.55% USFcombined22.03%41.05%44.50%59.33%100.00% Table 2-12 Overlap for Combined Groupings

23. Overlap Smaller collections have higher overlap with the larger collections. Conversely, larger collections have lower overlap with those collections having fewer records. The law libraries have 20% to mid 30% range in overlap with the general library collections. The overlap indicates there is a core of materials that the general libraries have in common with the law libraries.

24. Table 2-14 Uniqueness by Subject Divisions (first half) SubjectAverage Uniqueness Physical Education & Recreation27.84% Agriculture25.94% Engineering & Technology24.67% Language, Linguistics & Literature24.66% Philosophy & Religion24.62% Medicine24.41% Art & Architecture23.59% History & Auxiliary Sciences22.81% Law21.41% Geography & Earth Sciences21.28% Business & Economics20.77% Physical Sciences18.99% Political Science18.29% Performing Arts18.25% Library Science, Generalities & Reference17.96%

25. Table 2-14 Uniqueness by Subject Divisions (second half) SubjectAverage Uniqueness Computer Science17.60% Biological Sciences17.57% Education16.68% Psychology15.45% Music15.40% Health Professions & Public Health15.13% Sociology14.39% Anthropology14.14% Chemistry13.64% Medicine By Discipline13.47% Medicine By Body System13.03% Mathematics12.41% Preclinical Sciences11.80% Health Facilities, Nursing & History10.96% Government Documents10.81%

26. # recordsEcon.BAEcon. History FinanceLabor UF169,00025143 FSU110,000251*4 UCF91,00012345 USF88,00013254 FIU82,00024153 FAU68,00012345 UNF64,00012354 UWF49,00012345 FAMU43,50021534 FIU BB25,50012354 USF St. Pete 23,50012345 FGCU23,5001243* New Coll.11,0004*153 Table 2-15 Business & Economics by Most Collected Subject Category * Economic Theory

27.  Uniqueness in records in Business & Economics is extremely low. For all of the libraries except UF, FSU and UCF, uniqueness is below 10% in Business & Economics.  All libraries have their highest overlap in Business & Economics with UCF, with just a few exceptions.  UCF, USF, and UF have the same size collections by percentage share of total in Business & Economics and all three are at the top of overlap for the remaining libraries.

28. Languages Only five libraries have above 10% of collection in non-English languages; another four libraries have between 5%- 10% in non-English languages. The languages with the highest number of records in Florida university libraries are those traditionally emphasized in the humanities and arts.

29. Table 3-3 SUL Percent of Collection in Non-English Languages (first half) RankInstitution% of non-English 1University of Florida22.000 2Florida State University, Ringling17.000 3Florida State University12.000 4Florida International University, College of Law12.000 5Florida International University10.000 6Florida State University, Music Library8.700 7Florida Atlantic University6.200 8Florida Gulf Coast University6.030 9University of South Florida5.400 10New College4.600 11University of Central Florida2.600 12University of Florida, Lawton Chiles Law Library2.400

30. Table 3-3 SUL Percent of Collection in Non-English Languages (second half) RankInstitution% of non-English 13University of West Florida2.300 14University of North Florida1.500 15Florida International University, Biscayne Bay1.400 16University of South Florida, Health Science1.120 17Florida State University, College of Law0.920 18University of South Florida, Poynter Memorial0.690 19Florida A&M University0.680 20University of Florida, Gainesville Health Science0.310 21Florida Solar Energy Center0.260 22Florida A&M University, College of Law0.180 23University of Florida, Jacksonville Health Science0.130 24Florida State University, College of Medicine0.046 25University of South Florida Mental Health0.001

31. Figure 1

32. Spanish has the highest number of records of all the languages analyzed in the study French and German are second and third most collected with far fewer records than Spanish Portuguese and Italian are fourth and fifth most collected Hebrew, Russian, Chinese, Yiddish, and Polish round out the top ten

33. Figure 2

34. Table 3-4 SUL Most Collected Languages by Date of Publication Pub Date1900-19241925-19491950-19591960-19691970-19791980-19891990-19992000-2004 Lang.3.19%6.30%4.74%10.63%17.57%19.48%20.31%9.88% Chinese0.25%1.79%6.52%19.49%10.30%11.91%24.95%16.21% French5.74%10.89%7.12%13.00%15.30%12.97%16.71%7.23% German8.26%9.56%6.71%17.76%21.12%13.49%11.96%3.92% Hebrew3.13%9.40%8.67%12.68%12.98%18.78%19.51%9.74% Italian2.33%5.67%6.75%16.60%18.54%14.38%19.66%9.47% Japanese0.84%3.41%4.80%14.99%22.92%15.09%21.68%11.11% Latin8.77%6.47%5.95%16.42%12.92%8.20%5.50%1.54% Polish0.77%2.74%3.52%13.41%40.94%16.33%15.20%6.00% Portuguese1.50%7.45%6.64%15.87%21.07%16.45%13.65%12.27% Russian4.19%6.24%18.94%22.33%14.96%13.79%12.35%3.76% Spanish2.09%6.80%5.72%12.59%18.06%18.61%20.02%11.36% Yiddish14.55%35.37%16.62%13.61%10.16%6.92%1.79%35.00% English2.99%5.86%4.29%9.85%17.50%20.26%21.00%10.12%

35. Table 3-5 Percentage of Unique records by English and Non-English Library% Unique% English Unique% Non-English Unique UNIV OF FLORIDA39.84%28.81%85.00% FLORIDA STATE UNIV30.21%25.38%77.23% UNIV OF S FLORIDA15.07%13.11%60.64% UNIV OF CENT FLORIDA14.67%13.89%58.80% NEW COL OF FLORIDA12.84%10.96%55.48% FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIV12.71%9.70%68.64% FLORIDA INT UNIV11.61%7.97%52.90% UNIV OF W FLORIDA11.09%10.36%49.98% FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIV9.93%9.23%51.44% FLORIDA A&M UNIV9.39%9.24%47.35% UNIV OF N FLORIDA, CARPENTER LIBR9.22%8.79%47.56% FLORIDA INT UNIV, BISCAYNE BAY CAMP LIBR6.07%5.79%20.74% UNIV OF S FLORIDA, ST PETERSBURG5.32%4.90%75.53%

36. Uniqueness is higher in non-English than in English The subject divisions that contain the majority of the non-English language records are Language, Linguistics, Literature; History; Philosophy & Religion; and Art & Architecture.

37. Date of Publication By percentage share of total, the decades of the 1980s and 1990s each comprise one-fifth of total book collections. Within individual libraries, many subject divisions have their highest number of records in the 1970s and 1980s. Many subjects in which current information is of utmost importance have their highest number of records in the 1970s and 1980s.

38. Table 1-7 Subjects by Date of Publication (first half) Publication Date1950-19591960-19691970-19791980-19891990-1999 Divisions4.78%10.67%17.57%19.47%20.25% Agriculture6.36%9.95%18.61%20.90%19.75% Anthropology5.46%11.05%16.61%15.21%21.71% Art & Architecture5.35%12.70%17.99%17.01%18.57% Biological Sciences5.66%11.66%18.12%17.65%18.67% Business & Economics4.49%10.80%18.56%20.21%22.51% Chemistry6.27%16.46%19.50%16.86%18.30% Computer Science0.23%2.19%6.71%22.22%35.45% Education4.38%10.21%19.13%17.77%23.81% Engineering & Technology4.30%9.73%17.95%22.38%22.60% Geography & Earth Sciences6.02%12.70%19.55%17.53%18.57% Government Documents0.67%2.19%20.85%40.85%25.85% Health Facilities, Nursing & History5.39%10.36%22.71%29.09%15.67% Health Professions & Public Health3.78%7.61%22.58%33.62%20.36% History & Auxiliary Sciences5.77%13.10%16.08%13.96%17.05% Language, Linguistics & Literature5.97%12.86%15.93%14.72%16.78%

39. Table 1-7 Subjects by Date of Publication (second half) Publication Date1950-19591960-19691970-19791980-19891990-1999 Law3.37%7.67%19.61%20.28%21.31% Library Science, Generalities & Reference6.07%13.90%23.93%22.63%14.33% Mathematics5.17%13.17%16.98%18.01%21.27% Medicine1.56%4.50%9.08%12.11%33.42% Medicine By Body System4.25%9.20%23.34%34.95%20.05% Medicine By Discipline5.03%10.55%22.96%32.13%20.08% Music5.85%11.67%18.47%17.07%17.92% Performing Arts4.71%8.53%16.06%17.25%22.63% Philosophy & Religion6.40%12.74%14.44%14.53%18.71% Physical Education & Recreation5.02%10.10%21.88%18.49%19.23% Physical Sciences5.93%14.43%15.37%16.78%20.50% Political Science5.46%12.24%17.82%17.33%18.72% Preclinical Sciences5.31%11.82%24.14%29.24%17.32% Psychology4.72%10.76%21.15%17.35%21.79% Sociology3.36%8.39%19.09%18.06%23.65%

40. Table 1-2 Rate of Change in Number of Records by Publication Date Pub DateTotal% Change Pre-150044 1500-15996760.02 1600-169927920.08 1700-179979480.21 1800-184918341.59 1850-189965672.06 1900-192489753.2 1925-19492346306.32 1950-19591774414.78 1960-196939640010.67 1970-197965259217.57 1980-198972298819.47 1900-19943614129.73 1995-199939060710.52

41. From 1995-1999 to 2000-2004, the majority of the libraries have a decrease in number of records in the interval, 2000-2004, from the previous interval for 1995-1999. With the exception of UCF, the larger institutions all have a decrease in the number of records from 1995-1999 to 2000-2004. Florida State University has a 31% decrease; West Florida 26%; UF 17%; USF 16%; FIU 13%; and North Florida 11%. FAU has a smaller decrease at 8.5%.

42. From 1995-1999 to 2000-2004, the majority of libraries show large declines in the medicine and health divisions. There are also huge declines in the number of Government Document records. With the exception of the Florida State University College of Medicine library, the health sciences collections all show substantial declines in both of the five-year intervals from 1995-2004.

43. Figure 4-1 SUL 2000-2007

44. Figure 4-2

45. From 2000-2007, all but one of the general libraries had large declines in the division of Government Documents. In many of the libraries this was the subject division with the largest decline. The subjects with the next largest declines common to the majority of the libraries in the 2000-2007 time period were divisions in the health sciences and medicine. These subject divisions showed declines in both the general libraries and in the health sciences libraries.

46.  The only pattern that is common to almost all of the libraries from 2000-2007 is that the uniqueness increases as the years become more current.

47. Summary of Significant Findings Overall Size of collection is the single most determining factor in findings by uniqueness Founding date of the universities is an influence on the development of the book collections