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Overall Statistics

Description	Maximum	Minimum	Average	Totals
Number of Records	-	-	-	121343
Characters per Record	5996	299	965	117150993
Characters per Field	3485	3	33	103747840
Fields per Record	128	14	25	3138438

Record Status (MARC Leader Position 05)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
Higher Encoding Level	a	3	0.00	2261	0.00
Corrected or Revised	c	15	0.01	11701	0.01
New	n	42060	34.66	41232073	35.20
Correction from Prepublication	p	79265	65.32	75904958	64.79

Record Type (MARC Leader Position 06)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
Language Material	a	109728	90.43	100197620	85.53
Printed Music	c	2787	2.30	3141481	2.68
Printed Map	e	124	0.10	126389	0.11
Projected Media	g	7912	6.52	12595033	10.75
Nonmusical Sound Recording	i	475	0.39	617985	0.53
Musical Sound Recording	j	40	0.03	66818	0.06
Computer File	m	104	0.09	148394	0.13
Kits	o	173	0.14	257273	0.22

Bibliographic Level (MARC Leader Position 07)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
Monographic Component	a	1	0.00	1376	0.00
Monograph Item	m	121342	100.00	117149617	100.00

Control Type (MARC Leader Position 08)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
No Specified Type	[blank]	121343	100.00	117150993	100.00

Character Encoding (MARC Leader Position 09)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
MARC-8	[blank]	121343	100.00	117150993	100.00

Encoding Level (MARC Leader Position 17)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
Full Level	[blank]	114818	94.62	113079495	96.52
Full; Unexamined	1	36	0.03	30798	0.03
Less Than Full Level	2	5	0.00	3569	0.00
Core Level	4	10	0.01	12157	0.01
Preliminary Level	5	45	0.04	38174	0.03
Pre-publication	8	6429	5.30	3986800	3.40

Descriptive Cataloging Form (MARC Leader Position 18)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
AACR2	a	121239	99.91	117021715	99.89
ISBD Form	i	104	0.09	129278	0.11

Linked Record Requirement (MARC Leader Position 19)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
Related Record not Required	[blank]	121343	100.00	117150993	100.00

Modified Record (MARC 008 Position 38)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
Not modified	[blank]	121340	100.00	117147745	100.00
Dashed-on Omit.	d	3	0.00	3248	0.00

Cataloging Source (MARC 008 Position 39)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
Library of Congress	[blank]	67839	55.91	65328467	55.76
LC Coop. Cat.	c	556	0.46	639851	0.55
Other Sources	d	52948	43.63	51182675	43.69

Target Audience (MARC 008 Position 22)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
Unknown or not spec.	[blank]	79528	65.54	73395017	62.65
Preschool	a	1391	1.15	1432891	1.22
Primary	b	5944	4.90	5816524	4.96
Pre-adolescent	c	6384	5.26	7099737	6.06
Adolescent	d	815	0.67	969567	0.83
Adult	e	1	0.00	884	0.00
Specialized	f	4	0.00	3293	0.00
General	g	4	0.00	3943	0.00
Juvenile	j	27148	22.37	28302748	24.16

Collection Age (MARC 008 Position 07-10)

Description	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
--- 2010 ---	9375	7.73	9625706	8.22
--- 2009 ---	9180	7.57	9093984	7.76
--- 2008 ---	9645	7.95	9562682	8.16
--- 2007 ---	8543	7.04	8794931	7.51
--- 2006 ---	9122	7.52	9184620	7.84
--- 2005 ---	8922	7.35	8597113	7.34
--- 2004 ---	9097	7.50	8802281	7.51
--- 2003 ---	8898	7.33	8427024	7.19
--- 2002 ---	8556	7.05	7612627	6.50
--- 2001 ---	8029	6.62	6870575	5.86
--- 2000 ---	7872	6.49	6439120	5.50
--- 1999 ---	3483	2.87	2873902	2.45
--- 1998 ---	877	0.72	805714	0.69
--- 1997 ---	456	0.38	413972	0.35
--- 1996 ---	314	0.26	270888	0.23
--- 1995 ---	165	0.14	147799	0.13
--- 1994 ---	166	0.14	154632	0.13
--- 1993 ---	106	0.09	96074	0.08
--- 1992 ---	47	0.04	40035	0.03
--- 1991 ---	41	0.03	40193	0.03
--- 1990 ---	17	0.01	23370	0.02
1980 - 1989	57	0.05	64011	0.05
Pre 1000	1	0.00	805	0.00
Unknown Code	18374	15.14	19208935	16.40

Languages (MARC 008 Position 35-37)

Description	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
NOT CODED	242	0.20	231882	0.20
ENGLISH	119498	98.48	115300288	98.42
FRENCH	18	0.01	21605	0.02
GERMAN	9	0.01	11763	0.01
SPANISH	1352	1.11	1303448	1.11
ARABIC	3	0.00	3010	0.00
CHINESE	19	0.02	25582	0.02
CZECH	2	0.00	4097	0.00
HEBREW	2	0.00	2023	0.00
ITALIAN	17	0.01	27377	0.02
JAPANESE	1	0.00	2125	0.00
LATIN	1	0.00	1240	0.00
MULTI. LANGUAGE	3	0.00	6311	0.01
POLISH	3	0.00	3950	0.00
ROMANY	1	0.00	2106	0.00
RUSSIAN	4	0.00	7054	0.01
S. AMER. INDIAN	2	0.00	2527	0.00
SERBO-CYRILLIC	1	0.00	1237	0.00
SIGN LANGUAGES	2	0.00	3626	0.00
SWEDISH	1	0.00	2288	0.00
YIDDISH	1	0.00	1288	0.00
Unknown Code	161	0.13	186166	0.16

Census of MARC Fields Used in the Collection

Tag	Records with Tag	Repeated Fields	Max Length	Min Length	Average Length	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
1	121343	-	19	11	12	100.00	1457018	1.24
2	121343	-	17	5	6	100.00	790987	0.68
3	121341	-	50	3	7	100.00	949754	0.81
5	121343	-	16	16	16	100.00	1941488	1.66
6	215	173	18	18	18	0.18	6984	0.01
7	8846	13	14	6	9	7.29	82792	0.07
8	121343	-	40	40	40	100.00	4853720	4.14
10	79380	-	45	10	16	65.42	1279499	1.09
15	7270	38	26	12	17	5.99	126729	0.11
16	7058	255	28	13	16	5.82	120708	0.10
20	118815	77523	75	9	22	97.92	4459583	3.81
22	2340	54	45	12	13	1.93	32592	0.03
24	2347	72	29	9	16	1.93	39560	0.03
25	8	-	26	17	20	0.01	161	0.00
28	9799	2776	47	13	28	8.08	360486	0.31
32	1	-	11	11	11	0.00	11	0.00
33	19	-	37	12	19	0.02	363	0.00
34	130	-	14	5	5	0.11	659	0.00
35	8322	2473	74	10	21	6.86	228463	0.20
37	121343	2	62	9	15	100.00	1880678	1.61
40	121343	-	111	10	21	100.00	2616090	2.23
41	5542	1	92	7	13	4.57	76740	0.07
42	43791	-	26	6	8	36.09	383973	0.33
43	44041	-	83	11	12	36.29	546110	0.47
45	1	-	8	8	8	0.00	8	0.00
47	3	-	14	10	11	0.00	34	0.00
48	4	-	14	8	11	0.00	44	0.00
50	121343	1	38	14	22	100.00	2679171	2.29
52	120	46	12	8	8	0.10	1349	0.00
55	43	27	29	9	20	0.04	1434	0.00
60	390	58	42	8	21	0.32	9460	0.01
66	2	-	6	6	6	0.00	12	0.00
70	383	-	27	19	21	0.32	8255	0.01
72	16	5	22	8	13	0.01	285	0.00
74	1	-	7	7	7	0.00	7	0.00
82	121343	114914	48	11	15	100.00	3548669	3.03
84	412	2	77	11	28	0.34	11617	0.01
92	5	-	30	15	20	0.00	104	0.00
100	97338	-	83	7	22	80.22	2199772	1.88
110	349	-	121	10	31	0.29	10923	0.01
111	19	-	141	25	85	0.02	1626	0.00
130	963	-	89	9	41	0.79	39485	0.03
240	3328	-	176	8	33	2.74	112786	0.10
245	121343	-	772	8	84	100.00	10272888	8.77
246	44783	21433	199	5	32	36.91	2149078	1.83
247	1	-	85	85	85	0.00	85	0.00
250	37746	-	211	8	15	31.11	590609	0.50
254	1	-	23	23	23	0.00	23	0.00
255	131	-	35	16	18	0.11	2488	0.00
256	1	-	30	30	30	0.00	30	0.00
260	118249	-	250	25	53	97.45	6338875	5.41
263	6432	-	8	8	8	5.30	51456	0.04
264	74	15	119	9	45	0.06	4067	0.00
300	121339	2	266	9	37	100.00	4578764	3.91
336	104	-	34	20	20	0.09	2094	0.00
337	104	-	24	24	24	0.09	2496	0.00
338	104	-	22	22	22	0.09	2288	0.00
440	19024	276	120	8	28	15.68	540589	0.46
490	34985	2505	104	6	26	28.83	989521	0.84
500	59445	33434	1395	8	46	48.99	4286040	3.66
501	347	58	462	22	125	0.29	51017	0.04
502	1	-	104	104	104	0.00	104	0.00
504	55210	98	173	16	57	45.50	3174014	2.71
505	24196	818	3485	5	323	19.94	8089563	6.91
508	3074	956	2034	22	109	2.53	441873	0.38
510	1	1	35	33	34	0.00	68	0.00
511	6149	838	593	9	56	5.07	391301	0.33
516	1	-	39	39	39	0.00	39	0.00
518	79	-	198	21	72	0.07	5699	0.00
520	39931	348	2712	5	186	32.91	7531353	6.43
521	7335	681	260	6	34	6.04	274131	0.23
526	3	-	58	55	56	0.00	169	0.00
530	132	1	128	23	41	0.11	5477	0.00
538	8847	281	1057	8	48	7.29	440462	0.38
541	1	-	48	48	48	0.00	48	0.00
546	3518	6	190	16	36	2.90	128592	0.11
550	7	-	156	73	139	0.01	977	0.00
580	10	-	60	32	41	0.01	419	0.00
586	152	11	496	23	110	0.13	17936	0.02
600	10958	9356	128	9	41	9.03	851368	0.73
610	5390	3575	203	10	49	4.44	441488	0.38
611	362	212	102	14	48	0.30	27719	0.02
630	2000	1026	103	8	36	1.65	111220	0.09
648	1	-	30	30	30	0.00	30	0.00
650	111308	250653	127	8	35	91.73	12773602	10.90
651	19377	23439	124	8	42	15.97	1804936	1.54
653	35	3	48	8	27	0.03	1043	0.00
655	12016	12124	65	10	26	9.90	631029	0.54
657	1	-	52	52	52	0.00	52	0.00
700	47425	26600	140	8	24	39.08	1819045	1.55
710	20694	11598	122	10	29	17.05	940755	0.80
711	14	-	103	21	58	0.01	815	0.00
730	5579	330	116	6	33	4.60	196946	0.17
740	1126	1342	121	8	29	0.93	71780	0.06
753	7	7	35	17	32	0.01	451	0.00
775	4	-	305	145	200	0.00	800	0.00
776	1	-	124	124	124	0.00	124	0.00
787	1	1	88	79	83	0.00	167	0.00
800	6331	11	112	25	46	5.22	295959	0.25
810	12	-	70	45	51	0.01	617	0.00
830	26460	1520	95	9	32	21.81	912703	0.78
856	13602	5234	162	27	85	11.21	1615579	1.38
937	2258	-	16	7	10	1.86	24575	0.02
955	2	-	89	45	67	0.00	134	0.00
996	1	-	55	55	55	0.00	55	0.00
999	1	-	26	26	26	0.00	26	0.00

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