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Overall Statistics

Description	Maximum	Minimum	Average	Totals
Number of Records	-	-	-	146654
Characters per Record	5991	299	1014	148707469
Characters per Field	3988	3	33	132015007
Fields per Record	128	14	26	3916471

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	51049	34.81	51900317	34.90
Correction from Prepublication	p	95587	65.18	96793190	65.09

Record Type (MARC Leader Position 06)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
Language Material	a	134139	91.47	129905492	87.36
Printed Music	c	2991	2.04	3508639	2.36
Printed Map	e	151	0.10	159637	0.11
Projected Media	g	8496	5.79	13873449	9.33
Nonmusical Sound Recording	i	533	0.36	742461	0.50
Musical Sound Recording	j	41	0.03	71767	0.05
Computer File	m	106	0.07	151604	0.10
Kits	o	197	0.13	294420	0.20

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	146653	100.00	148706093	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]	146654	100.00	148707469	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]	146654	100.00	148707469	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]	139265	94.96	143901493	96.77
Full; Unexamined	1	33	0.02	28628	0.02
Less Than Full Level	2	5	0.00	3569	0.00
Core Level	4	10	0.01	12260	0.01
Preliminary Level	5	45	0.03	38174	0.03
Pre-publication	8	7296	4.97	4723345	3.18

Descriptive Cataloging Form (MARC Leader Position 18)

Description	MARC Code	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
AACR2	a	128288	87.48	124755747	83.89
ISBD Form	i	18366	12.52	23951722	16.11

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]	146654	100.00	148707469	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]	146646	99.99	148697890	99.99
Dashed-on Omit.	d	3	0.00	3248	0.00
No attempt to code	|	5	0.00	6331	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]	80592	54.95	80990484	54.46
LC Coop. Cat.	c	3054	2.08	4054198	2.73
Other Sources	d	63008	42.96	63662787	42.81

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]	91988	62.72	88919287	59.79
Preschool	a	1983	1.35	2227792	1.50
Primary	b	6716	4.58	6856468	4.61
Pre-adolescent	c	7086	4.83	8218329	5.53
Adolescent	d	1390	0.95	1751541	1.18
Adult	e	1	0.00	884	0.00
Specialized	f	5	0.00	5672	0.00
General	g	4	0.00	3943	0.00
Juvenile	j	37330	25.45	40563916	27.28

Collection Age (MARC 008 Position 07-10)

Description	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
--- 2010 ---	9483	6.47	9783402	6.58
--- 2009 ---	9242	6.30	9189329	6.18
--- 2008 ---	9667	6.59	9606340	6.46
--- 2007 ---	8589	5.86	8873277	5.97
--- 2006 ---	9141	6.23	9214167	6.20
--- 2005 ---	8937	6.09	8627252	5.80
--- 2004 ---	9111	6.21	8833870	5.94
--- 2003 ---	8899	6.07	8436364	5.67
--- 2002 ---	8560	5.84	7626307	5.13
--- 2001 ---	8028	5.47	6877119	4.62
--- 2000 ---	7872	5.37	6444823	4.33
--- 1999 ---	3483	2.37	2875412	1.93
--- 1998 ---	878	0.60	806794	0.54
--- 1997 ---	457	0.31	415028	0.28
--- 1996 ---	314	0.21	271183	0.18
--- 1995 ---	165	0.11	148052	0.10
--- 1994 ---	169	0.12	158402	0.11
--- 1993 ---	106	0.07	96045	0.06
--- 1992 ---	47	0.03	40032	0.03
--- 1991 ---	41	0.03	40308	0.03
--- 1990 ---	17	0.01	23350	0.02
1980 - 1989	59	0.04	66225	0.04
Pre 1000	1	0.00	805	0.00
Unknown Code	43388	29.59	50253583	33.79

Languages (MARC 008 Position 35-37)

Description	Record Count	Percent of Records	File Space Consumed	Percent of File Space
NOT CODED	233	0.16	222713	0.15
ENGLISH	143642	97.95	145534436	97.87
FRENCH	23	0.02	29716	0.02
GERMAN	11	0.01	14531	0.01
SPANISH	2486	1.70	2570175	1.73
ARABIC	3	0.00	3010	0.00
CHINESE	20	0.01	26771	0.02
CZECH	2	0.00	4123	0.00
ENGLISH MIDDLE	2	0.00	1692	0.00
HEBREW	6	0.00	10149	0.01
ITALIAN	19	0.01	31338	0.02
JAPANESE	1	0.00	2125	0.00
LATIN	1	0.00	1327	0.00
MULTI. LANGUAGE	3	0.00	6311	0.00
POLISH	4	0.00	4860	0.00
PORTUGUESE	1	0.00	1070	0.00
ROMANY	1	0.00	2106	0.00
RUSSIAN	4	0.00	7071	0.00
S. AMER. INDIAN	2	0.00	2527	0.00
SIGN LANGUAGES	5	0.00	10389	0.01
SWEDISH	1	0.00	2288	0.00
YIDDISH	1	0.00	1288	0.00
Unknown Code	183	0.12	217453	0.15

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	146654	-	19	11	12	100.00	1760749	1.18
2	146653	-	17	5	6	100.00	969712	0.65
3	146652	-	50	3	7	100.00	1122883	0.76
5	146654	-	16	16	16	100.00	2346464	1.58
6	270	200	18	18	18	0.18	8460	0.01
7	9556	34	14	6	9	6.52	89702	0.06
8	146654	-	40	40	40	100.00	5866160	3.94
10	96835	-	58	10	16	66.03	1559685	1.05
15	7570	39	26	12	17	5.16	132152	0.09
16	7723	317	29	13	16	5.27	133782	0.09
20	143837	108870	76	9	23	98.08	6038530	4.06
22	2829	141	45	12	13	1.93	40620	0.03
24	3503	150	36	9	16	2.39	59802	0.04
25	10	-	26	17	21	0.01	210	0.00
28	10565	3080	72	13	28	7.20	391801	0.26
32	1	-	11	11	11	0.00	11	0.00
33	33	-	54	12	25	0.02	843	0.00
34	157	-	14	5	5	0.11	794	0.00
35	10745	3117	74	10	21	7.33	294531	0.20
37	146654	9	134	9	15	100.00	2280134	1.53
40	146654	-	154	10	23	100.00	3397033	2.28
41	7581	1	92	7	13	5.17	104318	0.07
42	59211	-	26	6	8	40.37	508990	0.34
43	52567	-	83	11	12	35.84	651443	0.44
45	2	-	8	8	8	0.00	16	0.00
46	122	3	14	8	8	0.08	1008	0.00
47	20	-	22	10	14	0.01	284	0.00
48	10	1	14	8	10	0.01	118	0.00
50	146654	2	38	14	22	100.00	3245162	2.18
52	146	66	12	8	8	0.10	1717	0.00
55	66	29	29	9	20	0.05	1958	0.00
60	428	60	42	8	20	0.29	9907	0.01
66	3	-	6	6	6	0.00	18	0.00
70	603	-	27	19	21	0.41	13041	0.01
72	20	6	24	8	14	0.01	374	0.00
74	1	-	7	7	7	0.00	7	0.00
82	146654	139358	48	11	14	100.00	4286521	2.88
84	1547	2	99	11	33	1.05	51774	0.03
92	5	-	30	15	20	0.00	104	0.00
100	119403	-	85	7	23	81.42	2798375	1.88
110	399	-	121	10	31	0.27	12612	0.01
111	22	-	141	42	88	0.02	1936	0.00
130	2208	-	131	8	40	1.51	88701	0.06
240	5225	-	176	8	33	3.56	173407	0.12
245	146654	-	1025	8	84	100.00	12413137	8.35
246	52624	25203	199	5	32	35.88	2533611	1.70
247	1	-	85	85	85	0.00	85	0.00
250	45957	267	237	8	16	31.34	770999	0.52
254	1	-	23	23	23	0.00	23	0.00
255	158	-	35	16	18	0.11	2974	0.00
256	1	-	30	30	30	0.00	30	0.00
257	6	-	30	11	21	0.00	126	0.00
260	125269	-	250	25	53	85.42	6699257	4.50
263	7299	-	10	8	8	4.98	58394	0.04
264	18366	3441	251	8	48	12.52	1063333	0.72
300	146650	4	266	9	39	100.00	5733329	3.86
336	18383	4552	58	20	25	12.53	578259	0.39
337	18383	197	37	19	25	12.53	481529	0.32
338	18383	192	42	22	24	12.53	459665	0.31
340	30	-	29	13	14	0.02	434	0.00
344	340	-	54	16	28	0.23	9780	0.01
345	1	-	27	27	27	0.00	27	0.00
346	120	-	13	13	13	0.08	1560	0.00
347	345	7	43	19	32	0.24	11409	0.01
380	210	-	31	18	25	0.14	5285	0.00
382	53	19	44	9	33	0.04	2421	0.00
385	2	-	39	39	39	0.00	78	0.00
386	1	-	23	23	23	0.00	23	0.00
440	18133	270	120	8	27	12.36	513508	0.35
490	49189	4431	110	6	26	33.54	1417847	0.95
500	71778	40501	1883	8	46	48.94	5273005	3.55
501	401	69	462	22	128	0.27	60456	0.04
502	1	-	104	104	104	0.00	104	0.00
504	66795	110	173	16	57	45.55	3834589	2.58
505	30984	910	3988	5	324	21.13	10341875	6.95
508	3196	1111	2034	20	111	2.18	478199	0.32
510	1	1	35	33	34	0.00	68	0.00
511	6692	1028	734	9	56	4.56	436027	0.29
516	1	-	39	39	39	0.00	39	0.00
518	87	-	198	21	69	0.06	6030	0.00
520	49120	811	3627	5	217	33.49	10878852	7.32
521	12310	3369	260	6	27	8.39	432657	0.29
526	16	-	58	47	49	0.01	790	0.00
530	299	1	128	23	38	0.20	11518	0.01
534	2	-	172	124	148	0.00	296	0.00
538	9293	290	1057	8	48	6.34	462121	0.31
541	1	-	48	48	48	0.00	48	0.00
542	1	-	42	42	42	0.00	42	0.00
546	4320	18	216	14	37	2.95	163058	0.11
550	7	-	156	73	139	0.00	977	0.00
580	10	-	60	32	41	0.01	419	0.00
586	183	17	496	23	109	0.12	21931	0.01
588	6	-	40	25	31	0.00	187	0.00
600	14103	11660	128	9	43	9.62	1117851	0.75
610	6595	4493	203	10	50	4.50	559244	0.38
611	456	255	116	14	50	0.31	35796	0.02
630	2280	1191	103	8	37	1.55	130696	0.09
648	16	-	30	20	21	0.01	344	0.00
650	134525	314218	127	8	35	91.73	15988838	10.75
651	23334	28536	124	8	42	15.91	2202941	1.48
653	52	4	48	8	27	0.04	1542	0.00
655	18161	18499	70	10	27	12.38	998197	0.67
657	2	-	52	36	44	0.00	88	0.00
700	57133	32005	140	8	26	38.96	2328385	1.57
710	24206	13098	122	10	29	16.51	1095756	0.74
711	14	-	103	21	58	0.01	815	0.00
730	6670	561	122	6	34	4.55	253046	0.17
740	1237	1495	176	8	29	0.84	79861	0.05
753	7	7	35	17	32	0.00	451	0.00
775	59	1	305	87	154	0.04	9282	0.01
776	435	1	227	55	141	0.30	61834	0.04
787	2	1	106	79	91	0.00	273	0.00
800	9514	67	112	24	46	6.49	441851	0.30
810	14	-	73	33	51	0.01	723	0.00
830	38073	2810	95	9	32	25.96	1334413	0.90
856	14369	5710	162	27	86	9.80	1732115	1.16
880	1	-	64	64	64	0.00	64	0.00
937	3123	1	20	7	10	2.13	34126	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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