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Age of the Collection Reports, January 1, 2001: ALL LIBRARIES

This report is a count of bibliographic records ("titles"), and not of volumes. The call number in the bibliographic record or first attached item is used. All of these reports were generated as of January 1, 2001 (give or take two days).

Subj Cat	Description	TOTAL	2000-09	1990-99	1980-89	1970-79	1960-69
-1	No Call #	55,592	4,183	19,237	7,301	3,374	2,044
0	Not in table	33,282	26	570	411	311	400
1	1- Brown University	17,205	2	2,027	2,204	2,899	3,146
2	2- Rhode Island	2,079	-	3	-	3	42
3	3- Providence	216	-	-	-	-	4
4	4- Textbooks	4,434	-	-	-	-	-
5	Other Numeric	106,431	348	8,519	8,421	12,719	11,708
6	A General	46,557	26	606	865	756	427
7	B-BE,BG-BK Philosophy	33,039	281	5,547	5,000	3,690	4,158
8	BF Psychology	13,954	145	2,372	2,561	1,891	1,945
9	BL,BZ Religion	8,046	122	1,711	1,501	1,154	935
10	BM Judaism	5,403	63	945	899	699	753
11	BN-BP Islam	7,857	42	921	415	256	213
12	BQ Buddhism	1,187	25	383	318	203	56
13	BR Christianity	32,193	306	6,120	5,674	3,993	4,527
14	BS Bible	10,552	164	2,836	1,964	1,349	1,118
15	C-CB History	2,888	20	328	269	312	438
16	CC Archaeology	1,337	30	384	306	159	112
17	CD-CS Historical Aids	21,301	65	1,495	1,366	1,905	1,762
18	D-DA History, Great Britain	34,901	308	4,424	4,043	3,015	3,820
19	DB,DD History, Central Europe	7,661	61	1,320	1,286	923	1,063
20	DC History, France	8,735	54	1,201	1,238	891	1,090
21	DE-DG399 History, Greece & Rome	8,115	55	1,629	1,756	1,364	818
22	DG400+ History, Italy	5,724	31	993	1,343	761	723
23	DH-DJ History, Low Countries	768	5	113	86	91	71
24	DK History, E.Eur. & Russia	9,680	62	2,235	1,500	1,163	1,541
25	DL History, Scandinavia	583	3	74	93	74	86
26	DM-DP History, Spain	3,435	20	681	611	462	375
27	DQ History, Switzerland	251	1	30	40	30	29
28	DR History, Balkans	2,247	31	429	329	396	272
29	DS1-329 History, Near East	11,605	145	2,859	2,391	1,429	1,246
30	DS330-449 History, South Asia	3,551	24	572	672	495	742
31	DS500-9999 History, East Asia	12,695	139	2,486	2,317	1,823	1,741
32	DT1-38,94+ History, Africa	6,561	73	1,171	1,195	998	1,435
33	DT39-93 History, Ancient Egypt	3,443	21	655	590	417	226
34	DU-DZ History, Oceanea,Gypsies	2,021	11	206	252	184	385
35	E-F1000 History, U.S.	111,408	670	8,444	6,300	5,852	6,527
36	F1001-1200 History, Canada	1,967	20	244	260	179	254
37	F1201-9999 History, Latin America	18,355	143	3,421	2,802	2,531	3,675
38	FA-GB Geography	37,630	45	1,263	1,781	1,314	1,352
39	GC Oceanography	935	3	171	243	199	141
40	GD-GM Ecology	1,866	19	419	157	109	35
41	GN-GT Anthropology	10,726	99	2,470	2,341	1,786	1,207
42	GU-GZ Recreation & Dance	8,026	46	991	747	545	484
43	H-HL Economics	110,609	1,421	19,857	19,452	12,811	11,417
44	HM,HR-HZ Sociology	27,856	363	6,408	5,714	4,434	3,334
45	HN-HP Social History	6,336	80	1,540	1,469	1,395	851
46	HQ Family,Gender,Sexuality	12,290	237	4,837	3,321	1,591	800
47	J-JZ Politics	42,186	505	7,335	5,845	4,596	4,485
48	K-KZ Law	10,182	200	3,238	2,426	997	579
49	L-LZ Education	28,701	214	3,817	3,300	3,484	3,909
50	M Music (scores)	49,555	74	10,837	14,382	5,818	3,629
51	ML Music	20,859	288	4,732	4,096	2,306	1,415
52	MT Music Technique	13,465	65	2,585	1,783	738	700
53	N,NB-NE,NL+Art	62,181	327	11,312	11,405	8,398	6,898
54	NA Architecture	14,209	130	3,883	3,447	2,160	1,603
55	NF-NK Decorative Arts	5,493	18	1,161	1,227	910	642
56	P,PB Language & Linguistics	40,677	197	4,235	4,574	3,600	2,922
57	PA Classics	16,198	115	2,419	2,335	2,104	1,982
58	PC1-999 Romance Lang & Lit	769	5	118	141	186	102
59	PC,PQ4000+ Italian Lang & Lit	19,865	50	1,994	2,292	2,491	2,179
60	PC,PQ2000+ French Lang & Lit	29,901	157	3,173	3,385	3,554	4,726
61	PC,PQ6000+ Spanish Lang & Lit	20,703	135	3,218	4,360	3,294	2,554
62	PC,PQ5000+ Portuguese Lang & Lit	8,651	45	2,277	2,566	1,662	883
63	PD,PF,PT Germanic Lang & Lit	39,470	293	5,214	8,464	6,801	5,176
64	PE English Language	3,865	24	707	712	538	642
65	PG Slavic Lang & Lit	25,222	118	4,406	5,365	4,435	4,658
66	PH Finno-Ugrian Lang & Lit	393	1	75	63	39	78
67	PJ1-2299 Egyptian Lang & Lit	2,157	9	296	217	247	297
68	PJ2300+ Semitic Lang & Lit	841	5	127	100	78	124
69	PJ4500+ Hebrew Lang & Lit	3,320	10	1,033	600	341	319
70	PJ5200+ Aramaic & Syraic L & L	245	-	24	20	26	36
71	PJ6000+ Arabic & Ethiopian L & L	2,172	10	649	305	240	256
72	PK Indo-Iranian Lang & Lit	2,517	13	229	441	403	440
73	PL1+,3300+ Asian & Oceanic L & L	945	4	168	189	158	193
74	PL500+ Japanese Lang & Lit	3,150	23	428	620	354	156
75	PL900+ Korean Lang & Lit	1,920	3	701	798	84	12
76	PL1000+ Chinese Lang & Lit	5,232	23	670	1,367	373	347
77	PL8000+ African Lang & Lit	468	5	78	85	86	112
78	PM Other Languages	784	7	185	160	129	80
79	PN1+,3300+ Literature	17,624	156	3,566	3,466	2,608	2,264
80	PN1501+ Perf.Arts, Dance, Film	12,592	238	3,908	3,167	1,713	1,154
81	PR1+ English Lit (general)	11,120	129	1,920	1,489	1,016	985
82	PR1400+ Old English Lit	283	1	48	43	35	41
83	PR1800+ Medieval English Lit	1,052	11	225	177	159	170
84	PR2200+ Renaissance Engl. Lit	6,307	73	888	814	824	991
85	PR3200+ Modern English Lit	39,494	323	5,971	5,975	4,434	5,464
86	PS1+ American Lit (general)	5,686	137	1,877	1,242	692	504
87	PS1000+ American Lit, 19th cent.	9,302	38	667	644	530	749
88	PS3500+ American Lit, 20th cent.	14,518	87	1,781	1,965	2,091	1,979
89	PS3550+ American Lit, contemp.	14,202	499	5,830	4,604	1,932	1,151
90	PZ Other Literature	356	-	1	5	7	1
91	Q1-9999 General Science	8,185	84	1,221	1,210	800	1,032
92	QA1-69,80+ Mathematics	41,088	470	6,306	6,274	4,447	5,196
93	QA70-79 Computers	5,234	198	2,174	1,697	395	294
94	QB Astronomy	5,704	45	950	981	663	675
95	QC Physics	17,657	202	4,078	3,645	2,044	2,577
96	QD Chemistry	9,403	36	1,166	1,734	1,349	1,684
97	QE Geology	7,352	28	832	1,603	1,056	1,066
98	QF-QH Natural History	9,524	105	1,457	2,039	1,399	1,516
99	QK Botany	5,253	15	403	726	556	763
100	QL Zoology	7,044	65	811	1,257	995	1,140
101	QM Human Anatomy	1,265	7	130	200	165	303
102	QN-QZ Physiology, Microbiology	-
103	QQ-QR Microbiology	13,289	129	2,281	3,562	2,265	2,026
104	R1-9999 Medicine	5,420	13	753	1,143	843	684
105	(undefined)	-
106	RA-RB Public Health, Pathology	8,667	46	1,766	1,892	1,269	860
107	RC Internal Medicine	14,653	30	2,077	4,483	3,059	2,632
108	RD Surgery	2,376	3	198	671	535	512
109	RE-RL Medical Specialities	8,359	27	1,251	1,980	1,356	1,197
110	RM-RS Therapeutics,Pharmacol.	2,445	1	222	597	491	405
111	RT Nursing	218	-	11	30	27	96
112	RU-RZ Other Medicine	278	-	9	16	13	15
113	S-SZ Agriculture	13,426	35	1,077	1,277	1,019	946
114	T-TJ,TL Technology & Engineering	20,508	178	3,546	4,073	2,321	2,586
115	TK Electrical Engineering	5,992	90	1,328	1,405	567	756
116	TM-TN Mining, Metallurgy	2,742	3	242	478	320	464
117	TP Chemical Engineering	3,216	25	507	681	300	343
118	TQ-TR Photography	2,058	37	632	511	319	175
119	TS Manufacturing	1,619	14	124	306	163	151
120	TT Arts & Crafts	288	1	35	56	46	20
121	TU-TZ Home Economics	1,183	8	188	294	201	111
122	U-V Military & Naval Sci.	28,372	124	1,875	1,943	903	778
123	Z1-659 Writing & Books	5,284	19	651	764	605	805
124	Z660-1000 Libraries	7,007	40	935	1,184	1,130	1,074
125	Z1001+ Bibliography	25,226	42	1,956	4,312	4,361	3,769
126	X1 Reserves Folder	2,359	-	-	1	-	-
127	X9 Reserves Prof Copy	2,144	1	3	-	-	-
	TOTAL	1,777,203	16,924	274,348	267,490	195,588	183,766

Subj Cat	Description	1950-59	1940-49	1930-39	1920-29	1910-19	<1909	No Date
-1	No Call #	1,433	644	456	393	303	2,003	14,221
0	Not in table	424	624	746	1,897	3,493	22,369	2,011
1	1- Brown University	1,479	1,128	1,244	742	339	1,775	220
2	2- Rhode Island	68	70	95	98	124	1,464	112
3	3- Providence	2	1	4	8	2	171	24
4	4- Textbooks	2	-	8	123	189	4,023	89
5	Other Numeric	8,597	5,257	6,005	6,790	6,134	27,640	4,293
6	A General	309	253	286	227	205	39,142	3,455
7	B-BE,BG-BK Philosophy	2,351	1,246	1,582	1,503	734	4,498	2,449
8	BF Psychology	883	610	809	752	293	1,060	633
9	BL,BZ Religion	559	282	356	361	182	568	315
10	BM Judaism	383	153	181	203	138	555	431
11	BN-BP Islam	107	66	51	63	68	5,032	623
12	BQ Buddhism	30	12	4	9	9	32	106
13	BR Christianity	2,328	1,350	1,335	1,127	656	3,848	929
14	BS Bible	658	249	320	335	182	1,078	299
15	C-CB History	186	129	129	100	33	380	564
16	CC Archaeology	44	11	18	19	22	117	115
17	CD-CS Historical Aids	773	877	1,048	1,224	1,232	7,923	1,631
18	D-DA History, Great Britain	2,085	2,500	1,895	1,695	1,169	6,411	3,536
19	DB,DD History, Central Europe	589	502	607	380	164	528	238
20	DC History, France	586	415	476	544	298	1,639	303
21	DE-DG399 History, Greece & Rome	368	240	334	311	144	676	420
22	DG400+ History, Italy	293	187	178	216	100	673	226
23	DH-DJ History, Low Countries	46	49	39	33	32	160	43
24	DK History, E.Eur. & Russia	812	421	466	439	224	522	295
25	DL History, Scandinavia	50	36	46	20	8	63	30
26	DM-DP History, Spain	214	211	201	123	65	345	127
27	DQ History, Switzerland	15	19	6	15	7	40	19
28	DR History, Balkans	142	89	80	115	88	175	101
29	DS1-329 History, Near East	750	350	492	428	196	662	657
30	DS330-449 History, South Asia	351	157	127	103	34	179	95
31	DS500-9999 History, East Asia	756	389	337	223	95	402	1,987
32	DT1-38,94+ History, Africa	451	140	183	190	97	424	204
33	DT39-93 History, Ancient Egypt	197	102	143	171	145	556	220
34	DU-DZ History, Oceanea,Gypsies	141	116	71	62	51	466	76
35	E-F1000 History, U.S.	3,605	3,388	2,862	2,375	2,399	61,519	7,467
36	F1001-1200 History, Canada	127	140	124	101	69	351	98
37	F1201-9999 History, Latin America	1,428	1,121	776	591	345	982	540
38	FA-GB Geography	705	728	1,004	2,464	3,971	20,865	2,138
39	GC Oceanography	47	21	11	8	4	19	68
40	GD-GM Ecology	19	8	17	39	144	831	69
41	GN-GT Anthropology	497	238	327	298	153	796	514
42	GU-GZ Recreation & Dance	394	651	789	677	432	1,388	882
43	H-HL Economics	6,492	4,506	4,766	4,078	4,034	11,660	10,115
44	HM,HR-HZ Sociology	1,541	837	1,019	868	525	1,464	1,349
45	HN-HP Social History	282	120	75	89	113	158	164
46	HQ Family,Gender,Sexuality	317	166	224	183	82	231	301
47	J-JZ Politics	2,268	1,722	1,652	1,937	2,540	6,841	2,460
48	K-KZ Law	310	178	204	169	248	1,341	292
49	L-LZ Education	2,043	1,924	2,000	1,635	946	3,646	1,783
50	M Music (scores)	1,854	1,523	685	757	2,072	3,321	4,603
51	ML Music	776	468	451	406	148	507	5,266
52	MT Music Technique	463	658	732	777	1,158	3,186	620
53	N,NB-NE,NL+Art	3,355	2,319	2,591	2,952	2,080	8,484	2,060
54	NA Architecture	705	359	347	434	223	613	305
55	NF-NK Decorative Arts	293	181	215	262	120	252	212
56	P,PB Language & Linguistics	2,451	2,593	5,138	5,080	2,893	5,630	1,364
57	PA Classics	731	525	652	720	457	3,409	749
58	PC1-999 Romance Lang & Lit	36	11	20	19	9	40	82
59	PC,PQ4000+ Italian Lang & Lit	5,969	1,612	706	761	400	1,087	324
60	PC,PQ2000+ French Lang & Lit	2,690	1,898	1,949	2,426	949	3,825	1,169
61	PC,PQ6000+ Spanish Lang & Lit	1,418	1,477	958	1,020	568	1,193	508
62	PC,PQ5000+ Portuguese Lang & Lit	320	218	113	105	37	204	221
63	PD,PF,PT Germanic Lang & Lit	2,463	1,912	1,618	2,395	1,215	3,136	783
64	PE English Language	186	123	178	169	112	380	94
65	PG Slavic Lang & Lit	2,443	851	649	734	392	700	471
66	PH Finno-Ugrian Lang & Lit	41	32	19	18	4	20	3
67	PJ1-2299 Egyptian Lang & Lit	156	60	93	95	79	434	174
68	PJ2300+ Semitic Lang & Lit	65	20	52	42	50	118	60
69	PJ4500+ Hebrew Lang & Lit	169	94	92	64	32	134	432
70	PJ5200+ Aramaic & Syraic L & L	16	6	11	18	12	67	9
71	PJ6000+ Arabic & Ethiopian L & L	131	55	58	54	41	301	72
72	PK Indo-Iranian Lang & Lit	200	106	102	117	59	261	146
73	PL1+,3300+ Asian & Oceanic L & L	76	39	19	10	8	46	35
74	PL500+ Japanese Lang & Lit	66	28	14	25	9	26	1,401
75	PL900+ Korean Lang & Lit	3	2	-	1	1	1	314
76	PL1000+ Chinese Lang & Lit	201	58	43	31	11	40	2,068
77	PL8000+ African Lang & Lit	27	8	14	8	4	4	37
78	PM Other Languages	36	21	27	17	16	76	30
79	PN1+,3300+ Literature	931	692	661	650	209	1,110	1,311
80	PN1501+ Perf.Arts, Dance, Film	507	263	316	273	155	412	486
81	PR1+ English Lit (general)	446	280	586	475	455	2,210	1,129
82	PR1400+ Old English Lit	23	14	17	10	8	33	10
83	PR1800+ Medieval English Lit	59	27	48	44	19	91	22
84	PR2200+ Renaissance Engl. Lit	410	315	428	355	211	832	166
85	PR3200+ Modern English Lit	2,475	1,523	2,240	2,546	1,320	6,138	1,085
86	PS1+ American Lit (general)	250	185	184	112	40	229	234
87	PS1000+ American Lit, 19th cent.	280	231	287	408	409	4,756	303
88	PS3500+ American Lit, 20th cent.	1,309	1,369	1,415	1,180	575	473	294
89	PS3550+ American Lit, contemp.	120	8	1	1	-	1	55
90	PZ Other Literature	3	1	2	10	23	285	18
91	Q1-9999 General Science	606	475	867	210	121	496	1,063
92	QA1-69,80+ Mathematics	2,789	2,103	2,176	1,816	1,597	6,417	1,497
93	QA70-79 Computers	123	56	16	13	10	29	229
94	QB Astronomy	370	221	208	180	109	837	465
95	QC Physics	1,116	735	780	625	141	595	1,119
96	QD Chemistry	682	511	472	395	201	389	784
97	QE Geology	512	354	330	227	138	627	579
98	QF-QH Natural History	609	316	319	312	188	643	621
99	QK Botany	398	251	229	210	166	1,145	391
100	QL Zoology	420	284	356	286	173	877	380
101	QM Human Anatomy	100	66	62	47	25	119	41
102	QN-QZ Physiology, Microbiology
103	QQ-QR Microbiology	628	335	313	301	156	523	770
104	R1-9999 Medicine	234	188	166	113	38	425	820
105	(undefined)
106	RA-RB Public Health, Pathology	245	179	158	141	69	1,513	529
107	RC Internal Medicine	551	313	246	185	86	252	739
108	RD Surgery	51	42	22	24	18	91	209
109	RE-RL Medical Specialities	293	337	352	236	171	766	393
110	RM-RS Therapeutics,Pharmacol.	104	83	61	55	23	172	231
111	RT Nursing	11	15	15	5	-	5	3
112	RU-RZ Other Medicine	7	8	6	2	15	149	38
113	S-SZ Agriculture	464	472	489	404	362	3,387	3,494
114	T-TJ,TL Technology & Engineering	1,296	1,256	818	704	502	1,770	1,458
115	TK Electrical Engineering	436	408	247	206	94	54	401
116	TM-TN Mining, Metallurgy	216	189	157	182	110	116	265
117	TP Chemical Engineering	180	235	129	239	117	216	244
118	TQ-TR Photography	57	72	88	50	6	27	84
119	TS Manufacturing	175	168	109	130	67	121	91
120	TT Arts & Crafts	18	18	12	9	8	53	12
121	TU-TZ Home Economics	44	49	48	37	24	84	95
122	U-V Military & Naval Sci.	405	607	258	315	505	18,612	2,047
123	Z1-659 Writing & Books	467	284	375	376	201	505	232
124	Z660-1000 Libraries	435	418	418	273	147	419	534
125	Z1001+ Bibliography	1,948	1,277	1,258	1,020	645	3,182	1,456
126	X1 Reserves Folder	-	-	-	-	-	6	2,352
127	X9 Reserves Prof Copy	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,140
	TOTAL	98,680	69,123	71,499	71,463	56,076	348,378	123,868