Table 31: James E. Morrow Library Survey of Growth

Academic Years 1988-89 through 1995-96

  1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995*
Number of Volumes plus Bound Periodicals 395,458 401,195 407,059 412,003 417,912 422,025 423,121 426,221
Number of Printed Government Documents not Reported as Volumes 769,483 793,005 810,799 816,287 857,733 896,252 929,423 951,518
Number of Reels of Microfilm 30,649 31,331 31,967 32,582 32,985 34,082 34,635 35,194
Number of Physical Items of all Forms of Microform, Microfiche, Microcards, etc. 149,143 150,167 151,005 151,408 151,657 151,983 152,045 163,620
Audio Visual Material 20,626 15,889 16,971 17,382 17,605 18,166 18,854 19,094
Number of Subscriptions to Serials 2,769 2,361 2,654 2,742 2,753 2,748 2,728 2,728
Unbound Publication 9,873 55 569 1,094 1,692 3,895 4,215 4,291

*Fiscal Year 1995-96 figures based on annual statistics.

Source: Marshall University James E. Morrow Library.


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