Marshall University
Office of Institutional Research
Table 31:  James E. Morrow Library Survey of Growth
Academic Years 1987-88 through 1994-95

                                            1987     1988     1989     1990     1991     1992     1993   1994 *
Number of Volumes plus
 Bound Periodicals                       389,107  395,458  401,195  407,059  412,003  417,912  422,025  423,121
Number of Printed Government
 Documents not Reported as
 Volumes                                 748,508  769,483  793,005  810,799  816,287  857,733  896,252  929,423
Number of Reels of 
 Microfilm                                30,046   30,649   31,331   31,967   32,582   32,985   34,082   34,635
Number of Physical Items of all
 Forms of Microform, Microfiche,
 Microcards, etc.                        147,363  149,143  150,167  151,005  151,408  151,657  151,983  152,045
Audio Visual Material                     20,473   20,626   15,889   16,971   17,382   17,605   18,166   18,854
Number of Subscriptions
 to Serials                                2,794    2,769    2,361    2,654    2,742    2,753    2,748    2,728
Unbound Publication                        9,711    9,873       55      569    1,094    1,692    3,895    4,215

*Fiscal Year 1994-95 figures based on annual statistics.

Source: Marshall University James E. Morrow Library.