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.