Creating a “Statewide Collection”


These steps can be used to establish a “statewide collection” that can be used for comparison to your collection. This statewide collection would include the titles present in Illinois academic libraries. Each title would be counted only once. In creating this guide, the total collection at the division level is used, but this method can be used to create a total collection for language, date ranges, and all subject levels.
DIVISIONUniqueShared By 2Shared By 3Shared By 4
Language and Literature81398936567518493584193
History4563312083778068247641
Business & Economics2949271759824959331333
Philosophy & Religion292184976804555929043
Medicine136168575213418023629
Engineering & Technology166998595143058718363
Art and Architecture150583638192830816630
Sociology129513523202323714978
Education12606437188155039842
Political Science101635446991830211354
Law104370417291796312609
Reference95212380881796010581
Geography & Earth Sci.10467230727123107483
Agriculture992131946583685669
Biological Sciences5804123294129818447
Physics4273420256138256667
Music482072008890715655
Mathematics408231176169614993
Psychology340391147560783932
Performing Arts280471204261643634
Physical Education287611047354874240
Anthropology255901168648192901
Computer Science212211017659454077
Chemistry11726493028312102
I eliminated the no call number row, but you may not want to do that. There will be up to 72 columns.
DIVISIONTitlesPercent
Language and Literature1,671,89923.71%
History938,15213.30%
Business & Economics670,1729.50%
Philosophy & Religion546,6177.75%
Medicine324,7304.60%
Engineering & Technology318,7644.52%
Art and Architecture312,5814.43%
Sociology296,8354.21%
Education240,8973.42%
Political Science222,8893.16%
Law218,9223.10%
Reference195,3552.77%
Geography & Earth Sci.176,9762.51%
Agriculture141,9382.01%
Biological Sciences133,1551.89%
Physics107,4491.52%
Music103,5921.47%
Mathematics87,7511.24%
Psychology76,0291.08%
Performing Arts66,4680.94%
Physical Education59,6560.85%
Anthropology55,1140.78%
Computer Science55,0100.78%
Chemistry31,0940.44%
7,052,045100.00%
I added in the percentages, because I think that’s interesting.

If you have further questions, please let me know mmunroe@niu.edu.