Retention Commitments Made: Stats

Combined Scenario 1, 2 & Series
Titles with Retention Statements:
Bangor Public 159,253
Bates 183,639
Bowdoin 218,805
Colby  265,246
Maine State Library   62,025
Portland Public Library   95,520
University of Maine  311,230
University of Southern Maine  126,624
Total 1,422,342

 


Series:
Titles with Retention Statements
Bangor Public      533
Bates      280
Bowdoin   1,374
Colby        62
Maine State Library      656
Portland Public Library      723
University of Maine    1,532
University of Southern Maine      264
Total Series     5,424

 

Scenario 2 :
Titles with Retention Statements
Bangor Public   19,758
Bates   54,845
Bowdoin   54,953
Colby 136,343
Maine State Library   20,829
Portland Public Library    22,684
University of Maine    44,437
University of Southern Maine    24,898
Total Scenario 2 378,747

 

Scenario 1:
Titles with Retention Statements
Bangor Public  138,962
Bates  128,514
Bowdoin  162,478
Colby  128,841
Maine State Library    40,540
Portland Public Library    72,113
University of Maine  265,261
University of Southern Maine  101,462
Total Scenario 1 1,038,171

The following table shows the total numbers and percentage of titles that were included in the MSCS monograph collection analysis that were subsequently committed to retain by MSCS libraries.

Library Analyzed by SCS Retained Percentage
Bangor Public 314,100 159,253 50.70%
Bates 436,124 183,639 42.11%
Bowdoin 492,011 218,805 44.47%
Colby 399,442 265,246 66.40%
Maine State Library 126,569 62,025 49.00%
Portland Public Library 189,834 95,520 50.32%
University of Maine 683,311 311,230 45.55%
University of Southern Maine 248,604 126,624 50.93%
Total 2,920,014 1,422,342 48.71%

Note: the figures for retained includes series which were not include in the SCS numbers, but the numbers of series are so small that it didn’t really make a significant difference in the percentages.

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