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Italicized columns including data from 1989/90 and 1990/91 are not included in the print edition.

TABLE 6a: GROWTH OF RESOURCES — Fiscal Years 1991/92 - 1997/98
Endowed & Statutory Libraries										1992 - 1998		1989 - 1998
Item Count:	1989/90	1990/91	1991/92	1992/93	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	Total Growth	Percent Change	Total Growth	Percent Change
Printed Volumes & Non-Book Materials*										Incr/(Decr)	Incr/(Decr)	Incr/(Decr)	Incr/(Decr)
Printed Volumes	5,216,346	5,344,481	5,617,563	5,730,587	5,857,715	5,999,592	6,120,024	6,284,891	6,429,133	811,570	14%	1,212,787	16%
Maps	194,282	199,073	203,337	206,986	211,872	218,360	221,701	224,936	228,860	25,523	13%	34,578	13%
Motion Pictures	3,068	3,159	3,551	3,572	3,575	3,656	3,679	3,693	3,842	291	8%	774	9%
Filmstrips and Slides	34,861	32,093	31,579	32,078	32,449	32,432	32,737	33,511	39,025	7,446	24%	4,164	21%
Video Tapes	3,470	3,799	4,766	5,490	5,972	6,690	8,189	9,525	11,317	6,551	137%	7,847	189%
Sound Recordings	62,463	64,073	67,585	70,834	73,142	74,840	76,490	77,709	81,254	13,669	20%	18,791	22%
Computer Files	902	1,113	1,939	2,459	3,161	3,406	4,327	5,112	6,112	4,173	215%	5,210	463%
Microforms*
Microfilm	147,130	151,563	158,965	164,138	169,709	175,868	180,098	182,211	186,805	27,840	18%	39,675	19%
Microfiche	3,701,193	4,146,086	4,493,838	4,785,404	5,157,951	5,419,699	5,623,757	5,806,851	5,984,167	1,490,329	33%	2,282,974	40%
Microcard	139,693	139,693	139,693	139,404	139,494	139,494	139,494	139,494	139,494	(199)	(0.1%)	(199)	-0.1%
Microprint	1,048,392	1,048,392	1,048,392	1,048,392	1,048,392	1,048,392	1,048,392	1,048,392	1,048,392	0	0%	0	0%
Serial Subscriptions*	59,801	59,928	61,342	62,552	63,462	62,863	62,846	63,409	63,051	1,709	3%	3,250	3%
Newspaper Subscriptions*	503	517	551	440	423	430	421	451	449	(102)	(19%)	(54)	-20%
Archives***	46,267	47,300	48,434	52,775	53,526	54,823	55,556	56,061	62,868	14,434	30%	16,601	31%
Material in Process for Cataloging	158,015	174,525	180,654	184,376	211,650	194,465	192,470	144,258	126,063	(54,591)	(30%)	(31,952)

* Reflects the addition of the Medical statistics to this table.
** Medical Archive manuscript material reported for 1997/98 only.
***Manuscript material in cubic feet.

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Last Updated on 12/14/98
By Patricia E. O'Neill
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