92 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
35. Do you use the service or tool primarily to identify what to archive next, or what to deselect next?
N=14
Identify future archival activity 10 71%
Identify potential deselection activity 4 29%
CHARACTERISTICS OF COLLECTIONS: HOLDINGS
36. Please indicate the number of titles archived to date/under a retention agreement in the program
and the average number of titles added each year. N=15
Titles N Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
Archived 15 60 1,400,000 178,538 4406 408,903
Added each year 11 0 72,276 7,250 808 21,574
Number of titles Average number of titles added each year
60 0
80 100
169 0
246
2,400 1,000
2,927 585
3,000 1,500
4,406 808
8,000
8,181 1,350
16,526 627
17,692 1,500
361,381 72,276
852,995
1,400,000
37. Please indicate the number of volumes archived to date/under a retention agreement in the
program and the average number of volumes added each year. N=15
Volumes N Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
Archived 15 3,380 1,522,012 308,588 156,155 488,061
Added each year 9 0 108,439 50,089 60,000 33,372