HODGES COLLECTION CONDITION SURVEY RESULTS
Completed December 2002
SHELVING
Hodges Survey
	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Count	%	Count	%
Is volume shelved correctly?	544	78	151	22		1594652
Total Collection	1,243,828		350,823
Kansas Survey*		86.27		13.73
INCORRECTLY SHELVED VOLUMES
Hodges Survey
	No	No	Yes	Yes
	Count	%	Count	%
Shelved in wrong location?	661	94.6	38	5.4
Total Collection	1,508,541		86,111
Not shelved straight?	608	87	91	13
Total Collection	1,387,348		207,304
Shelved on spine?	698	99.9	1	0.1
Total Collection	1,593,058		1,594
Shelved on fore-edge?	693	99	6	1
Total Collection	1,578,706		15,946
Shelved too tightly?	673	96.3	26	3.7
Total Collection	1,535,650		59,002
Kansas Survey
				% Yes
Shelved in wrong location?				3.5
Not shelved straight?				3.6
Shelved on spine?				0.2
Shelved on fore-edge?				1.5
Shelved too tightly?				5.2
DAMAGE TO BINDING AND TEXT BLOCK
Hodges Survey
	No	No	Yes	Yes
	Count	%	Count	%
Broken text block	649	92.8	50	7.2
Total Collection	1,479,838		114,814
Missing cover(s)	699	0
Red-rot leather	693	99	6	1
Total Collection	1,578,706		15,946
Damaged spine	571	81.7	128	18.3
Total Collection	1,302,831		291,821
Loose hinge(s)	522	74.7	177	25.3
Total Collection	1,191,205		403,447
Damaged cover(s)	626	89.6	73	10.4
Total Collection	1,428,809		165,843
Missing pages (not mutilation)	698	99.9	1	0.1		1594652
Total Collection	1,593,058		1,594
Damaged pages (not mutilation)	662	94.7	37	5.3
Total Collection	1,510,136		84,516
Loose pages	682	97.6	17	2.4
Total Collection	1,556,380		38,272
Torn endsheets	659	94.3	40	5.7
Total Collection	1,503,757		90,895
Loose cover(s)	692	99	7	1
Total Collection	1,578,706		15,946
No damage	288	41.2	411	58.8
Total Collection	656,997		937,655
Kansas Survey
				% Yes
Broken text block				5
Missing cover(s)				N/A
Red-rot leather				1.1
Damaged spine				5.7
Loose hinge(s)				4.5
Damaged cover(s)				1.3
Missing pages (not mutilation)				0.08
Damaged pages (not mutilation)				2.9
Loose pages				1.9
Torn endsheets				4.4
Loose cover(s)				0.8
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Count	%	Count	%
Is there environmental damage?	212	30.6	481	69.4
Total Collection	487,963		1,106,688
Yale Survey**		3.9		95.8
pH OF TEXT BLOCK
Hodges Survey
	Acidic	Acidic	Acid free or neutral
	Count	%	Count	%
Paper pH	476	68.8	216	31.2
Total Collection	1,097,121		497,531
Kansas Survey		76.4		23.6
Maryland Survey***		73
BRITTLE PAPER
Hodges Survey
	Non Brittle	Non Brittle	Brittle	Brittle
	Count	%	Count	%
Brittle Paper	577	83.3	116	16.7
Total Collection	1,328,345		266,307
Kansas Survey		90.3		9.7
Maryland Survey				16.4
Yale Survey		59.4		37.1
PATRON DAMAGE AND MUTILATION
Hodges Survey
	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Count	%	Count	%
Does item have patron or mutilation damage?	182	26.3	511	73.7
Total Collection	419,393		1,175,259
Kansas Survey		19.8
CORRECT SHELVING AND SHELF NUMBER
	# Correct	% Correct	# Incorrect	% Incorrect
Shelves 1-2	124	79	33	21
Shelves 3-6	310	81.2	72	18.8
Shelves 7-9	109	70.8	45	29.2
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AND SHELF NUMBER
	# Damage	% Damage	# No Damage	% No Damage
Shelves 1-2	50	31.8	107	68.2
Shelves 3-6	115	30.3	265	69.7
Shelves 7-9	47	30.5	107	69.5
pH AND UV DAMAGE
	# Acidic	% Acidic	# Alkaline	% Alkaline
No UV Damage	370	65.5	195	31.6
UV Damage	106	83.5	21	16.5
BRITTLENESS AND DUST
	# No Dust	% No Dust	# With Dust	% With Dust
Not Brittle	510	88.4	67	11.6
Brittle	68	58.6	48	41.4
*University of Kansas Libraries survey conducted 1996.
**Yale University Libraries survey conducted 1982-1983.
***University of Maryland Libraries survey conducted 1989.
MES 2/18/03