This might be a bizarre question, but can anyone point to some analysis for a large general library, consortium, or even like WorldCat, a distribution of materials by class? So say for example 10% of the collection is in the 700s, and half of that is in the 741s, a quarter is in 746.432...
This table:
Table 4: Subject breakdown, nonfiction print books
History and auxiliary sciences
8 percent
Engineering and technology
7 percent
Business and economics
7 percent
Language, linguistics, and literature
6 percent
Philosophy and religion
5 percent
Health and medicine
5 percent
Art and architecture
3 percent
Law
3 percent
Sociology
3 percent
Education
3 percent
Other
15 percent
Unknown
35 percent
From http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november09/lavoie/11lavoie.html isn't really granular enough.
Thanks!
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