ANALYSIS RESULTS: C.U.N.Y.+ CATALOG VERSUS "RESOURCES FOR COLLEGE LIBRARIES" LATINO STUDIES CORE LIT LIST

In the 2007 Resources for College Libraries, Latino Studies comprises four taxonomies: "Anthologies," "Chicano/a Literature," "Other Latino/a Literatures," and "Poetry."

Then, the titles in each of these taxonomies were checked against records in the C.U.N.Y.+ catalog, ascertaining specifically whether or not the title could be accessed at four specific libraries: Hunter, City College, Brooklyn, and Queens.

The idea being that Latino MFA students should have access to a great deal of books about the literature of Latino people. The idea also being to question the decreasing rates of Latino Master's students at prominent senior colleges in the C.U.N.Y. system. The idea being that I can hopefully a correlation between the holdings of four particular libraries and an increase in Latino Studies materials in the catalog of those four particular schools.

I also need to show particular, empirical data, so here it goes.

The taxonomy, "Latino Anthologies" contains 34 entries. Hunter College had the highest amounts of books with 25, City College had 18 of the 34, Brooklyn had 19 out of 34, and Queens had 9 out of the 34. What this means is that Hunter had the highest proportion of materials suggested by Resources for College Libraries for "Anthologies" in 2007.

The taxonomy, "Chicano/a Literature" contains 35 entries. Hunter College had the highest amounts of books with 19, City College only had 8 out of 35, Brooklyn had 11 out of 35, and Queens had 8 out of 35 as well. What this means is that Hunter had the highest numbers of books suggested by Resources for College Libraries for "Chicano/a Literature" in 2007.

The taxonomy, "Other Latino Literature" contains 91 entries. Hunter College had the higest amounts of books with 73 out of 91, City College had 47 out of 91, Brooklyn had slightly higher amounts with 52 out of 91, and Queens had a little over one-third with30 out of 91. What this means is that Hunter had the highest numbers of books suggested by Resources for College Libraries for "Other Latino Literature" in 2007.

The taxonomy, "Poetry" contains 29 entries. Hunter College had the higest amounts of books with 23 out of 91, City College had 5 out of 29, Brooklyn had slightly more than double with 13 out of 29, and Queens had a little under City with a paltry 4 out of 29. What this means is that Hunter had the highest numbers of books suggested by Resources for College Libraries for "Poetry" in 2007.