Special and research libraries

1   Special and research libraries. 2000
  Total National libraries Libraries of universities1 Libraries of colleges and other schools of higher education Special libraries, public Special libraries, private
Number of libraries 357 2 77 109 136 33
             
Collections            
Shelf space in metres, total 665 851 74 679 288 781 81 103 124 115 97 173
Books and publication series, number of volumes, total 18 522 502 1 997 392 9 750 350 2 812 816 3 302 888 659 056
Of which            
Gross increase 568 053 156 311 188 073 126 595 83 260 13 814
Manuscripts 130 464 42 603 30 564 17 935 2 494 36 868
Music notes 127 658 - 77 122 45 184 5 002 350
Microfiches 1 173 190 143 667 431 329 25 592 541 017 31 585
Audio visual documents 599 459 452 061 49 301 58 982 33 881 5 234
Graphic and cartographic material 1 281 948 647 045 306 701 2 029 186 173 140 000
Electronic documents 44 377 2 314 29 980 1 910 9 898 275
Current title series 156 159 19 863 51 375 25 949 33 760 25 212
Of which            
Periodicals 135 503 17 864 45 266 23 601 24 733 24 039
Newspapers 3 074 258 804 999 895 118
Other publication series 17 582 1 741 5 305 1 349 8 132 1 055
             
Issues            
Received orders            
Non-local loans, total 522 353 77 451 310 829 82 856 41 499 9 718
Of which            
Domestic 492 314 75 970 289 571 79 700 38 185 8 888
Foreigen countries 30 039 1 481 21 258 3 156 3 314 830
Number of local loans issued 3 321 824 67 693 1 475 292 1 288 427 423 871 66 541
Number of non-local loans issued 485 074 77 451 281 690 79 057 37 883 8 993
Of which            
Domestic 459 746 75 970 263 841 76 217 35 467 8 251
Foreigen countries 25 328 1 481 17 849 2 840 2 416 742
             
Special loans            
Dispatched orders 433 588 2 662 230 606 93 263 82 881 24 176
Total lending, physical units 382 244 2 028 203 626 84 861 77 512 14 217
Of which            
Domestic 323 428 343 166 115 79 512 65 403 12 055
Foreigen countries 58 816 1 685 37 511 5 349 12 109 2 162
             
Personnel            
Number of employed, total 1 807 326 658 392 356 75
Of which            
Librarians 907 86 287 262 225 47
Academicians 174 26 98 14 28 8
Other position 726 214 273 116 103 20
             
Man-years worked, total 1 581 301 610 330 278 62
Of which            
Librarians 820 77 270 239 192 41
Academicians 146 24 86 14 16 7
Other position 615 200 253 77 70 15
             
Finances            
Expenses, total (in 1 000 kroner) 744 843 94 988 353 340 162 977 108 107 25 431
Revenue from services, total 53 957 8 080 20 615 3 845 18 206 3 211
1  Figures include scientific colleges.
Source: National Office for Research and Special Libraries.

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