2   Special and research libraries. Books, periodicals, issues, loans, expenditure, persons employed and man-years. 2000
  Library units Books and periodicals, total Gross increase in 2000: Books and periodicals, total Current title series, total Issues Loans, total Registered expenditure for acquisitions2 Number of persons employed,total Man-years done
  Executed issues, total1 Of which executed non-local loans, total
    1 000           1 000
Total 357 18 658 574 483 156 159 3 806 898 485 074 382 244 209 140 1 807 1 581,4
                     
National libraries, total 2 2 015 158 322 19 863 145 144 77 451 2 028 8 529 326 301,3
                     
Universities and colleges with faculty and departemental library, total 77 9 796 189 284 51 375 1 756 982 281 690 203 626 98 884 658 609,6
                     
University of Oslo Library 35 3 360 51 608 12 476 562 920 89 365 53 582 28 392 202 197,8
University of Bergen Library 11 1 659 39 957 10 363 388 355 50 987 43 832 17 371 128 106,3
University of Trondheim Library 11 2 541 42 967 14 786 335 073 69 078 42 565 21 859 168 150,3
University of Tromsø Library3 7 972 30 954 5 447 164 884 33 936 21 720 19 020 65 61,9
Library of the Agricultural University of Norway 1 499 3 632 2 018 34 041 6 345 16 379 1 620 15 15,0
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. The Library 1 286 4 391 1 744 46 497 9 526 3 430 2 148 13 16,0
Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine. The Library 1 78 1 041 333 17 617 6 158 4 655 990 5 4,5
Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education. The Library 1 73 1 189 408 18 853 2 610 3 286 614 6 6,0
Oslo School of Architecture. The Library 1 42 986 186 15 137 1 491 439 360 3 3,0
Norwegian School of Theology. The Library 1 56 1 653 365 18 371 2 557 2 023 559 9 5,0
The Norwegian State Academy of Music. The Library 2 13 445 214 54 297 1 080 670 463 7 5,5
Norwegian Academy for the Study of Religion and Education. The Library 1 32 1 440 228 15 397 148 1 167 483 4 3,5
Norwegian School of Marketing. Campus Library 1 25 2 208 450 39 090 2 242 5 015 1 162 11 11,5
School of Mission and Theology. The Library 1 70 1 167 540 4 498 1 158 560 258 3 2,8
Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Plant Protection Centre 1 12 - 200 - - 625 230 - 1,0
Norwegian School of Management. Main Library 1 77 5 646 1 617 41 952 5 009 3 678 3 355 19 19,5
                     
State colleges, total 109 2 836 127 778 25 949 1 367 484 79 057 84 861 47 015 392 330,2
                     
Høgskolen i Østfold 5 120 8 242 1 016 55 398 4 950 2 552 3 114 18 13,2
Høgskolen i Akershus 4 69 1 990 736 37 141 3 679 2 148 1 175 13 10,2
Høgskolen i Oslo 9 222 9 388 1 371 148 132 3 220 8 212 3 078 33 29,5
Høgskolen i Hedmark 6 174 8 755 1 498 69 108 5 052 3 289 2 049 22 20,3
Høgskolen i Lillehammer 1 51 4 424 501 26 007 3 507 2 932 1 314 8 7,2
Høgskolen i Gjøvik 2 35 1 603 355 13 889 1 356 638 625 5 4,6
Høgskolen i Buskerud 3 55 2 185 363 31 324 2 352 2 127 1 277 10 9,2
Høgskolen i Vestfold 2 59 - 635 66 414 3 184 2 759 1 500 10 10,0
Høgskolen i Telemark 3 206 7 687 1 187 76 334 6 280 7 235 3 075 24 17,6
Høgskolen i Agder 9 232 8 103 1 816 84 637 6 296 8 029 3 349 24 20,8
Høgskolen i Stavanger 4 266 10 626 2 213 106 532 9 834 9 133 3 533 22 19,7
Høgskolen Stord/Haugesund 3 50 2 700 440 35 000 - 1 500 2 251 10 8,0
Høgskolen i Bergen 5 79 4 366 207 90 044 2 590 4 402 1 598 22 15,6
Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane 4 94 4 573 3 278 42 805 3 025 3 029 1 175 12 10,6
Høgskulen i Volda 1 90 2 819 682 41 162 3 357 2 848 1 071 14 9,0
Høgskolen i Molde 3 81 4 691 959 16 671 1 454 1 415 1 064 7 6,9
Høgskolen i Ålesund 1 24 1 357 334 8 792 569 885 522 5 4,5
Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag 5 139 9 439 1 398 77 503 3 358 2 343 2 811 18 15,9
Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag 3 112 4 808 915 56 335 2 227 3 542 1 872 17 12,9
Høgskolen i Bodø 4 170 5 807 954 59 950 5 089 4 782 1 964 15 13,3
Høgskolen i Nesna 2 30 1 793 222 16 205 701 1 352 571 3 3,0
Høgskolen i Harstad 1 25 1 661 400 15 392 777 905 641 5 4,5
Høgskolen i Narvik 1 30 1 447 494 10 565 866 871 611 6 5,5
Høgskolen i Tromsø 4 61 3 960 580 48 008 470 597 1 352 9 10,4
Høgskolen i Finnmark 4 62 3 998 541 29 399 1 084 1 923 1 086 11 6,0
Samisk Høgskole 1 15 990 154 4 004 4 123 260 2 2,0
Luftkrigsskolen 1 12 705 126 3 289 247 369 - 1 0,9
Others 18 273 9 661 2 574 97 444 3 529 4 921 4 077 46 38,9
                     
Special libraries, public, total 136 3 328 84 946 33 760 461 754 37 883 77 512 47 144 356 277,90
                     
The Library of the Norwegian Storting 1 191 2 959 777 7 014 163 91 1 292 13 13,00
Statistics Norway. Library and Information Centre 1 155 3 044 3 197 9 410 527 774 1 088 12 11,00
Directorate of Fisheries. The Library 1 136 1 657 1 666 5 021 2 298 3 049 850 5 5,40
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Documentation Centre 1 63 544 900 2 671 171 187 945 3 3,70
Telemark Central Hospital. Department of Occupational Medicine. The Library 1 105 4 950 42 1 258 123 1 274 129 1 0,50
Geological Survey of Norway. The Library 1 116 500 589 4 066 674 858 600 4 2,80
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The Library 1 122 1 841 565 52 297 121 726 1 050 16 14,00
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. The Library 2 105 2 223 555 3 910 660 3 078 2 698 4 3,50
National Archives of Norway. The Library 2 97 1 247 1 088 3 453 46 160 140 3 2,20
Institute for Energy Technology. The Library 1 69 695 925 4 567 775 2 028 1 708 3 3,40
Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology. The Library 1 92 2 583 377 1 409 200 41 111 3 2,50
Ullevaal Hospital. Medical Library 1 86 3 056 407 33 261 5 625 7 886 1 463 11 9,00
The National Gallery Library 1 80 1 334 202 149 25 59 372 3 3,00
The Norwegian Armed Forces Museum. The Library 1 100 237 75 522 177 - 36 2 2,00
Library of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute 1 71 1 300 702 2 655 - 985 595 1 1,00
Biblioteket NOVA and Institute for Social Research. Library 2 65 4 000 396 12 920 320 3 900 558 6 4,50
Stavanger Museum. The Library 1 58 1 220 937 1 757 256 92 144 2 2,00
Norwegian Patent Office. Information Department. 1 55 841 441 - - 1 000 500 27 26,00
Bank of Norway’s Library 1 54 2 174 723 5 388 425 370 692 5 4,50
The Norwegian Folk Museum Library 1 51 - 333 250 - 60 80 1 1,00
Norwegian Forest Research Institute. The Library 1 50 1 027 721 5 684 503 828 184 2 1,80
Others 112 1 411 47 514 18 142 304 092 24 794 50 066 31 909 229 161,10
                     
Special libraries, private, total 33 683 14 153 25 212 75 534 8 993 14 217 7 568 75 62,40
                     
The Nobel Institute Library 1 201 4 210 18 126 12 958 393 38 839 3 2,80
The Labour Movement Archives and Library 1 93 942 481 5 059 - - 210 6 7,20
Chr. Michelsen Institute. The Library 1 1 - 1 087 4 119 2 076 1 117 630 3 3,00
Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books 1 58 1 309 48 1 932 213 9 46 5 4,70
The Norwegian Institute for Water Research. The Library 1 43 1 006 460 995 995 651 852 2 0,60
Others 28 287 6 686 5 010 50 471 5 316 12 402 4 991 56 44,10
1  Includes registered photocopies replacing issues.
2  Expenditure for binding not included.
3  Include. [The University Courses on Svalbard. The Library.
Source: National Office for Research and Special Libraries.

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