| Special and research libraries |
| 3 | Special and research libraries. Visits, visitors, hours of opening and seats. 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of registered visits | 4 814 685 | 124 503 | 2 593 123 | 1 990 085 | 84 176 | 22 798 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of lenders | 215 921 | 4 860 | 70 566 | 105 686 | 24 140 | 10 669 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weekly hours of opening | 8 316 | 55 | 902 | 2 567 | 3 803 | 989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hours of opening per year | 387 256 | 2 643 | 40 019 | 118 363 | 180 177 | 46 054 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seats per 31 December | 19 758 | 221 | 7 962 | 8 356 | 975 | 2 244 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Figures include scientific colleges. |
| Source: National Office for Research and Special Libraries. | |