Special and research libraries

1   Special and research libraries. 2001
  Total National libraries Libraries of universities1 Libraries of colleges and other schools of higher education Special libraries, public Special libraries, private
Number of libraries 352 2 76 101 142 31
             
Collections            
Books and publication series, number of volumes, total 18 748 782 2 075 011 9 962 954 2 884 194 3 126 582 700 041
Of which            
Open shelves 3 986 688 25 859 1 390 816 1 244 889 872 903 452 221
Gross increase 595 952 201 243 166 974 124 262 82 122 21 351
Manuscripts 126 747 29 373 32 238 17 118 9 256 38 762
Microfiches 1 505 084 80 594 416 687 25 790 949 866 32 147
Music notes 328 596 204 087 78 484 38 711 7 314 -
Audio visual documents 498 731 339 625 50 574 65 277 40 897 2 358
Graphic and cartographic material 3 412 374 1 873 481 309 047 2 068 237 776 990 002
Patents 18 280 086 - 2 153 685 - 16 126 401 -
Electronic documents 377 304 354 316 8 703 2 189 11 730 366
Current title series 2159 703 50 791 38 184 21 139 226 020 23 569
Of which            
Periodicals 2156 625 50 328 37 531 20 212 225 094 23 460
Newspapers 3 078 463 653 927 926 109
             
Issues            
Number of local loans issued 3 283 930 145 268 1 395 984 1 292 484 377 440 72 754
Number of non-local loans issued 594 808 74 005 343 858 106 475 56 411 14 059
Of which            
Domestic 571 817 72 612 327 618 103 590 54 443 13 554
Foreigen countries 22 991 1 393 16 240 2 885 1 968 505
             
Special loans            
Dispatched orders 362 755 2 670 182 917 92 466 65 193 19 509
Total lending, physical units 329 930 1 983 160 695 83 230 71 793 12 229
Of which            
Domestic 273 809 385 131 125 77 756 58 080 6 463
Foreigen countries 56 121 1 598 29 570 5 474 13 713 5 766
             
Personnel            
Number of employed, total 1 904 321 778 420 313 72
Of which            
Librarians 1 080 121 401 282 232 44
Other position 824 200 377 138 81 28
             
Man-years worked, total 1 613 320 636 328 271 58
Of which            
Librarians 992 120 362 257 210 43
Other position 621 200 274 71 61 15
             
Finances            
Expenses, total (in 1 000 kroner) 952 043 191 795 438 857 173 562 123 523 24 306
Revenue from services, total 213 187 17 368 63 428 4 374 127 750 267
1  Figures include scientific colleges.
2  The number is corrected 27 August 2002.
Source: National Office for Research and Special Libraries.

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