Special and research libraries

2   Special and research libraries. Books, periodicals, issues, loans, expenditure, persons employed and man-years. 2001
  Library units Books and periodicals, total Gross increase in 2001: 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 352 18 903 600 601 3   159 703    3 878 738 594 808    329 930 240 178 1 904    1 613.4
                     
National libraries, total 2 2 125 201 243 50 791 219 273 74 005 1 983 4 753 321 320,2
                     
Universities and colleges with faculty and departemental library, total 76 10 000 168 092 38 184 1 739 842 343 858 160 695 114 432 778 636,1
                     
University of Oslo Library 34 3 424 53 618 9 673 647 416 149 899 39 988 39 502 273 206,6
University of Bergen Library 11 1 685 32 664 8 136 355 521 43 944 30 053 20 318 122 106,2
University of Trondheim Library 11 2 587 49 773 10 448 314 274 80 676 34 625 19 638 201 168,2
University of Tromsø Library 6 994 9 599 5 116 155 920 26 742 21 501 19 863 78 63,8
The University Courses on Svalbard. The Library 1 9 1 302 138 2 490 212 1 216 1 090 1 0,9
Library of the Agricultural University of Norway 1 502 3 121 1 249 24 717 6 094 11 820 - 14 12,5
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. The Library 1 289 3 632 180 40 349 9 196 2 779 3 491 12 12,6
Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine. The Library 1 79 829 328 15 181 5 169 4 115 1 329 5 4,5
Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education. The Library 1 74 1 085 317 7 339 6 113 2 801 705 9 7,2
Oslo School of Architecture. The Library 1 43 805 171 12 379 1 593 341 421 7 3,5
Norwegian School of Theology. The Library 1 58 2 670 342 21 405 4 709 1 848 655 9 5,0
The Norwegian State Academy of Music. The Library 2 13 458 205 52 214 1 065 268 577 7 5,4
Norwegian Academy for the Study of Religion and Education. The Library 1 34 1 427 228 16 821 1 362 1 119 532 4 3,5
School of Mission and Theology. The Library 1 71 1 368 486 3 663 900 524 321 3 2,8
Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Plant Protection Centre 1 29 99 - - - 585 303 2 1,0
Norwegian School of Management. Main Library 2 110 5 642 1 167 70 153 6 184 7 112 5 687 31 32,5
                     
State colleges, total 101 2 904 126 660 21 139 1 398 959 106 475 83 230 54 063 420 328,3
                     
Høgskolen i Østfold 5 125 9 621 1 017 60 569 4 520 3 146 3 527 16 15,7
Høgskolen i Akershus 4 72 2 162 615 31 405 2 627 2 333 1 171 12 11,8
Høgskolen i Oslo 5 177 2 237 1 420 153 128 8 128 7 707 3 791 34 28,5
Høgskolen i Hedmark 6 176 7 216 1 063 67 822 6 808 3 428 2 530 22 20,6
Høgskolen i Lillehammer 1 52 2 465 596 29 452 5 129 2 517 1 634 8 7,2
Høgskolen i Gjøvik 2 36 1 943 358 15 018 1 960 748 771 7 4,9
Høgskolen i Buskerud 3 58 3 243 567 30 523 3 241 1 996 1 439 10 9,7
Høgskolen i Vestfold 2 56 1 154 17 59 983 6 375 2 572 1 592 12 12,0
Høgskolen i Telemark 4 208 8 051 998 74 562 5 720 5 786 3 355 34 18,8
Høgskolen i Agder 6 234 10 082 1 924 91 695 6 169 7 235 4 570 33 19,5
Høgskolen i Stavanger 4 246 5 986 2 010 107 774 10 504 10 125 3 465 23 21,6
Høgskolen Stord/Haugesund 3 57 1 823 470 35 914 1 414 1 812 1 850 10 8,0
Høgskolen i Bergen 5 126 4 283 945 94 277 7 020 3 911 1 939 22 12,9
Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane 5 101 4 835 662 44 527 4 997 3 256 1 734 20 10,5
Høgskulen i Volda 1 95 5 381 678 40 085 3 429 3 073 1 346 13 8,8
Høgskolen i Molde 3 84 4 649 949 18 572 1 575 1 448 1 476 7 7,0
Høgskolen i Ålesund 1 24 1 163 300 8 085 1 326 882 720 9 5,3
Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag 5 153 8 350 941 82 596 3 347 2 148 3 086 19 15,0
Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag 3 117 5 262 922 57 247 2 778 3 435 2 045 14 12,2
Høgskolen i Bodø 4 172 7 914 825 59 143 7 199 4 569 2 520 15 13,7
Høgskolen i Nesna 2 34 2 474 212 18 820 1 482 1 552 785 4 3,4
Høgskolen i Harstad 1 27 2 400 393 17 997 1 793 1 145 714 3 3,3
Høgskolen i Narvik 1 30 1 389 428 8 570 1 472 849 591 5 4,5
Høgskolen i Tromsø 4 54 3 478 557 48 910 355 792 1 300 10 9,0
Høgskolen i Finnmark 2 65 3 718 514 32 073 1 054 1 629 1 119 11 5,8
Samisk Høgskole 1 15 1 000 - 4 252 15 102 246 2 2,0
Luftkrigsskolen 1 12 489 116 2 561 205 478 - 2 1,9
Others 17 297 13 892 1 642 103 399 5 833 4 556 4 747 43 35,1
                     
Special libraries, public, total 142 3 149 82 953 23 251 433 851 56 411 71 793 58 307 313 270,9
                     
The Library of the Norwegian Storting 1 184 3 333 753 6 419 160 115 2 370 13 13,0
Statistics Norway. Library and Information Centre 1 152 3 042 32 778 7 608 1 628 643 1 081 12 13,8
Directorate of Fisheries. The Library 1 137 696 1 606 4 955 2 415 3 965 1 050 5 5,4
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Documentation Centre 1 43 548 436 1 507 223 198 1 445 7 7,8
Telemark Central Hospital. Department of Occupational Medicine. The Library 1 3 124 42 1 021 104 1 187 120 1 0,5
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The Library 1 122 1 894 445 23 188 114 720 1 509 14 12,5
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. The Library 2 105 1 272 357 6 049 1 136 3 085 3 074 4 4,0
National Archives of Norway. The Library 2 98 903 885 2 880 44 77 146 3 2,5
Institute for Energy Technology. The Library 1 68 506 440 5 334 933 2 578 1 643 3 2,8
Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology. The Library 1 93 2 062 304 592 84 97 162 3 2,5
Ullevaal Hospital. Medical Library 1 91 4 635 398 24 872 3 410 7 947 2 422 10 10,5
The National Gallery Library 1 81 1 520 201 99 29 102 349 3 3,0
The Norwegian Armed Forces Museum. The Library 1 100 350 100 10 000 - - 61 2 2,0
Library of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute 1 79 - - 2 860 - 757 590 1 1,0
Biblioteket NOVA and Institute for Social Research. Library 2 68 2 502 350 13 600 200 4 400 909 5 4,5
Stavanger Museum. The Library 1 59 1 286 920 1 107 301 33 129 2 2,0
Norwegian Patent Office. Information Department. 1 55 1 415 6 - - 705 1 291 - -
Bank of Norways Library 1 55 2 416 168 4 225 312 305 857 4 4,0
The Norwegian Folk Museum Library 1 51 48 43 12 12 188 87 1 1,0
Norwegian Forest Research Institute. The Library 1 51 1 315 178 3 857 202 695 420 2 1,6
Others 119 1 453 53 086 15 610 313 666 45 104 43 996 38 592 218 176,5
                     
Special libraries, private, total 31 724 21 653 23 569 86 813 14 059 12 229 8 623 72 58,0
                     
The Nobel Institute Library 1 204 2 754 18 163 9 797 6 009 69 922 3 2,2
The Labour Movement Archives and Library 1 94 895 279 6 035 134 11 320 6 4,8
Chr. Michelsen Institute. The Library 1 78 4 000 605 5 100 2 600 900 798 3 3,0
Norwegian Institute for Childrens Books 1 60 1 727 46 2 452 282 4 108 5 4,9
The Norwegian Institute for Water Research. The Library 1 45 1 337 435 942 366 597 970 1 1,3
Others 26 244 10 940 4 041 62 487 4 668 10 648 5 505 54 41,9
1  Includes registered photocopies replacing issues.
2  Expenditure for binding not included.
3  The number is corrected 27 August 2002.
Source: National Office for Research and Special Libraries.

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