Special and research libraries

1   Special and research libraries. 2002
  Total National libraries Libraries of universities1 Libraries of colleges and other schools of higher education Special libraries, public Special libraries, private
Number of libraries  339 3 72 98  136 30
             
Collections            
Physical units 44 294 880 5 288 947 13 127 076 3 049 583 21 040 677 1 788 597
Books and publication series, number of volumes, total 18 991 586 2 213 499 10 091 767 2 915 118 3 066 676  704 526
Of which            
Open shelves 3 917 016 27 148 1 267 514 1 320 588  852 858  448 908
Gross increase  529 307  138 488  172 162  117 829 82 549 18 279
Manuscripts  134 351 36 268 33 928 13 942 9 067 41 146
Microfiches 1 490 427 85 807  392 341 19 264  960 492 32 523
Music notes  321 470  205 555 79 625 33 926 2 354 10
Audio visual documents  534 355  373 200 52 187 62 921 43 459 2 588
Graphic and cartographic material 3 816 794 2 003 658  311 966 2 061  499 107 1 000 002
Patents 18 501 500 - 2 156 954 - 16 344 546 -
Electronic documents  377 128  354 526 8 164 1 434 12 565  439
Other material  127 269 16 434  144  917  102 411 7 363
Digital documents            
Digital documents 8 638 077 7 074 566 38 887 1 508 1 522 984  132
Databases            
Databases 5 194  107  669 1 021 2 992  405
Current title series2  220 176 53 536 63 998 36 350 41 459 24 833
Of which            
Periodicals, printed  158 694 51 773 37 449 19 383 26 309 23 780
Periodicals, electronic 56 850  139 25 979 16 127 13 682  923
Newspapers printed 4 039 1 624  568  800  923  124
Newspapers electronic  593 - 2 40  545 6
             
Issues            
Number of local loans issued 3 371 593  105 342 1 479 483 1 329 113  403 262 54 393
Number of non-local loans issued  573 887 52 841  325 986  131 731 47 242 16 087
Of which            
Domestic  548 507 51 398  308 798  128 162 44 931 15 218
Foreign countries 25 380 1 443 17 188 3 569 2 311  869
             
Special loans            
Dispatched orders  330 372 2 666  157 519 90 768 65 707 13 712
Total lending, physical units  306 414 1 970  138 496 83 680 68 381 13 887
Of which            
Domestic  241 309  256  111 442 77 133 45 943 6 535
Foreign countries 65 105 1 714 27 054 6 547 22 438 7 352
             
Personnel            
Number of employed, total            
Of which 1 866  328  727  432  311 68
Librarians 1 046  120  352  291  238 45
Other position  820  208  375  141 73 23
             
Man-years worked, total 1 576  328  590  341  263 53
Of which            
Librarians  954  120  318  267  212 37
Other position  622  208  272 74 52 16
             
Finances            
Expenses, total (in 1 000 kroner) 1 002 940  195 503  455 369  180 761  146 997 24 310
Revenue from services, total 56 024 11 727 32 811 3 007 8 159  320
1  Figures include scientific colleges.
2  From 2002 the figures include both printed and electronic titles.
Source: Source: The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authorithy.

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