Special and research libraries

2   Special and research libraries. Books, periodicals, issues, loans, expenditure, persons employed and man-years. 2002
  Library units Books and periodicals, total Gross increase in 2001: Books and periodicals, total Current title series, total2 Issues Loans, total Registered expenditure for acquisitions3 Number of persons employed,total Man-years done
  Executed issues, total1 Of which executed non-local loans, total
  1 000 1 000
Total  339 19 207  533 927  220 176 3 945 480  594 808  573 887  263 958 1 866 1 575.6
                     
National libraries, total 3 2 265  139 208 53 536  158 183 52 841 1 970 2 611  328  328.0
                     
Universities and colleges with faculty and departemental library, total 72 10 155  173 462 63 998 1 805 469  325 986  138 496  129 192  727  590.2
                     
University of Oslo Library 30 3 469 52 489 13 868  675 972  144 668 31 127 34 730  245  187.0
University of Bergen Library 10 1 707 31 699 13 853  356 175 35 850 24 546 19 862  112  105.9
University of Trondheim Library 12 2 634 49 901 13 423  318 731 79 969 32 948 29 174  199  145.9
University of Tromsø Library 6 1 015 17 111 8 632  164 390 25 355 17 693 26 747 64 61.5
The University Courses on Svalbard. The Library 1 10 1 080  138 2 469  202 1 031 1 106 1 0.9
Library of the Agricultural University of Norway 1  507 2 914 3 202 27 068 6 561 10 816 4 021 14 11.6
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. The Library 1  294 2 660 3 972 39 283 9 029 2 470 2 858 12 12.8
Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine. The Library 1 80 1 011  368 13 041 4 283 3 419 1 440 5 4.5
Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education. The Library 1 74 1 140  813 19 061 5 775 2 930  650 9 6.3
Oslo School of Architecture. The Library 1 44 1 129  173 14 690 1 781  386  456 7 3.8
Norwegian School of Theology. The Library 1 60 2 010  375 19 423 2 695 1 683  671 9 5.0
The Norwegian State Academy of Music. The Library 2 13  374  205 47 815 1 059  753  550 6 5.3
Norwegian Academy for the Study of Religion and Education. The Library 1 34 1 537 8 18 805 1 101 1 307  572 4 3.5
School of Mission and Theology. The Library 1 72 1 114  489 5 316  737  604  291 4 2.8
Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Plant Protection Centre 1 29  450  201  460  460  585  315 2 1.0
Norwegian School of Management. Main Library 2  115 6 843 4 278 82 770 6 461 6 198 5 749 34 32.5
                     
State colleges, total 98 2 951  118 459 36 350 1 460 844  131 731 83 680 55 573  432  341.2
                     
Høgskolen i Østfold 5  126 5 655 1 134 66 117 5 175 3 192 3 029 17 15.8
Høgskolen i Akershus 4 73 1 697  488 33 828 2 261 2 386  893 12 12.0
Høgskolen i Oslo 5  180 5 713 2 416  158 242 12 818 7 582 3 160 32 32.0
Høgskolen i Hedmark 6  180 6 476 1 905 69 504 7 353 3 342 2 725 23 20.5
Høgskolen i Lillehammer 1 55 2 133 1 936 30 854 4 993 2 318 1 476 8 7.2
Høgskolen i Gjøvik 1 36 1 661  907 16 378 2 088  932  815 7 5.1
Høgskolen i Buskerud 3 63 3 008 1 655 28 479 4 289 1 227 1 635 10 9.8
Høgskolen i Vestfold 2 56 3 862 1 571 63 404 3 327 2 991 1 669 13 8.4
Høgskolen i Telemark 4  213 8 341 1 219 85 600 10 466 6 980 3 116 33 17.8
Høgskolen i Agder 6  245 11 590 2 454  105 807 6 468 7 410 4 975 27 23.1
Høgskolen i Stavanger 4  257 9 266 3 275  112 022 22 380 9 341 5 666 39 23.9
Høgskolen Stord/Haugesund 3 58 2 170  490 36 420 1 664 1 146 2 000 10 8.0
Høgskolen i Bergen 5  128 4 504 1 009 94 697 6 673 4 016 2 411 23 20.0
Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane 5  105 3 082  634 46 175 5 557 3 318 1 628 17 10.1
Høgskulen i Volda 1 94 2 841  728 44 567 6 339 3 047 1 183 14 8.8
Høgskolen i Molde 2 88 4 884 1 834 18 921 1 253 1 724 1 710 7 7.3
Høgskolen i Ålesund 1 23 1 091  326 9 320 1 277 1 198  826 7 3.7
Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag 5  156 6 698 1 133 80 408 3 834 2 962 3 036 21 15.7
Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag 3  120 4 346  940 57 422 2 972 2 893 1 906 14 13.1
Høgskolen i Bodø 4  177 5 275 5 232 62 686 8 044 4 427 2 823 15 13.9
Høgskolen i Nesna 2 36 1 060  187 20 027 2 051 1 563  471 4 3.4
Høgskolen i Harstad 1 29 1 919  450 18 459 2 046  922  633 3 3.1
Høgskolen i Narvik 1 31 1 434  853 9 340 1 377  587  691 5 4.5
Høgskolen i Tromsø 4 58 3 429  628 52 761  589  756 1 348 11 10.5
Høgskolen i Finnmark 2 64 2 570  510 33 328 1 241 1 551 1 091 10 5.5
Samisk Høgskole 1 17 -  150 4 985  512 63  225 4 3.0
Luftkrigsskolen 1 13  437  134 3 447  289  400 - 2 1.9
Others 16  271 13 317 2 152 97 646 4 395 5 406 4 432 44 33.3
                     
Special libraries, public, total  136 3 107 83 114 41 459  450 504 47 242 68 381 68 666  311  263.2
                     
The Library of the Norwegian Storting 1  180 2 646  737 6 814  215  118 2 626 13 12.0
Statistics Norway. Library and Information Centre 1  155  643 2 309 5 185 1 670  581  984 12 10.8
Directorate of Fisheries. The Library 1  139 1 075 2 746 4 016 1 704 3 397 1 358 5 5.0
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Documentation Centre 1 67  747  455 1 805  232 41 2 550 3 4.0
Telemark Central Hospital. Department of Occupational Medicine. The Library 1 3  120 36  943  146  928 82 1 0.5
Geological Survey of Norway. The Library 1  118  800 - 2 671 1 041  804  760 3 2.5
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The Library 1  121 1 731  359 20 440 62  644 1 986 14 12.5
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. The Library 2 18 1 382  592 5 358  616 2 125 3 426 3 3.5
National Archives of Norway. The Library 2 99 1 127  901  215 30  139  209 3 2.5
Institute for Energy Technology. The Library 1 70  474 1 627 2 588  689 1 636 1 520 3 2.8
Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology. The Library 1 14  322  306 1 414  280  152  155 2 2.0
Ullevaal Hospital. Medical Library 1 94 2 780  615 24 990 1 421 7 177 2 194 10 9.0
The National Gallery Library 1 82 1 030  167 87 43 67  399 3 3.0
Library of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute 1 88 8 015  625 4 077 1 010  682  540 1 1.0
Biblioteket NOVA and Institute for Social Research. Library 2 70 2 500  346 13 300  100 5 900  862 5 4.5
Stavanger Museum. The Library 1 60 1 171  889 1 271  303 96  140 2 2.0
Norwegian Patent Office. Information Department. 1 57 2 366  339 - - 1 893  890 1 1.0
Bank of Norways Library 1 57 2 388  211 2 525  379  170  915 4 4.0
The Norwegian Folk Museum Library 1 51  100  220 10 10  150 83 1 1.0
Norwegian Forest Research Institute. The Library 1 53 1 096  169 3 033  110  513  302 2 1.5
Others  113 1 513 50 601 27 810  349 762 37 181 41 168 46 685  220  178.1
                     
Special libraries, private, total 30  729 19 684 24 833 70 480 16 087 13 887 7 916 68 53.0
                     
The Nobel Institute Library 1  207 3 518 18 479 13 471 9 215 63  669 3 2.2
The Labour Movement Archives and Library 1 95  882  261 5 718  136 52  240 6 5.9
Chr. Michelsen Institute. The Library 1 82 4 000  605 5 150 2 650  900  798 3 3.0
Norwegian Institute for Childrens Books 1 60 1 038 46 1 788 11 - 85 5 4.9
The Norwegian Institute for Water Research. The Library 1 46 1 191  503  888  296  673 1 000 2 1.3
Others 25  239 9 055 4 939 43 465 3 779 12 199 5 124 49 35.8
1  Includes registered photocopies replacing issues.
2  From 2002 the figures include both printed and electronic titles.
3  Expenditure for binding not included.
Source: Source: The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authorithy.

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