Statistics Norway

Special and research libraries

1   Special and research libraries. 2004
  Total National
libraries		 Libraries of
universities1		 Libraries of
colleges and other
schools of higher
education		 Special libraries,
public		 Special libraries,
private
Number of libraries  315 3 68 95  124 25
             
Collections            
Pysical units 45 120 480 5 488 608 13 298 920 3 283 266 20 933 448 2 116 238
Books and publication series, number of volumes, total 18 945 437 2 399 766 9 868 643 3 115 512 2 884 867  676 649
Of which            
Open shelves 3 946 899 17 807  855 023 1 546 578 1 034 172  493 319
Gross increase  532 830  135 493  163 823  129 209 88 348 15 957
Manuscripts  169 066 41 517 41 661 12 874 27 168 45 846
Microfiches 1 590 674  160 901  393 760 15 645  987 615 32 753
Music notes  352 083  207 213 92 582 47 132 5 146 10
Audio visual documents  634 584  485 044 60 829 79 292 8 016 1 403
Graphic and cartographic material 4 334 900 2 192 255  673 943 2 613  115 082 1 351 007
Patents 18 935 996 0 2 156 954 0 16 779 042 0
Electronic documents 34 118 1 912 9 792 7 424 14 652  338
Other material  123 622 -  756 2 774  111 860 8 232
Digital documents            
Digital documents 11 730 055 11 439 780 92 117  176 707 15 624 5 827
Databases            
Databases 10 908 94  709 1 040 8 833  232
Current title series            
Periodicals, printed  161 308 66 277 32 628 18 769 21 357 22 277
Periodicals, electronic  155 470 2 294 55 385 63 998 33 023  770
Newspapers printed 2 609  458  544  751  784 72
Newspapers electronic  161 41 14 34 64 8
             
Issues            
Number of local loans issued 3 743 662 82 981 1 589 443 1 607 967  369 903 93 368
Number of non-local loans issued  457 598 94 582  223 922  108 761 24 892 5 441
Of which            
Domestic  433 966 94 403  205 530  105 464 23 287 5 282
Foreign countries 23 632  179 18 392 3 297 1 605  159
             
Special loans            
Dispatched orders  324 680 2 537  151 516  103 818 55 329 11 480
Total lending, physical units  304 074 1 842  134 519 93 354 64 000 10 359
Of which            
Domestic  235 503  328  106 210 82 568 40 412 5 985
Foreign countries 68 571 1 514 28 309 10 786 23 588 4 374
             
Personnel            
Number of employed, total 1 869  354  734  437  282 62
Of which            
Librarians 1 158  207  365  324  224 38
Other position  711  147  369  113 58 24
             
Man-years worked, total 1 555  329  589  353  233 51
Of which            
Librarians 1 014  192  306  292  192 32
Other position  541  137  283 61 41 19
             
Finances            
Expenses, total (in 1 000 kroner) 1 047 813  215 359  508 219  185 168  122 226 16 841
Revenue from services, total 47 574 14 173 25 681 2 467 5 222 31
1  Figures include scientific colleges.
Source: The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authorithy.

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