Statistics Norway

Special and research libraries

2   Special and research libraries. Books, periodicals, issues, loans, expenditure, persons employed and man-years. 2004
  Library units Books and periodicals, total Gross increase in 2003: Books and periodicals, total Current title series, total2 Issues Loans, total Registered expenditure for acquisitions3 Number of persons employed,total4 Man-years done
  Executed issues, total1 Of which executed non-local loans, total
        1 000                                                              1 000 kr
Total  315 19 262  550 514  319 548 4 201 260  457 598  304 074  266 963 1 869 1 555.0
                     
National libraries, total 3 2 468  150 862 69 070  177 563 94 582 1 842 4 082  354  329.1
                     
Universities and colleges with faculty and departemental library, total 68 9 957  164 571 88 571 1 813 365  223 922  134 519  142 973  734  588.5
                     
University of Oslo Library 29 3 508 47 845 15 272  697 108 80 940 34 259 51 493  238  180.9
University of Bergen Library 8 1 761 27 121 17 229  272 193 31 628 25 155 11 889  118  106.3
University of Trondheim Library 11 2 730 50 575 16 505  352 324 56 229 25 628 35 399  200  149.3
University of Tromsø Library 6  598 18 230 11 709  185 511 26 028 15 938 22 968 71 63.8
The University Courses on Svalbard. The Library 1 15 1 500 2 002 2 630 58  695 1 342 2 1.2
Library of the Agricultural University of Norway 1  515 2 774 5 057 27 967 3 942 10 138 4 027 13 9.1
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. The Library 1  303 2 653 8 956 38 084 5 730 2 575 3 951 13 12.8
Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine. The Library 1 81  465  380 13 144 1 453 3 323 1 655 5 5.5
Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education. The Library 1 69 1 843  428 22 979 2 978 3 671 1 000 10 6.6
Oslo School of Architecture. The Library 1 47 1 710  193 17 868 1 355  595  577 9 4.3
Norwegian School of Theology. The Library 1 63 2 072  361 23 285 2 623 2 907  865 10 5.5
The Norwegian State Academy of Music. The Library 2 14  285  187 51 902 1 328 1 143  425 6 6.0
Norwegian Academy for the Study of Religion and Education. The Library 1 37  933  228 20 104 1 519 1 183  627 4 3.5
School of Mission and Theology. The Library 1 74 1 189  323 7 418 1 175  836  440 3 2.8
Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Plant Protection Centre 1 29  120  201 2 835  335  425  482 2 1.0
Norwegian School of Management. Main Library 2  114 5 256 9 540 78 013 6 601 6 048 5 833 30 30.0
                     
State colleges, total 95 3 242  134 204 83 925 1 764 690  113 155 95 640 55 048  447  360.7
                     
Høgskolen i Østfold 5  119 8 651 1 051 80 996 8 060 5 088 3 696 18 15.4
Høgskolen i Akershus 1 71 1 818  539 42 242 2 617 1 979 1 170 13 10.8
Høgskolen i Oslo 5  190 7 726 7 144  202 881 11 584 10 889 4 362 33 30.7
Høgskolen i Hedmark 6  191 6 663 4 445 77 229 6 264 3 144 2 858 22 20.9
Høgskolen i Lillehammer 1 59 2 525 4 411 30 752 3 933 2 841 2 172 10 8.0
Høgskolen i Gjøvik 1 38 2 060 3 165 17 135 1 818  936  882 5 5.3
Høgskolen i Buskerud 3 63 3 262 2 358 40 230 3 949 2 457 1 678 11 9.8
Høgskolen i Vestfold 2 63 3 800 4 821 82 578 3 547 2 773 1 864 13 12.7
Høgskolen i Telemark 4  228 9 965 2 944  109 648 9 631 8 712 0 28 16.2
Høgskolen i Agder 5  270 9 849 4 140  128 101 10 457 7 676 6 558 28 23.6
Høgskolen i Stavanger 4  250 10 612 6 163  134 995 12 870 10 491 0 41 27.9
Høgskolen Stord/Haugesund 2 50 1 853 2 568 50 278 1 478 1 155 1 900 10 8.7
Høgskolen i Bergen 5  138 5 565 2 969  104 665 3 237 4 528 3 128 23 21.0
Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane 5  106 2 656 2 578 48 248 3 505 3 639 1 654 21 9.2
Høgskulen i Volda 1  101 3 589 2 718 48 996 3 204 3 639 1 686 13 8.8
Høgskolen i Molde 2 94 3 507 2 581 23 024 2 058 1 565 1 624 9 6.8
Høgskolen i Ålesund 1 23 1 158  639 13 205  589 1 090  976 4 4.0
Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag 5  202 6 175 4 303 89 233 3 128 2 976 3 600 20 17.3
Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag 3  126 4 245  971 59 373 3 621 3 802 1 595 17 12.2
Høgskolen i Bodø 3  181 4 677 7 879 65 694 4 925 3 142 3 539 16 14.3
Høgskolen i Nesna 2 40 1 770 88 18 298 1 288 1 156  620 4 3.4
Høgskolen i Harstad 1 33 1 204 3 747 20 940  748  933  779 3 3.3
Høgskolen i Narvik 1 34 1 453 2 491 10 577  596  673  926 5 4.5
Høgskolen i Tromsø 4 75 6 503 3 990 55 370  842  634 1 488 15 11.4
Høgskolen i Finnmark 2 55 3 038 2 148 31 263 1 211 1 542 1 131 8 5.5
Samisk Høgskole 1 15  618 - 6 538  125  152  292 2 2.0
Luftkrigsskolen 1 13  325  110 2 608  127  257 0 2 1.9
Others 19  414 18 937 2 964  169 593 7 743 7 771 4 870 53 45.4
                     
Special libraries, public, total  124 2 939 88 904 55 228  394 795 24 892 64 000 58 145  282  232.7
                     
The Library of the Norwegian Storting 1  174 2 719  680 6 864  132  144 3 735 13 13.0
Statistics Norway. Library and Information Centre 1  163 4 216 1 139 4 552 1 553  813 1 220 10 9.5
Directorate of Fisheries. The Library 1  148 2 111 4 845 2 464 1 433 4 155 1 742 8 5.5
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Documentation Centre - - - - - - - - - -
Telemark Central Hospital. Department of Occupational Medicine. The Library 1 4 72 36 1 624 31  932 90 1 0.5
Geological Survey of Norway. The Library 1 0 1 052  432 2 258  133  619  645 3 2.6
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The Library 1  123 1 651  401 24 528 65  619 1 706 14 12.6
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. The Library 2 19 1 075  919 5 495  422 2 073 0 3 3.0
National Archives of Norway. The Library 2 90  935  917 1 845 24  162  230 3 2.6
Institute for Energy Technology. The Library 1 70  330 2 381 4 476  344 1 738 1 098 3 2.5
Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology. The Library 1  104 4 816  195 2 546  284  380  182 2 2.0
Ullevaal Hospital. Medical Library 1 98 2 506 3 031 14 134  593 4 690 2 515 10 9.0
The National Gallery Library - - - - - - - - - -
Forsvarsmuseets bibliotek 1  100  265 - 1 112 72 - 85 2 2.6
Library of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute 1 95 7 550 - 4 608 -  682  535 1 1.0
Biblioteket NOVA and Institute for Social Research. Library 2 75 2 500  343 13 710  110 4 150  954 5 4.5
Stavanger Museum. The Library 1 62 1 401  830 2 282 37 93  148 2 2.0
Norwegian Patent Office. Information Department. 1 58  606 - - - 1 500 1 498 9 -
Bank of Norway's Library 1 64 2 225 4 130 2 963  607  275 1 245 3 3.0
The Norwegian Folk Museum Library 1 51  100  220 1 221  274  286 80 1 1.0
Norwegian Forest Research Institute. The Library 1 57  712 2 918 3 252  135  473  386 2 1.5
Others  102 1 384 52 062 31 811  294 861 18 643 40 216 40 051  187  154.5
                     
Special libraries, private, total 25  700 16 280 23 127 98 809 5 441 10 359 6 714 62 51.4
                     
The Nobel Institute Library 1  212 2 319 19 161 55 390  463 1  523 3 1.8
The Labour Movement Archives and Library 1 97 1 705 - 6 382 55  119 0 15 15.0
Chr. Michelsen Institute. The Library 1 84 2 900  360 9 948 3 300 1 540  886 3 2.8
Norwegian Institute for Children's Books 1 66 2 153 46 2 929  189 97  102 5 4.9
The Norwegian Institute for Water Research. The Library 1 49  771  277  753  115  727  654 2 1.3
Others 20  192 6 432 3 283 23 407 1 319 7 875 4 549 34 25.6
1  Includes registered photocopies replacing issues.
2  The figures include both printed and electronic titles.
3  Expenditure for binding not included.
4  Man-years for University of Oslo Library are not available.
Source: The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authorithy.

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