Statistics Norway

Special and research libraries

1   Special and research libraries. 2005
  Total National libraries Libraries of universities1 Libraries of colleges and other schools of higher education Special libraries, public Special libraries, private
Number of libraries  320 1 78 88  132 21
             
Collections            
Pysical units 47 294 522 7 532 347 13 462 341 3 048 162 21 273 652 1 978 020
Books and publication series, number of volumes, total 19 160 926 2 585 907 10 001 034 2 892 781 3 106 937  574 267
Of which            
Open shelves 3 810 665 51 905 1 091 435 1 172 037 1 159 483  335 805
Gross increase  557 275  189 130  151 644  121 201 82 055 13 245
Manuscripts  128 443 44 937 44 885 11 933 19 741 6 947
Microfiches 1 604 570  169 618  392 483 15 161  994 898 32 410
Music notes  361 242  208 952  105 519 39 348 7 406 17
Audio visual documents  682 522  523 264 74 678 73 767 8 803 2 010
Graphic and cartographic material 4 358 182 2 267 212  676 145 3 046 50 465 1 361 314
Patents 19 126 391 0 2 156 954 0 16 969 437 0
Electronic documents 37 094 2 320 9 511 9 320 15 501  442
Other material 1 835 152 1 730 137 1 132 2 806  100 464  613
Digital documents            
Digital documents  355 592 364  355 173 032  154 748  249 211 14 878  495
Databases            
Databases 4 319 80  797 1 037 2 214  191
Current title series            
Periodicals, printed  109 814 17 327 29 952 17 801 23 094 21 640
Periodicals, electronic  252 767 0 75 902  123 487 52 458  920
Newspapers printed 2 308  240  527  740  748 53
Newspapers electronic  129 0 20 40 68 1
             
Issues            
Number of local loans issued 3 826 467 33 797 1 683 602 1 607 166  395 410  106 492
Number of non-local loans issued  453 017 93 254  212 103  117 156 24 323 6 181
Of which            
Domestic  424 363 85 523  196 102  113 769 22 867 6 102
Foreign countries 28 654 7 731 16 001 3 387 1 456 79
             
Special loans            
Dispatched orders  328 243 2 105  150 560  108 563 58 833 8 182
Total lending, physical units  298 036  943  128 747 98 931 62 779 6 636
Of which            
Domestic  231 785  344 99 173 88 672 38 982 4 614
Foreign countries 66 251  599 29 574 10 259 23 797 2 022
             
Personnel            
Number of employed, total 1 761  339  652  423  293 54
Of which            
Librarians 1 156  203  368  320  235 30
Other position  605  136  284  103 58 24
             
Man-years worked, total 1 526.4  314.5  559.3  360.0  250.6 42.0
Of which            
Librarians 1 057.3  185.9  343.6  296.2  207.8 23.9
Other position  469.1  128.6  215.7 63.8 42.8 18.2
             
Finances            
Expenses, total (in 1 000 kroner) 1 103 156  237 800  477 400  224 950  135 255 27 751
Revenue from services, total 49 149 10 784 17 770 3 824 4 282 12 489
1  Figures include scientific colleges.
Source: The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authorithy.

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