Statistics Norway

Special and research libraries

1   Special and research libraries. 2006
  Total National libraries Libraries of universities2 Libraries of colleges and other schools of higher education Special libraries, public Special libraries, private
Number of libraries1  314 1 69 88  134 22
             
Collections            
Pysical units 48 291 405 7 948 949 13 606 933 3 102 680 21 642 921 1 989 922
Books and publication series, number of volumes, total 19 819 657 2 796 907 10 124 408 2 938 798 3 423 772  535 772
Of which            
Open shelves 3 794 039 51 905 1 163 083 1 235 183 1 038 825  305 043
Gross increase  603 961  211 000  157 401  121 103  102 613 11 844
Manuscripts  164 588 45 004 44 775 13 216 14 230 47 363
Microfiches 1 607 214  178 964  392 822 7 672  995 227 32 529
Music notes  376 928  213 921  109 466 46 008 7 516 17
Audio visual documents  730 289  556 020 79 467 80 159 12 915 1 728
Graphic and cartographic material 4 456 237 2 360 811  687 980 3 410 40 722 1 363 314
Patents 19 167 155 0 2 156 954 0 17 010 201 0
Electronic documents 39 582 2 544 10 049 9 593 17 069  327
Other material 1 929 755 1 794 778 1 012 3 824  121 269 8 872
Digital documents            
Digital documents  670 805 320  670 209 128  192 281  369 887 25 800 8 224
Databases            
Databases 4 490  114  809 1 176 2 236  155
Current title series            
Periodicals, printed  103 352 12 870 27 417 17 205 23 744 22 116
Periodicals, electronic  338 403 0 78 148  169 209 90 018 1 028
Newspapers printed 2 420  253  500  718  889 60
Newspapers electronic  268 21 20  133 92 2
             
Issues            
Number of local loans issued 3 727 898 44 003 1 662 427 1 667 268  245 155  109 045
Number of non-local loans issued  471 989  100 009  213 011  129 385 23 784 5 800
Of which            
Domestic  450 369 98 768  197 540  125 770 22 681 5 610
Foreign countries 21 620 1 241 15 471 3 615 1 103  190
             
Special loans            
Dispatched orders  326 837 3 018  143 503  113 834 58 053 8 429
Total lending, physical units  315 986 2 292  129 332  105 785 70 100 8 477
Of which            
Domestic  243 288  892  100 296 95 709 41 779 4 612
Foreign countries 72 698 1 400 29 036 10 076 28 321 3 865
             
Personnel            
Number of employed, total 1 775  342  644  429  308 52
Of which            
Librarians 1 216  198  393  348  249 28
Other position  559  144  251 81 59 24
             
Man-years worked, total 1 547.2  329.8  553.7  365.3  256.1 42.3
Of which            
Librarians 1 107.7  183.2  362.1  317.4  219.9 25.2
Other position  439.5  146.6  191.6 47.9 36.2 17.2
             
Finances            
Expenses, total (in 1 000 kroner) 1 346 136  318 187  562 912  248 765  187 674 28 598
Revenue from services, total 51 198 14 773 22 386 3 197 1 501 9 341
1  Institute libraries of UMB are only partly included.
2  Figures include scientific colleges.
Source: The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authorithy.

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