Statistics Norway

Special and research libraries

2 Special and research libraries. Books, periodicals, issues, loans, expenditure, persons employed and man-years. 2007
  Library units Books and periodicals, total Gross increase in 2007: 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 kr
Total  322 20 666  487 751  502 514 4 103 336  482 290  302 806  346 440 1 817 1 584.3
                     
National libraries, total 1 2 942  139 531 12 523  155 742  109 678 3 425 8 377  361  361.0
                     
Universities and colleges with faculty and departemental library, total 72 10 584  149 265  131 159 1 984 334  224 841  127 798  193 178  668  564.7
University of x Library 5  295 8 246 21 608  123 436 14 340 6 078 6 668 38 27.1
University of Bergen Library 8 1 788 22 385 19 738  274 302 26 939 25 479 35 782  108 95.6
University of Oslo Library 28 3 577 44 199 18 849  772 437 77 929 35 242 56 399  179  172.1
University of Stavanger Library 2  250 7 076 8 768  126 413 12 924 10 408 5 479 29 25.1
University of Tromsø Library 6  667 18 301 15 063  176 712 26 578 10 530 28 995 66 61.8
University of Trondheim Library 11 2 846 37 486 16 750  322 354 52 837 20 231 43 958  181  131.5
Norwegian University Library of Life Sciences4 1  522 2 095 5 781 23 703 2 491 9 726 5 642 9 8.2
The University Courses on Svalbard. The Library 1 24 - 4 440 2 709 67  620 1 342 4 1.7
The library at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. 1 51 1 750  662 16 659 1 341  780  677 9 4.3
Bergen National Academy of the Arts 2 28 2 226  199 14 222 26 36  557 4 2.2
Oslo National Academy of the Arts 3 54 1 381  226 20 158 89  123  600 8 7.6
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. The Library 1  313 1 917 15 400 24 220 4 167 1 981 3 603 15 11.8
Norwegian School of Sport Science, The Library-University college library 1 72 1 109 3 134 20 509 3 163 2 956  982 7 5.3
The Norwegian State Academy of Music. The Library 1 15  283  164 57 488 1 036 1 220  633 6 6.0
Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine. The Library 1 82  811  377 9 012  914 2 388 1 861 5 4.5
                     
State colleges, total 81 2 912  102 347  192 549 1 642 858  117 610 94 590 66 023  418  344.5
Høgskolen i Østfold 4  135 7 891 7 343  110 171 13 269 5 506 4 123 18 17.2
Høgskolen i Akershus 1 69 1 405 2 454 34 375 3 344 2 360 1 206 12 11.2
Høgskolen i Oslo 3  185 6 122 9 885  199 838 10 750 11 348 4 999 33 30.0
Høgskolen i Hedmark 5  183 5 638 11 538 74 490 6 852 3 555 3 189 22 20.7
Høgskolen i Lillehammer 1 75 2 964 16 222 48 908 4 996 2 629 2 800 9 8.1
Høgskolen i Gjøvik 1 41 1 564 5 217 16 448 1 920  840 1 333 7 5.3
Høgskolen i Buskerud 3 72 2 981 9 664 49 354 4 041 1 993 2 361 12 11.3
Høgskolen i Vestfold 2 66 1 786 8 174 69 546 3 939 4 526 1 329 11 12.1
Høgskolen i Telemark 4  200 6 143 9 217  128 020 11 911 8 905 3 015 32 17.0
Høgskolen Stord/Haugesund 2 61 2 086 - 58 315 3 647 1 987 2 353 11 9.8
Høgskolen i Bergen 5  150 5 203 9 068  115 801 4 183 6 723 2 613 22 19.9
Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane 4  112 3 139 6 587 53 354 4 110 4 233 1 736 19 9.1
Høgskulen i Volda 1  108 2 953 3 690 56 800 4 442 4 487 1 393 14 9.3
Høgskolen i Molde 2 82 2 524 7 293 23 529 2 312 1 798 1 858 10 7.9
Høgskolen i Ålesund 1 30 2 237 5 375 16 045  799 1 152 1 603 4 3.5
Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag 5  144 5 666 17 276 92 842 3 732 3 210 3 102 19 16.9
Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag 4  140 4 255 4 296 68 316 4 013 3 920 2 010 18 14.0
Høgskolen i Bodø 3  196 4 516 15 860 62 949 4 332 3 221 4 786 15 13.0
Høgskolen i Nesna 2 47 2 222 1 643 22 603 2 049 1 173  750 4 4.0
Høgskolen i Harstad 1 38 1 299 6 446 18 565  982 1 306  864 3 3.7
Høgskolen i Narvik 1 36 1 587 3 801 12 778  850  852  985 5 4.5
Høgskolen i Tromsø 4 81 2 975 6 372 50 186 1 037  825 1 567 16 15.0
Høgskolen i Finnmark 2 59 2 432 5 310 33 945 1 849 1 403 1 657 12 7.5
Sámi allaskuvla/Samisk Høgskole 1 26 1 151  136 5 352  145  317  373 2 3.0
Handelshøyskolen BI 1  115 4 610 14 170 60 817 7 366 4 035 6 488 37 29.9
Others 18  461 16 998 5 512  159 511 10 740 12 286 7 530 51 40.7
                     
Special libraries, public, total  146 3 673 87 357  143 274  259 887 24 947 69 368 70 923  313  270.3
The Library of the Norwegian Storting 1  180 3 665  693 6 688 96  115 3 881 13 13.0
Statistics Norway. Library and Information Centre 1  179 1 982 12 818 4 192 1 260  768 1 431 9 8.5
Directorate of Fisheries. The Library 1  149 1 436 5 287 14 727 1 114 2 632 1 866 3 3.0
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The Library 2  124 1 632  387 16 634 39  731 2 003 14 12.5
National Archives of Norway. The Library 2  104 1 154  919 1 671 11  192  197 3 2.6
Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology. The Library 1  110  447  197 1 217  373  181  133 1 1.0
The library at the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum 1  101  290 80 2 668 68 5 53 2 2.9
Norwegian Industrial Property Office. 1 50  458  348 - - - 1 082 9 8.5
Government Administration Services. The Library 1 30  800 3 947 4 385  431 1 115  950 5 5.4
Others  135 2 645 75 493  118 598  207 705 21 555 63 629 59 327  254  212.9
                     
Special libraries, private, total 22  555 9 251 23 009 60 515 5 214 7 625 7 939 57 43.8
The Nobel Institute Library 1  216 2 131 19 686 18 985  489 48  624 2 2.0
The Labour Movement Archives and Library 1  101  992  190 5 640 46 58  218 16 16.0
Chr. Michelsen Institute. The Library 1 81 1 633  360 6 205 2 433  701  681 2 2.0
Others 19  157 4 495 2 773 29 685 2 246 6 818 6 416 37 23.8
1  Includes registered photocopies replacing issues.
2  The figures include both printed and electronic titles.
3  Expenditure for binding not included.
4  Institute libraries of UMB are only partly included.
Source: The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authorithy.

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