Statistics Norway

Special and research libraries

1 Special and research libraries. 2008
  Total The National Library Libraries of universities and colleges1 Libraries of health institutions Other public special libraries Other private special libraries
Number of libraries2  327 1  155 39  112 20
             
Collections            
Pysical units 32 790 657 8 912 971 17 058 325  318 980 4 513 226 1 987 155
Books and publication series, number of volumes, total 20 429 506 2 988 377 13 346 700  316 330 3 263 292  514 807
Of which            
Open shelves 3 980 952 51 905 2 600 437  144 744  880 665  303 201
Gross increase  456 450  128 846  248 410 12 513 56 576 10 105
Manuscripts  211 207 90 837 52 219 - 18 281 49 870
Microfiches 1 718 681  290 185  401 091 -  994 711 32 694
Music notes  246 955 73 323  163 477 12 9 938  205
Audio visual documents 1 011 783  825 770  168 352 2 406 11 764 3 491
Graphic and cartographic material 4 456 331 2 273 343  738 596 27 61 729 1 382 636
Patents 2 161 984 - 2 156 954 - 5 030 -
Electronic documents 44 036 2 361 20 954  112 17 767 2 842
Other material 2 510 174 2 368 775 9 982 93  130 714  610
             
Digital documents            
Digital documents 1 439 266 699 1 438 081 710 1 139 073 9 339 27 912 8 665
             
Databases            
Databases 4 869  131 2 300  343 1 885  210
             
Current title series            
Periodicals, printed 95 446 13 541 37 574 3 174 19 024 22 133
Periodicals, electronic  476 294 -  332 281 56 104 87 020  889
Newspapers printed 2 421  256 1 231 44  810 80
Newspapers electronic 1 098 21  280 6  789 2
             
Issues            
Number of local loans issued 3 661 235 64 719 3 314 100 59 685  171 647 51 084
Number of non-local loans issued  546 018  140 806  378 756 4 629 17 949 3 878
Of which            
Domestic  527 514  139 945  362 265 4 362 17 177 3 765
Foreign countries 18 504  861 16 491  267  772  113
             
Special loans            
Dispatched orders  303 950 4 608  234 783 22 989 34 663 6 907
Total lending, physical units  298 861 3 738  214 228 29 307 43 768 7 820
Of which            
Domestic  234 183 2 398  182 588 18 309 26 674 4 214
Foreign countries 64 678 1 340 31 640 10 998 17 094 3 606
             
Visits            
Number of registered visits 7 760 681  169 182 7 484 824 44 938 50 572 11 165
             
Lenders            
Number of lenders  201 323 3 441  169 565 7 133 16 241 4 943
             
Personnel            
Number of employed, total 1 778  355 1 054 75  237 57
Of which            
Librarians 1 220  216  725 63  187 29
Other position  558  139  329 12 50 28
             
Man-years worked, total 1 565.8  355.0  902.4 64.0  199.8 44.6
Of which            
Librarians 1 138.0  216.0  671.6 56.4  168.2 25.7
Other position  428.8  139.0  230.8 7.5 31.6 18.9
             
Finances            
Expenses, total (in NOK 1 000) 1 452 729  346 284  904 321 44 652  125 430 32 042
Revenue from services, total 39 067 3 000 20 902 2 381 3 549 9 235
1  Include libraries at universities, specialised university colleges and other colleges.
2  Institute libraries of UMB are only partly included.
Source: The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authorithy.

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