Statistics Norway

Special and research libraries

1 Special and research libraries. 2009
  Total The National Library Libraries of universities and colleges1, 2 Libraries of health institutions Other public special libraries Other private special libraries
Number of libraries3  323 1  153 42  109 18
             
Collections            
Pysical units 32 691 021 9 346 631 17 133 372  343 335 3 907 385 1 960 298
Books and publication series, number of volumes, total 20 542 116 3 116 781 13 402 720  340 677 3 196 421  485 517
Of which            
Open shelves 3 821 027 20 155 2 513 739  181 438  816 719  288 976
Gross increase  437 392  128 404  226 377 15 135 58 040 9 436
Manuscripts  227 012  104 591 52 585 1 18 348 51 487
Microfiches 1 257 113  291 843  403 011 -  529 435 32 824
Music notes  251 537 74 257  167 322 3 9 935 20
Audio visual documents 1 166 449  973 736  177 939 2 380 9 250 3 144
Graphic and cartographic material 4 540 989 2 358 264  742 011 21 57 887 1 382 806
Patents 2 159 954 - 2 154 954 - 5 000 -
Electronic documents 33 012 2 386 22 167  104 4 475 3 880
Other material 2 512 839 2 424 773 10 663  149 76 634  620
             
Digital documents            
Digital documents 1 460 155 742 1 458 637 107 1 438 663 39 225 31 209 9 538
             
Databases            
Databases 4 795  253 2 716  177 1 504  145
             
Current title series            
Periodicals, printed 88 381 11 962 34 075 3 307 17 394 21 643
Periodicals, electronic  517 190 -  366 856 61 802 87 801  731
Newspapers printed 2 289  254 1 158 48  748 81
Newspapers electronic 1 839 - 1 655 5  176 3
             
Issues            
Number of local loans issued 3 979 670 70 162 3 653 330 58 980  152 303 44 895
Number of non-local loans issued  618 927  189 823  405 505 4 667 17 051 1 881
Of which            
Domestic  600 454  188 960  388 994 4 383 16 371 1 746
Foreign countries 18 473  863 16 511  284  680  135
             
Special loans            
Dispatched orders  280 574 4 648  220 129 20 756 30 850 4 191
Total lending, physical units  279 421 3 867  201 393 28 636 39 207 6 318
Of which            
Domestic  219 767 2 791  172 767 18 326 22 829 3 054
Foreign countries 59 654 1 076 28 626 10 310 16 378 3 264
             
Visits            
Number of registered visits 7 733 265  162 033 7 473 072 42 205 47 985 7 970
             
Lenders            
Number of lenders  199 003 3 793  171 373 5 587 13 357 4 893
             
Personnel            
Number of employed, total 1 796  399 1 045 74  229 49
Of which            
Librarians 1 173  178  728 62  182 23
Other position  623  221  317 12 47 26
             
Man-years worked, total 1 568  372  907 61  190 39
Of which            
Librarians 1 028  123  669 54  162 20
Other position  540  249  238 7 28 19
             
Finances            
Expenses, total (in NOK 1 000) 1 520 597  361 390  965 107 46 836  116 520 30 744
Of which            
Purchase of material to the collections  399 461 10 258  305 058 23 997 53 135 7 013
Revenue from services, total 48 254 11 700 24 226  502 1 602 10 224
1  Include libraries at universities, specialised university colleges and other colleges.
2  From 1 January 2009 Høgskolen i Tromsø Biblioteket merged into Universitetsbiblioteket i Tromsø.
3  Institute libraries of UMB are only partly included.
Source: The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authorithy.

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