Statistics Norway

Special and research libraries

1 Special and research libraries. 2011
  Total The National Library Libraries of universities and colleges1 Libraries of health institutions Other public special libraries Other private special libraries
Number of libraries2  314 1  146 36  109 22
             
Collections            
Pysical units 29 544 934 9 717 781 14 914 386  287 615 3 887 754  737 398
Books and publication series, number of volumes, total 20 020 128 3 298 370 12 659 435  286 272 3 146 603  629 448
Of which            
Open shelves 3 181 521 6 855 2 200 243  127 205  744 738  102 480
Gross increase  383 863  110 535  208 014 6 509 49 473 9 332
Manuscripts  266 845  152 759 48 622 1 8 510 56 953
Microfiches 1 258 855  291 843  400 176 -  533 699 33 137
Music notes  259 005 75 805  172 340 2 10 337  521
Audio visual documents 1 263 001 1 009 912  206 835 1 112 41 656 3 486
Graphic and cartographic material 3 185 516 2 373 994  745 933 5 59 321 6 263
Patents  655 000 -  650 000 - 5 000 -
Electronic documents 40 014 2 428 23 118  106 7 761 6 601
Other material 2 596 570 2 512 670 7 927  117 74 867  989
             
Digital documents            
Digital documents 1 528 393 715 1 525 508 625 2 420 204 29 341  424 441 11 104
             
Databases            
Databases 4 620 61 2 771  123 1 507  158
             
Current title series            
Periodicals, printed 57 920 11 011 29 111 2 185 13 641 1 972
Periodicals, electronic  616 605 -  470 411 42 231  102 932 1 031
Newspapers printed 2 106  254 1 033 32  610  177
Newspapers electronic 6 955 - 6 706 6  239 4
             
Issues            
Number of local loans issued 4 095 437 63 473 3 767 336 57 174  165 552 41 902
Number of non-local loans issued  556 225  141 360  389 977 4 561 16 396 3 931
Of which            
Domestic  534 037  139 924  370 187 4 373 15 748 3 805
Foreign countries 22 188 1 436 19 790  188  648  126
             
Special loans            
Dispatched orders  247 346 2 696  191 308 20 672 26 994 5 676
Total lending, physical units  238 458 2 697  172 594 25 460 32 103 5 604
Of which            
Domestic  191 784  997  150 184 17 511 19 791 3 301
Foreign countries 46 674 1 700 22 410 7 949 12 312 2 303
             
Visits            
Number of registered visits 7 753 830  185 457 7 482 371 47 150 30 182 8 670
             
Lenders            
Number of lenders  228 803 5 025  188 866 11 285 16 801 6 826
             
Personnel            
Number of employed, total 1 901  448 1 106 70  225 52
Of which            
Librarians 1 144  144  729 59  188 24
Other position  757  304  377 11 37 28
             
Man-years worked, total 1 604  426  896 55  186 41
Of which            
Librarians 1 020  135  652 51  162 20
Other position  583  291  244 4 24 21
             
Finances            
Expenses, total (in NOK 1 000) 1 618 818  404 249 1 004 182 50 143  119 095 41 149
Of which            
Purchase of material to the collections  399 455 8 056  305 076 24 587 51 549 10 187
Revenue from services, total 59 506 14 604 38 658 3 4 997 1 244
1  Include libraries at universities, specialised university colleges and other colleges.
2  Institute libraries of UMB are only partly included.
Source: The National Library.

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