Statistics Norway

2   Special and research libraries. Books, periodicals, issues, loans, expenditure, persons employed and man-years. 2003
  Library units Books and periodicals, total Gross increase in 2003: Books and periodicals, total Current title series, total2 Issues Loans, total Registered expenditure for acquisitions3 Number of persons employed, total4 Man-years done
  Executed issues, total1 Of which executed non-local loans, total
  1 000 1 000
Total  336 19 543  549 587  272 264 4 012 859  408 574  300 276  289 689 1 627 1 581.45
                     
National libraries, total 3 2 413  134 405 65 582 60 236 41 149 2 080 4 140  362  333.1
                     
Universities and colleges with faculty and departemental library, total 71 10 263  167 452 73 818 1 834 087  226 304  131 536  149 792  479  601.75
                     
University of Oslo Library 30 3 474 47 754 15 755  663 867 85 426 31 689 46 624 -  186.75
University of Bergen Library 9 1 727 24 560 14 363  345 305 26 513 22 801 23 507  110  106.7
University of Trondheim Library 12 2 681 50 436 14 640  345 715 53 876 30 438 35 938  187  149.9
University of Tromsø Library 6 1 036 21 080 10 157  178 370 29 748 15 950 24 553 75 69.2
The University Courses on Svalbard. The Library 1 14 1 424 2 011 2 176 71  801 1 172 2 1.1
Library of the Agricultural University of Norway 1  511 3 003 4 179 25 980 3 583 9 220 3 615 16 11.8
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. The Library 1  296 2 869 4 266 40 269 7 686 2 595 3 573 12 12.0
Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine. The Library 1 80  882  367 13 398 1 512 3 397 1 491 5 4.5
Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education. The Library 1 70 1 123  391 22 476 3 131 2 712  692 9 6.0
Oslo School of Architecture. The Library 1 46 1 567  187 15 754 1 434  326  501 9 4.1
Norwegian School of Theology. The Library 1 61 1 978  366 21 581 2 793 2 302  742 9 5.0
The Norwegian State Academy of Music. The Library 2 13  398 21 53 624 1 142  756  533 6 5.0
Norwegian Academy for the Study of Religion and Education. The Library 1 36 1 336  228 20 496 1 647 1 211  627 4 3.5
School of Mission and Theology. The Library 1 73 1 779  341 7 783 1 102  841  420 3 2.8
Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Plant Protection Centre 1 29  500  201  380  380  470  320 2 1.0
Norwegian School of Management. Main Library 2  116 6 763 6 345 76 913 6 260 6 027 5 484 30 32.5
                     
State colleges, total  100 3 115  126 064 62 897 1 596 231  108 194 81 935 57 661  434  355.5
                     
Høgskolen i Østfold 5  133 6 891 3 346 75 108 7 622 4 195 3 648 17 15.9
Høgskolen i Akershus 4 73 2 056  491 32 362 1 907 1 245 1 190 12 12.0
Høgskolen i Oslo 5  193 7 456 6 981  186 144 10 237 8 676 3 688 33 30.0
Høgskolen i Hedmark 6  184 6 775 1 948 72 542 6 836 2 789 2 352 22 20.4
Høgskolen i Lillehammer 1 60 1 963 4 741 29 484 3 652 2 615  857 10 7.7
Høgskolen i Gjøvik 1 37 1 692 2 296 17 115 1 776  777  755 7 5.1
Høgskolen i Buskerud 3 64 5 437 2 408 30 210 3 057 1 664 1 747 11 9.7
Høgskolen i Vestfold 2 63 3 863 2 843 66 211 3 460 2 577 1 813 13 13.0
Høgskolen i Telemark 4  220 9 200 2 916 93 091 9 439 6 230 2 587 31 15.8
Høgskolen i Agder 5  262 10 546 3 947  118 256 9 838 7 018 4 968 28 23.6
Høgskolen i Stavanger 4  253 10 622 3 688  124 793 12 446 9 233 5 430 41 27.9
Høgskolen Stord/Haugesund 3 58 -  475 50 129 1 448 2 380 1 790 10 8.7
Høgskolen i Bergen 5  130 5 151  951 96 071 3 402 1 745 2 820 16 21.0
Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane 5  110 2 805 2 421 49 230 4 291 3 869 1 746 21 10.1
Høgskulen i Volda 1 98 3 197 2 485 48 239 4 012 3 030 1 297 13 9.0
Høgskolen i Molde 2 91 4 357 2 079 19 729 1 572 1 899 1 800 7 6.8
Høgskolen i Ålesund 1 22 1 083  639 11 076  549  925  985 4 3.5
Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag 5  159 7 446  946 86 847 3 847 3 153 3 190 21 16.9
Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag 3  124 4 192  985 56 832 3 558 2 642 2 223 14 13.6
Høgskolen i Bodø 4  179 5 632 8 010 65 017 6 005 3 995 2 941 15 13.8
Høgskolen i Nesna 2 38 1 646  107 18 182 1 226 1 146  462 4 3.4
Høgskolen i Harstad 1 29 1 171  469 18 924  831 1 150  665 3 3.3
Høgskolen i Narvik 1 33 1 484 2 481 11 068  791  671  728 5 4.5
Høgskolen i Tromsø 4 69 3 442  654 57 957  581  625 1 455 12 10.7
Høgskolen i Finnmark 2 53 3 496 2 160 30 848 1 329 1 314 1 126 11 5.6
Samisk Høgskole 1 17  336  170 6 340 87 60  215 2 2.0
Luftkrigsskolen 1 13  576  105 3 325 9  255 - 2 1.9
Others 19  348 13 549 2 155  121 101 4 386 6 057 5 183 49 39.8
                     
Special libraries, public, total  134 3 047  102 563 45 634  408 253 27 351 74 468 70 809  291  244.1
                     
The Library of the Norwegian Storting 1  179 3 044  717 7 467  189  129 1 720 13 13.0
Statistics Norway. Library and Information Centre 1  160 5 901 2 322 6 203 1 577  789 1 209 12 10.3
Directorate of Fisheries. The Library 1  145 5 143 4 029 4 770 1 709 4 159 1 819 6 5.5
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Documentation Centre 1 52  738  797 1 873  124  293 2 650 3 3.0
Telemark Central Hospital. Department of Occupational Medicine. The Library 1 3 75 36 1 477 32  897 83 1 0.5
Geological Survey of Norway. The Library 1 19  850  442 3 318  856  525  655 3 2.6
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The Library 1  122 1 640  349 22 530 77  696 1 905 14 12.5
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. The Library 2 19 1 184  595 5 023  594 2 721 3 407 3 3.0
National Archives of Norway. The Library 2  100 1 108  920 2 317 32  178  204 3 2.5
Institute for Energy Technology. The Library 1 68  299  428 3 917  429 2 457 1 671 3 2.8
Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology. The Library 1 99 5 503  244 1 656  286  237  128 2 2.0
Ullevaal Hospital. Medical Library 1 95  797 2 211 19 656  867 6 226 2 221 10 9.0
The National Gallery Library 1 84 1 607  188  120 29  152  300 - -
Library of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute 1 88 8 056 - 4 205 -  703  535 1 1.0
Biblioteket NOVA and Institute for Social Research. Library 2 73 2 500  343 13 300  100 6 450  740 5 4.5
Stavanger Museum. The Library 1 61  884  896 1 500 89  100  137 2 2.0
Norwegian Patent Office. Information Department. 1 57  791 9 - - 1 230 1 015 - -
Bank of Norway’s Library 1 60 3 167  562 3 639  511  252 1 004 3 3.0
The Norwegian Folk Museum Library 1 51  120  220  946  199  142 80 1 1.0
Norwegian Forest Research Institute. The Library 1 54  988  164 3 266  125  457  442 2 1.5
Others  111 1 458 58 168 30 162  301 070 19 526 45 675 48 884  204  164.4
                     
Special libraries, private, total 28  706 19 103 24 333  114 052 5 576 10 257 7 287 61 47.0
                     
The Nobel Institute Library 1  210 2 916 18 895 62 104  500 40  757 3 1.7
The Labour Movement Archives and Library 1 95 1 096  193 6 627 65 39  270 7 6.6
Chr. Michelsen Institute. The Library 1 82 2 000  606 5 626 3 126 1 100  592 3 2.8
Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books 1 64 3 764 46 2 291  233 72  100 5 4.9
The Norwegian Institute for Water Research. The Library 1 48 1 339  479  634  122  720 1 059 1 1.3
Others 23  208 7 988 4 114 36 770 1 530 8 286 4 509 42 29.7
1  Includes registered photocopies replacing issues.
2  The figures include both printed and electronic titles.
3  Expenditure for binding not included.
4  Man-years for University of Oslo Library are not available.
5 The figures are corrected 4 June 2004.
Source: The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authorithy.

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