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Academic and special libraries
Statistics on academic and special libraries at Norwegian universities and university colleges, public and private special libraries at research institutes and the National Library. These libraries are designed to provide services to students, teachers, researchers and those at the institution of which the library is part. The statistics show a summary of the activity during the year.
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- Academic and special libraries, main results.Download table as ...Academic and special libraries, main results.
2023 Physical events 943 Digital events 111 Hybrid events 179 Library loans 1 383 983 Man-years per 31.12, in library services 1 545 Number of academic and special libraries 103 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Collection statistics of a few selected groups of physical and digital resourcesDownload table as ...Collection statistics of a few selected groups of physical and digital resources
All academic and special libraries National libraries Universities with faculty and departemental library Libraries at scientific colleges Libraries at other colleges Special libraries and libraries at health institutions Books physical 9 329 867 1 311 680 5 630 572 447 965 500 057 1 439 593 Books digital 9 089 790 685 457 4 500 114 1 302 070 1 960 233 641 916 Periodicals physical 187 417 55 629 100 598 7 415 4 399 19 376 Periodicals digital 1 053 010 1 349 487 588 181 174 223 208 159 691 Manuscripts physical 16 074 406 16 000 000 8 918 34 415 65 039 Manuscripts digital 1 040 587 1 014 134 940 0 19 25 494 Graphic and cartographic material physical 7 005 300 6 985 954 13 174 1 042 777 4 353 Graphic and cartographic material digital 4 793 182 4 770 323 5 211 2 171 5 133 10 344 Musical score documents physical 311 168 102 856 138 532 61 588 3 137 5 055 Musical score documents digital 61 927 6 329 55 575 13 10 0 Realia 2 193 0 1 180 40 902 71 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Library useDownload table as ...Library use1
Number of loans1 Primary loan of realia Downloads/streaming in total Unique downloads Open Access articles from paid resources All academic and special libraries2 1 383 983 8 432 26 699 261 4 208 227 Universities with faculty and departemental library 598 443 5 578 21 185 345 3 540 542 Libraries at scientific colleges 102 179 297 1 985 012 155 757 Libraries at other colleges 231 786 2 515 2 376 949 254 143 Special libraries and libraries at health institutions 243 130 42 1 147 227 255 500 1The number of physical loans is the sum of inital loan registration to primary users and others, including interlibrary loans. 2Academic and special librarys, without the National Libraries. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 4 June 2024.
PDA/DDA: Patron Driven Acquisition/Demand Driven Acquisition refers to non-purchased titles that the library offers, meaning titles that can potentially be activated.
Periodicals: Yearbooks, series, report series, regular conference reports and similar publications.
Manuscripts: Original documents of all kinds that are handwritten or typewritten.
Graphic materials: Documents where images constitute the main informational content, such as graphic art, reproductions, art prints, photographs, posters, technical drawings, and similar items. In this statistic, no distinction is made between graphic and cartographic documents.
Cartographic materials: Representations in a reduced scale of a concrete or abstract phenomenon located in time and space. This includes two- and three-dimensional maps, globes, plans, topographic models, relief maps/tactile models, and aerial photographic presentations, but does not include atlases and other cartographic documents in codex form or microform, as well as AV documents. In this statistics, no distinction is made between graphic and cartographic documents.
Musical score documents: Documents that mainly contain the reproduction of music in written form, usually by means of musical notation. They can appear as loose sheets or in codex form.
AV documents: Documents where the content is dominated by sound and/or images and require the use of special equipment to be viewed or heard (e.g., phonograph records, audio tapes, CDs, audiobooks, slides, etc.).
Other library materials: Remaining information-bearing materials such as patents and microforms.
Realia: Non-information-bearing materials that are made available and registered as borrowed. This can include various types of equipment such as AV equipment, devices for reading digital files, various accessories such as chargers and similar items, tools, equipment for recreational activities, etc.
Tasks: The sum of systematic searches and professional support/research.
Primary target group: Individuals and institutions within the library's defined user group as of December 31 in the statistical year.
Employees: The number of permanent employees as of December 31 who work with the library's service offerings.
Man-years: The number of agreed full-time man-years as of December 31 associated with the operation or development of the library services. Man-years in administrative positions related to the operation of library services are included.
Interlibrary lending: Loans/copies to another library under a different administrative unit (e.g., another university). For the borrowing library, this is an incoming loan. Includes the number of received requests, the number of dispatched loans, and the number of dispatched copies to other libraries.
Interlibrary borrowing: Incoming loans are loans from another library under a different administrative unit (e.g., another university). For the lending library, this is an interlibrary loan. It reports the number of dispatched requests, the number of received loans, and the number of received copies from other libraries. Loans from another library under the same administrative unit are not counted as incoming loans.
Based on international standard ISO 2789 (Information and documentation - International library statistics)