Norway Yearbook - 2003

Recreational, cultural and sporting activities
275 Special and research libraries. 2002
Librarie5
Collections Issues Personnel
Gross
Books and increase Periodi-
Library
tjnits penodi- in 2002; cals,
cals, total Books and current
periodi- titles2
cals, total
Executed
issues
totali
Of which
executed
non-local
loans,
total
Persons
employed
Manyears
done
Expenditure for binding not included. 2lncludes registered photocopies replacing issues 3lncludes both printed and electronic titles
Source: Special and research libraries, Statistics Norway. More information: http;/Asswssb,no/ffbibl_ers/
segistered
expendrture
for
acquisilions
1000 1000
kroner
Total 339 19207 533 927 220 176 3945 480 573 887 1 866 1 575.6 263 958
National libraries 3 2 265 139208 53 536 158 183 52 841 328 328.0 2611
Universities and colleges
with faculty and departemental
library 72 10 155 173 462 63 998 1 805 469 325 986 727 590.2 129 192
Libraries of colleges and
other schools of higher
education 98 2951 118459 36350 1 460844 131 731 432 341.2 55573
Special libraries, public. . 136 3 107 83 114 41 459 450 504 47242 311 263.2 68666
Special libraries, private. . 30 729 19684 24833 70 4.80 16087 68 53.0 7916
276 Public libraries and loans1
Million loans
25
Number of libraries
1 500
o
1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985
1990 1995
Includes all state-supported public collections of books that have submitted data on loans,
Source: Norwegian Directorate for Public and School Libraries More information: http;//wwwssb.nolenglislVsubiects/07/01/40/.
234 Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2003