Collection statistics

Table 1: Holdings by type of material

Collection2007/20082008/20092009/20102010/20112011/2012
Monographs
(including microforms, electronic media & ephemera)
3 059 4243 116 0983 163 1663 211 5993 295 006 1
Serials,
Current
44 46243 80641 83140 63839 276
Serials,
Non-current
144 640151 131160 030162 228164 806
Total serials  (including newspapers) 2 189 102194 937201 861202 866204 082
Oral History recordings 17 34217 78918 25318 75419 369
Music scores197 154200 092204 079213 392217 976
Paintings, drawings, prints74 81675 30779 75881 42781 475
Photographs764 773772 420774 493783 830786 296
Maps674 943677 951684 141688 580693 690
Aerial photographs860 231860 231860 231861 763861 763
Digitised collection items 3134 228146 037162 365174 250190 486
Total *5 972 0136 060 8626 143 8976 236 4616 350 143
Manuscripts  (metres) 4 13 88314 22514 48414 77115 124

1. In 2011-2012 the monographs total was adjusted by 32,572. Actual growth in 2011-2012 was 50,835.

2. Figures reflect number of titles rather than number of issues.

3. From 2011-2012 Digitised collection items have been retrospectively revised to include oral history.

4. The number of manuscript items in the collection equates to 150 per metre. For 2011-12 this equates to 2,268,542 items.

Table 2: Number of records in the online catalogue

As at the end of 2011/12, 90.1% of the collection is catalogued and searchable through the online catalogue.
Note: one catalogue record can cover several collection items, so there is no direct correlation between the numbers in tables 1 and 2.

Collection2007/082008/092009/102010/112011/2012
Total4 010 2704 102 3684 214 3314 507 5154 883 609
Monographs3 351 6543 411 4943 511 7383 783 8334 142 836
Serials301 454306 929300 156299 860302 813
Manuscripts19 56519 82417 22417 43218 192
Oral history13 11813 58714 37315 52215 971
Music scores97 35499 551106 936113 515118 175
Pictures132 647148 391157 190167 311172 422
Maps94 478102 592106 714110 042113 200