Collection statistics

Table 1: Holdings by type of material

Collection2007-082008-092009-102010-112011-12
Total *5,972,0136,060,8626,143,8976,236,4616,350,143
Manuscripts (metres) 413,88314,22514,48414,77115,124
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) 2189,102194,937201,861202,866204,082
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

1. In 2011-12 the monographs total was adjusted by 32,572. Actual growth in 2011-12 was 50,835.
2. Figures reflect number of titles rather than number of issues.
3. From 2011-12 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.

Collection2007-082008-092009-102010-112011-12
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