37th Annual Report 1996-97
Statistical Tables
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17 |
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Requests for information from the National Library information server |
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22 |
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23 |
TABLE 1: FINANCIAL AND STAFFING SUMMARY 199697
Collections and Reader Services Division
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Budget |
Actual |
Revenue |
Staffing |
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$(000) |
$(000) |
$(000) |
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16,286 |
15,277 |
(419) |
252 |
TABLE 2: FINANCIAL AND STAFFING SUMMARY 199697
Services to Libraries Division
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Budget |
Actual |
Revenue |
Staffing |
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$(000) |
$(000) |
$(000) |
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9,030 |
7,922 |
(8,797) |
87 |
TABLE 3: FINANCIAL AND STAFFING SUMMARY 199697
Cultural and Educational Services Division
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Budget |
Actual |
Revenue |
Staffing |
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$(000) |
$(000) |
$(000) |
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4,155 |
4,092 |
(875) |
55 |
TABLE 4: FINANCIAL AND STAFFING SUMMARY 199697
Corporate Services Division
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Budget |
Actual |
Revenue |
Staffing |
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$(000) |
$(000) |
$(000) |
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20,493 |
18,734 |
(683) |
92 * |
* Includes 8 paid inoperative staff.
TABLE 5: FINANCIAL AND STAFFING SUMMARY 199697
Executive Support Branch
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Budget |
Actual |
Revenue |
Staffing |
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$(000) |
$(000) |
$(000) |
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1,123 |
1,018 |
(3) |
12 |
TABLE 6: FINANCIAL AND STAFFING RESOURCES SUMMARY
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199596 |
199697 |
199697 |
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Actual |
Budget |
Actual |
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COMPONENTS OF |
$(000) |
$(000) |
$(000) |
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Program Costs |
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Acquisitions |
4,834 |
4,757 |
4,377 |
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Capital works and services |
4,280 |
1,947 |
1,488 |
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Running Costs |
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Salaries |
23,524 |
25,512 |
25,921 |
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Administrative expenses |
17,468 |
19,321 |
15,257 |
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Total Expenditure |
50,106 |
51,537 |
47,043 |
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Less Adjustments |
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Revenue |
(10,947) |
(10,300) |
(10,507) |
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less Movement in advances |
0 |
0 |
(16) |
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less Cash on hand at beginning of financial year |
(4,186) |
(5,602) |
(5,602) |
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add Cash on hand at |
5,602 |
0 |
4,717 |
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Total Outlays |
40,575 |
35,635 |
35,635 |
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Comprising: |
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Appropriation Bill No. 1 |
34,033 |
35,635 |
35,635 |
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Appropriation Bill No. 2 |
6,542 |
0 |
0 |
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Staffing |
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Staff years |
560 |
515 |
498 |
TABLE 7: NETWORK SERVICES DATABASE STATISTICS
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199495 |
199596 |
199697 |
% change 199596 to 199697 |
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NBD bibliographic records* |
11,242,526 |
11,892,506 |
12,688,510 |
6.7 |
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NBD holdings statements |
22,335,844 |
23,929,262 |
25,946,0273 |
8.4 |
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NBD authority records |
1,403,399 |
1,445,358 |
1,475,358 |
2.1 |
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AMI records** |
62,640 |
68,583 |
72,480 |
5.7 |
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APAIS records# |
215,053 |
226,309 |
237,492 |
4.9 |
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Ozline databases |
35 |
35 |
38 |
8.6 |
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Ozline records |
978,516 |
1,234,167 |
1,323,849 |
7.3 |
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CJK (Pinyin) bibliographic records## |
- |
- |
596,632 |
- |
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CJK (Pinyin) holdings recordsd |
- |
- |
249,574 |
- |
* National Bibliographic Database (1981+)
** Australasian Medical Index (1985+)
# Australian Public Affairs Information Service (1978+)
## Chinese (Pinyin/Wade Giles), Japanese and Korean database (1 June 1996+)
TABLE 8: NETWORK SERVICES USAGE (MONTHLY AVERAGES)
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199495 |
199596 |
199697 |
% change 199596 to 199697 |
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Total enquiry commands (thousands) |
1,562 |
1,549 |
1,571 |
1.4 |
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Supersearch connect hours |
628 |
678 |
624 |
-8.0 |
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Ozline connect hours |
245 |
188 |
168 |
-10.6 |
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Online copy cataloguing |
139,808 |
142,858 |
148,119 |
3.7 |
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MARC records distributed |
429,951 |
606,767 |
356,991 |
-41.2 * |
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Interlibrary loan requests |
19,044 |
20,100 |
20,178 |
0.4 |
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UnCover documents supplied |
1,404 |
2 484 |
2,343 |
-5.7 |
* % change distorted by an exceptional re-supply of 2,322,767 MARC records to a single customer in December 1995. Actual % change in MARC record supply would otherwise be -14%.
TABLE 9: NETWORK SERVICES FINANCIAL DATA ($000)
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199495 |
199596 |
199697 |
% change 199596 to 199697 |
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Invoices * |
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Online services |
7,051.6 |
7,219.4 |
7,479.2 |
3.60 |
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Products |
1,397.6 |
1,424.2 |
1,406.4 |
-1.25 |
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Other charges |
1,528.4 |
1,474.8 |
1,403.0 |
-4.87 |
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less Credits and miscellaneous |
2,205.7 |
2,093.3 |
2,122.5 |
1.39 |
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TOTAL |
7,771.9 |
8,025.1 |
8,166.1 |
1.75 |
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Revenue |
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Cash receipts |
6,926.1 |
7,640.8 |
7,621.3 |
-0.25 |
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Assessed revenue ** |
645.1 |
505.5 |
529.8 |
4.81 |
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TOTAL |
7,571.2 |
8,146.3 |
8,151.1 |
0.06 |
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Operational expenditure |
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Computer charges |
2,052.2 |
1,804.2 |
1,784.1 |
-1.11 |
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Salary and administrative costs |
1,753.6 |
1,883.9 |
2,033.2 |
7.92 |
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Other operational costs |
1,783.4 |
1,952.2 |
1,798.5 |
-7.87 |
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TOTAL |
5,589.2 |
5,640.3 |
5,615.8 |
-0.43 |
* Includes use by the National Library of Australia.
** Assessment of use by the National Library of Australia.
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199495 |
199596 |
199697 |
% change 199596 to 199697 |
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Activity |
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Loans supplied (printed material) |
20 091 |
19 760 |
19 241 |
-2.7 |
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Photocopies (no. of items) |
73 115 |
71 107 |
59 504 |
-16.3 |
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Films and videos |
13 013 |
11 900 |
11 489 |
-3.4 |
TABLE 11: EXPENDITURE ON LIBRARY MATERIALS BY TYPE OF MATERIAL ($000)
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Year |
Books* |
Electronic material |
Films |
Pictorial |
Maps |
Oral history |
Music |
Manuscripts |
Copying of Australian historical records |
Total |
Total library |
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199495 |
4,246 |
101 |
199 |
309 |
48 |
229 |
27 |
419 |
40 |
5,618 |
13.1 |
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199596 |
3,589 |
113 |
212 |
279 |
28 |
247 |
14 |
329 |
23 |
4,834 |
9.6 |
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199697 |
3,411 |
96 |
97 |
171 |
60 |
161 |
11 |
176 |
29 |
4,216 |
11.8 |
* This general category covers the purchase of monographs, serials and microforms.
TABLE 12: EXPENDITURE ON PRINTED AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
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199495 |
199596 |
199697 |
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Australian print monographs |
327,661 |
322,431 |
331,548 |
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Australian print serials |
191,661 |
279,421 |
151,605 |
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Australian electronic (serials and monographs) |
41,267 |
40,187 |
48,958 |
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Total Australian* |
560,589 |
642,039 |
532,111 |
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Overseas print monographs# |
907,624 |
592,924 |
674,738 |
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Overseas print serials# |
2,612,549 |
2,182,806 |
1,955,702 |
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Overseas electronic (serials and monographs) |
59,765 |
40,162 |
47,435 |
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Total overseas |
3,579,938 |
2,815,892 |
2,677,875 |
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Total Expenditure+ |
4,140,527 |
3,457,931 |
3,209,986 |
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Total print monographs |
1,203,996 |
906,029 |
970,828 |
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Total print serials |
2,748,585 |
2,445,646 |
2,044,271 |
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Total electronic |
101,032 |
80,349 |
82,185 |
* Excludes value of items received as legal deposits, gifts or donations.
# Revised totals for monographs and serials include expenditure on previously excluded Indonesian and Thai materials.
+ Excludes items purchased for use in gift and exchange programs and working copies.
TABLE 13: MONOGRAPH ACQUISITIONS BY METHOD OF PROCUREMENT (VOLS)
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199495 |
199596 |
199697 |
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Australian |
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Purchase |
7,284 |
6,818 |
7,813 |
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Gift and exchange |
2,667 |
3,202 |
4,842 |
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Legal deposit (including government publications) |
16,465 |
16,617 |
19,772 |
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Total |
26,416 |
26,637 |
32,427 |
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Overseas |
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Purchase |
24,540 |
16,871 |
16,640 |
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Gift and exchange |
4,265 |
2,723 |
3,240 |
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Total |
28,805 |
19,594 |
19,880 |
TABLE 14: SERIAL ACQUISITIONS BY METHOD OF PROCUREMENT (TITLES)
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199495 |
199596 |
199697 |
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Australian |
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Purchase |
2,334 |
1,567 |
1,027 |
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Legal deposit (including government publications) |
40,115 |
33,443 |
31,849 |
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Total |
42,449 |
35,010 |
32,876 |
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Overseas |
|
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Purchase |
27,072 |
16,380 |
14,802 |
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Gift and exchange |
35,682 |
19,062 |
17,862 |
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Total |
62,754 |
35,442 |
32,664 |
TABLE 15: HOLDINGS BY TYPE OF MATERIAL
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1994-95 |
199596 |
199697 |
% change |
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Monographs including microforms (titles) |
2,394,626 |
2,440,857 |
2,493,164 |
2.1 |
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Serials, including newspapers (titles)* |
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current |
105,230 |
70,535 |
65,540 |
-7.0 |
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non-current |
105 447 |
113 140 |
122,432 |
8.2 |
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Total serial titles |
210,677 |
183,675 |
187,972 |
2.3 |
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Films and video cassettes (titles) |
14,240 |
14,648 |
15,135 |
3.3 |
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Manuscripts (metres) |
9,653 |
9,988 |
10,245 |
2.5 |
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Oral history |
|
|
|
|
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tape recordings |
49,257 |
58,157 |
58,394 |
0.4 |
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transcripts (metres) |
126 |
137 |
138 |
0.4 |
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Music scores |
166,952 |
167,283 |
168,283 |
0.9 |
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Paintings, drawings and prints |
41,672 |
41,975 |
42,630 |
1.5 |
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Photographs |
541,247 |
545,446 |
558,927 |
2.5 |
|
Maps |
495,280 |
519,557 |
533,964 |
2.7 |
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Aerial photographs |
800,764 |
804,108 |
806,499 |
0.3 |
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Electronic media (titles)# |
332 |
363 |
477 |
31.0 |
* Continued automation of serial records has resulted in a more accurate count of current and non-current titles.
# For example, CD-ROMs and computer disks.
TABLE 16: TOTAL COMPUTERISED CATALOGUE RECORDS BY TYPE OF MATERIAL
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199697 |
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Monographs |
1,965,336 |
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Serials |
180,854 |
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Manuscripts |
13,976 |
|
Pictorial collection |
27,620 |
|
Films and video cassettes |
15,135 |
|
Oral history |
7,675 |
|
Music |
55,004 |
|
Maps |
41,526 |
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Total |
2,307,126 |
TABLE 17: STATE OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL OF THE COLLECTIONS
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No. of items |
No. of items |
No. of items awaiting |
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Australian materials |
30,124 |
40,214 |
84,942 |
|
Overseas materials |
29,094 |
28,051 |
496,196 |
|
Manuscripts * |
421 |
487 |
1,179 |
|
Pictorial collection |
151 |
195 |
- |
|
Films and video cassettes |
486 |
327 |
- |
|
Oral history |
501 |
407 |
20,050 |
|
Music |
3,888 |
3,237 |
58,201 |
|
Photographs # |
296 |
801 |
536,498 |
|
Maps |
3,348 |
4,064 |
598,451 |
|
Aerial photographs |
- |
- |
242,657 |
* One catalogue entry may control a collection of a number of items or of a number of boxes covering several shelf metres.
# One catalogue entry may control several thousand photographs.
TABLE 18: PRESERVATION OF THE COLLECTIONS
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Australian materials |
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Non-Australian materials |
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199495 |
199596 |
199697 |
199495 |
199596 |
199697 |
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Items receiving conservation treatments |
9,527 |
12,655 |
5,829 |
554 |
254 |
158 |
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Binding and alternative treatments |
23,602 |
34,536 |
41,888 |
21,050 |
27,964 |
32,719 |
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Storage materials provided |
26,472 |
20,568 |
25,222 |
- |
- |
- |
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Microforms produced (frames) |
3,381,224 |
1,571,648 |
1,090,843 |
45,484 |
- |
10,596 |
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Pages reproduced on microform |
377,591 |
300,903 |
379,647 |
27,966 |
- |
4,296 |
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Audiotapes produced (playing hours) * |
1,428 |
1,315 |
1,246 |
- |
- |
- |
* Figures include Australian and non-Australian audiotapes.
These statistics indicate some aspects of the Librarys total preservation program. Preventive preservation is implemented using other mechanisms throughout the Library, for instance by ensuring adequate environmental control.
TABLE 19: ITEMS SUPPLIED TO READING ROOMS
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199495 |
199596 |
199697 |
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Monographs and serials |
254,978 |
288,107 |
243,701 |
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Microform and newspapers |
129,700 |
124,381 |
103,050 |
|
Films |
1,483 |
1,249 |
1,661 |
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Manuscripts |
8,150 |
8,805 |
8,449 |
|
Oral history |
1,680 |
1,468 |
901 |
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Rare books |
716 |
873 |
887 |
|
Music scores |
33,386 |
5,585 |
822 |
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Paintings, drawings, prints, photographs * |
140,200 |
83,439 |
78,582 # |
|
Maps |
26,377 |
26,381 |
21,650 |
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Aerial photographs (boxes) |
260 |
366 |
421 |
* Estimates only, as readers have open access under supervision to a large number of small items.
# Decrease reflects use of videodisc and Images 1 by users. These sources contain reproductions of original works and prints previously supplied to users for perusal in the Pictorial Reading Room.
TABLE 20: USE OF THE COLLECTIONSINFORMATION REQUESTS *
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199495 |
199596 # |
199697 |
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Main reading room |
65,417 |
70,100 |
61,838 |
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Asian |
6,290 |
5,891 |
5,899 |
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NewspaperMicroform |
27,793 |
25,185 |
35,203 |
|
Films |
3,554 |
4,112 |
3,937 |
|
Manuscripts |
2,330 |
2,381 |
2,539 |
|
Oral history |
4,314 |
4,265 |
3 761 |
|
Rare books |
204 |
343 |
326 |
|
Pictorial |
6,845 |
8,149 |
7,937 |
|
Maps |
4,337 |
4,094 |
4419 |
|
Total |
121,084 |
124,520 |
125,859 |
* Includes enquiries by letter, telephone or personal visits.
# Figures reported in 199596 were incomplete due to industrial action and have been corrected in this report.
TABLE 21: REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL LIBRARY INFORMATION SERVER *
|
|
199596 |
199697 |
|
Average daily |
7,629 |
15,183 |
|
Average monthly |
232,047 |
461,840 |
|
Total |
2,784,651 |
5,542,078 |
* National Library files requested and transmitted via the Internet from the Librarys World Wide Web information server. A file can refer to a single image, a page of text, or an entire document.
Figures do not include Library files stored in other institutions proxy servers for subsequent use after a first request.
TABLE 22: VISITORS TO THE LIBRARY
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|
199596 |
199697 |
|
National Library building |
|
|
|
Individuals visiting the building |
349,353 |
348,665 |
|
Individuals entering the Exhibition Gallery |
65,922 |
38,658 |
|
Groups * |
300 |
296 |
|
National Portrait Gallery |
|
|
|
Individuals visiting the National Portrait Gallery |
114,228 |
80,734 |
|
Groups |
39 |
42 |
|
Floor tours |
1 |
|
|
Friends events |
|
|
|
Individuals attending events |
1,005 |
1,000 |
|
Film screenings |
|
|
|
Individuals attending screenings # NFSA event |
3,260 |
3,230 |
|
Other events + |
1,756 |
2,120 |
* Includes student, senior and special interest groups as well as public tours.
# Regular Library screenings ceased at the end of July. Figure includes National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) and Australian Film Institute (AFI) screenings to November 1996.
+ Includes attendance at exhibition openings, book launches, special lectures and seminars.
TABLE 23: ITEMS LENT FOR EXHIBITION
|
|
199596 |
199697 |
|
Manuscripts |
8 |
8 |
|
Rare books |
- |
2 |
|
Pictorial items |
20 |
87 |
|
Maps |
- |
6 |
|
Other |
15 |
10 |
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Last updated 11 November 1997
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