Facts and statistics 2015

The National Library of Finland in numbers (2015)

  • Visits: 71 000
  • Loans total: 380 000
  • Total number of page views (www.kansalliskirjasto.fi and its language versions): 960 000
  • Website visits (www.kansalliskirjasto.fi): 370 000
  • Searches conducted for digitised material: 14 mill.
  • Databases of own collections:
    • national bibliography Fennica total number of records: 980 000
    • national discography Viola total number of records: 1 050 000
    • catalogue for Finnish libraries Melinda total number of records: 9.1 mill.
    • the national databases (Arto, Fennica, Melinda, Viola) put together contained approximately 13 mill.
  • Growth of National Collection (Legal Deposit Collection) in 2015:
    • books: 8 600 titles
    • born-digital publications: 26 000 files
    • ephemera (uncatalogued collection): 52 000 items
    • sheet music: 400 titles
    • sound recordings: 2 200 titles
  • Total number of references on www.finna.fi: 11 million
  • Digitised pages made available for customer use: 1 million
  • Pages available on digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi service:
    • periodicals: 6 million pages
    • newspapers: 4 million pages
    • ephemera: 130 000 pages
  • Total operating budget: 24.0 mill. €
  • Number of staff: 249

 

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