Summary information

Study title

Joint Statistics of Finnish Scientific Libraries 2013

Creator

National Library of Finland

Study number / PID

FSD3636 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3636 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd3636 (DOI)

Data access

Open

Series

Joint Statistics of Finnish Scientific Libraries 2002-2020

The Joint Statistics of Finnish Scientific Libraries data series consists primarily of annual statistics on the activities of the libraries of Finnish higher education institutions from the years 2002-2020. The statistics were collected according to the International Standard ISO 2789 International library statistics. The statistics contain information about the National Library of Finland, Finnish university libraries, and libraries of the universities of applied sciences. Additionally, the statistics of a few special libraries are included in the data for some years. Each library was...

Abstract

The dataset contains annual statistics from Finnish scientific libraries for 2013 according to international library statistics standards. The dataset covers data and indicators on library premises, branches, collections, services, acquisitions, use, users, opening hours, finances, and staff. The statistical data have been collected from the National Library of Finland, university libraries, university of applied sciences libraries, and a few specialised libraries. The collecting organisations are specified in the data file. The collecting organisations compiled the statistical data in accordance with the following standards: ISO 2789 (International library statistics), ISO 11620 (Library performance indicators), and ISO TR 28118 (Performance indicators for national libraries). More information on the data collection can be found in the KITT user guide (available only in Finnish, see Related Materials).

Social sciencesInformation society

LibrariesLibrary servicesLibrary facilitiesEducational librariesStatistical dataLibrary databases

Data collection period

2014

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Time series

Analysis unit

Organization/Institution

Universe

Finnish scientific libraries

Sampling procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Compilation/Synthesis

Automated data extraction

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2023

Terms of data access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

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