Authors

• National Library of Finland

Keywords

educational libraries, libraries, library databases, library facilities, library services, statistical data

Abstract

The dataset contains annual statistics from Finnish scientific libraries for 2002 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 files: the files daF3625_1 (A-L) and daF3625_2 (O-Å) contain data on university libraries and the file daF3625_2 contains data on other scientific libraries.