Statistics
The NDL in figures (Key statistics of FY 2012)
Buidings and storage
| |
Total site area |
Total floor space |
Total area of reading rooms |
Total storage space |
Storage capacity |
| Tokyo Main Library |
30,000m2 |
14,8000m2 |
19,000m2 |
78,000m2 |
12,000,000 volumes |
| Kansai-kan of the NDL |
83,000m2 |
59,000m2 |
4,300m2 |
24,000m2 |
6,000,000 volumes |
| ILCL |
7,700m2 |
6,700m2 |
1,000m2 |
1,500m2 |
400,000 volumes |
Collections (As of March, 2013)
| |
Total acquisitions |
Annual acquisition |
| Total |
39,430,946 items |
1,042,082 items |
| Books |
10,096,114 items |
215,406 items |
| Periodicals and newspapers |
15,407,485 items |
574,509 items |
| Microforms |
9,120,195 items |
185,986 items |
| Recorded materials |
681,338 items |
12,311 items |
| Machine-readable materials (CD-ROM, DVDs, etc.) |
112,228 items |
8,100 items |
| Maps |
546,379 items |
4,977 items |
| Doctoral dissertations |
571,266 items |
16,570 items |
| Manuscripts |
350,905 items |
12,394 items |
Services (FY 2012)
| Services for the public |
| Reference services |
977,500 cases |
| Reading services |
2,164,412 items |
| Copying services |
1,356,194 cases |
| On-site users |
683,788 people |
| Tokyo Main Library |
507,102 people
(1,811 per day on average) |
| Kansai-kan of the NDL |
64,767 people
(231 per day on average) |
| ILCL |
111,919 people
(390 per day on average) |
| Digital Library services |
| Number of accesses to our website |
20,921,601 |
| Services for the National Diet |
| Research on request |
39,379 cases |
| Loan services |
26,407 items |
| Copying services |
5,842 cases |
* excluding loan and copying services for research on request
| Services for the executive and judicial branches |
| Reference and research on request |
886 cases |
| Loan services |
9,319 items |
| Services for Libraries |
| Reference services |
5,477 cases |
| Loan services |
22,454 items |
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