Overview of Physical Collections (As of December 2017) |
Categories
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Languages
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Subdivisions
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Volumes/Items
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Monographs
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Chinese
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General Books (including Minguo paper-bound books)
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9,195,024 volumes
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General Ancient Books (including Minguo thread-bound books)
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1,717,498 volumes
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Books Published in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Overseas
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347,938 volumes
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Braille Books
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3,090 volumes
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Subtotal
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11,263,550 volumes
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Foreign Languages
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Western Languages Books (English, French, German, and others)
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2,289,789 volumes
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Russian Books (including Slavic languages)
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669,872 volumes
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Books in Japanese and other Oriental Languages
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1,196,150 volumes
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Subtotal
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4,155,811 volumes
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Subtotal for Monographs
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15,419,361 volumes
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Periodicals
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Chinese
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Chinese Periodicals
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8,286,407 volumes
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Foreign Languages
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Periodicals in Foreign Languages
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7,021,095 volumes
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Subtotal for Periodicals
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15,307,502 volumes
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Newspapers
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Chinese
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Chinese Newspapers
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171,017 bound volumes
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Foreign Languages
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Newspapers in Foreign Languages
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100,718 bound volumes
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Subtotal for Newspapers
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271,735 bound volumes
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Special Collections
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Rare Books (including Ancient Rare Books, New Rare Books, Rare Books in Foreign Languages)
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336,741 volumes or items
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Maps & Atlases in Chinese and Foreign Languages |
147,013 volumes or items |
Static Pictures (Photographs, New Year Pictures, Engineering Drawings, and others)
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164,227 items
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Documents on Epigraphs & Rubbings
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328,421 items
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Manuscripts & Letters
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105,124 items
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Documents in Languages of Ethnic Minorities
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223,217 volumes or items
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Dunhuang & Turpan Documents
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28,308 items
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Genealogies & Chronicles
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126,070 volumes or items
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Other Special Collections (including Deluxe Editions)
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12,523 volumes or items
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Dissertations and other Chinese Materials
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2,375,427 volumes or items
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Materials in Library Sciences
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45,113 volumes or items
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International Organizations and Government Publications
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632,674 volumes or items
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Subtotal for Special Collections
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4,524,858 volumes or items
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Microforms
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Microfilms & Microfiches
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1,646,663 reels or fiches
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Audio-visual Materials
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Sound Recordings, Video Recordings, CD, Microgroove Records, MP3, LD, VCD, VHD, DVD
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413,264 disks or cassettes
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Electronic Publications
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CD-ROM and others
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102,804 items
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Total (as of December 2017)
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37,686,187 volumes or items
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