The BC in figures
Equipment and general figures
| Linear metres of shelving: |
1.500 lm of open access |
| Estimated total surface: | 15.000 m2 |
| Estimated surface of the General Reading Room: | 2.700 m2 |
| Estimated surface of the Special Reading Room: | 360 m2 |
| Seats: | 229 |
| Equipment (2011): |
240 computers for staff |
| Microform readers: | 5 |
| Image readers/reproducers: | 5 |
| Sound readers/reproducers: | 8 |
| Reproduction machines: | 6 (3 of them are scanners) |
| Visitors (2011): |
47.379 users in site |
| Users with card (2011): | 277.475 |
| Staff (2011) : | 168 |
| Acquisitions (2011): |
Legal deposit: 81.493 |
| Documents in the catalogue (2011): | 1.440.979 |
| Web archive (2011): | 57.993 webs |
| Total of documents (2011): | 3 millions (estimation) |
| Documents consulted (2011): | 174.634 |
Users
| Site | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Main site | 40.773 | 45.029 | 49.968 |
| Arxiu Maragall | 230 | 210 | 411 |
| Total users in site | 41.003 | 45.239 | 47.379 |
| Number of users based on online searches to the catalogue | 1.433.022 | 2.879.377 | 3.494.104 |
| Total | 1.473.985 | 2.924.616 | 3.541.483 |
Documents consulted
| Type | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| General collections |
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| Monographs | 42.798 | 65.444 | 59.117 |
| Serials | 13.829 | 13.800 | 13.447 |
| Reserve colllections |
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| Electronic resources | 49.892 | 55.706 | 81.763 |
| Old printed books | 5.725 | 5.500 | 5.898 |
| Manuscripts | 4.099 | 3.039 | 3.015 |
| Printed and manuscript music | 3.981 | 3.148 | 2.650 |
| Engravings, stamps and maps | 2.640 | 2.559 | 1.652 |
| Microfilms | 176 | 82 | 0 |
| Archive | 1.888 | 2.195 | 1.876 |
| Sound and audiovisual |
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| Sound | 538 | 1.838 | 2.145 |
| Video | 668 | 810 | 971 |
| Arxiu Joan Maragall |
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| Documents | 1.580 | 1.800 | 2.100 |
| Digital collections |
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| Electronic resources | 49.892 | 55.706 | 81.763 |
| Digitized documents* | 1.970.067 | 2.178.723 | 2.568.238 |
| Total | 2.097.881 | 2.334.644 | 2.742.872 |
These figures are only of documents requested to stacks; documents from the shelving of the reading rooms are not included.
*Not included use of Google Books
Reproduction service (external and internal users) by support
| Support | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Paper copies | 289.243 | 219.218 | 195.985 |
| Copies from microfilms | 755 | 76 | 444 |
| Self-service: paper copies, copies from microfilms, prints from microforms, prints from CD-ROM and Internet | 51.490 | 50.450 | 41.780 |
| Photographic media | - | - | - |
| Digital images | 48.178 | 68.152 | 57.799 |
| Copies from sound and audiovisual records | 464 | 457 | 246 |
| Total reproductions | 390.464 | 338.353 | 296.254 |