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 (2012): |
240 computers for staff |
| Microform readers: | 4 |
| Image readers/reproducers: | 4 |
| Sound readers/reproducers: | 8 |
| Reproduction machines: | 5 (2 of them are scanners) |
| Visitors (2012): |
46.751 users in site |
| Users with card (2012): | 282.083 |
| Staff (2012) : | 164 |
| Acquisitions (2012): |
Legal deposit: 67.588 |
| Documents in the catalogue (2012): | 1.479.146 |
| Web archive (2012): | 58.199 webs |
| Total of documents (2012): | 3 millions (estimation) |
| Documents consulted (2012): | 2.738.298 |
1) Included searches for indexing robots
Users
| Site | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Main site | 45.029 | 49.968 | 46.408 |
| Arxiu Maragall | 210 | 411 | 343 |
| Total users in site | 45.239 | 47.379 | 46.751 |
| Number of users based on online searches to the catalogue2) | 2.879.377 | 3.494.104 | 4.618.579 |
| Total | 2.924.616 | 3.541.483 | 4.665.330 |
2) Included searches for indexing robots
Documents consulted
| Type | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| General collections |
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| Monographs | 65.444 | 59.117 | 61.712 |
| Serials | 13.800 | 13.447 | 12.123 |
| Reserve colllections |
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| Old printed books | 5.500 | 5.898 | 4.928 |
| Manuscripts | 3.039 | 3.015 | 3.304 |
| Printed and manuscript music | 3.148 | 2.650 | 2.660 |
| Engravings, stamps and maps | 2.559 | 1.652 | 1.545 |
| Microfilms | 82 | 0 | 0 |
| Archive | 2.195 | 1.876 | 1.966 |
| Sound and audiovisual |
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| Sound | 1.838 | 2.145 | 2.390 |
| Video | 810 | 971 | 602 |
| Arxiu Joan Maragall |
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| Documents | 1.800 | 2.100 | 96 |
| Digital collections |
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| Electronic resources | 55.706 | 81.763 | 50.792 |
| Digitized documents3) | 2.178.723 | 2.568.238 | 2.596.180 |
| Total | 2.334.644 | 2.742.872 | 2.738.298 |
These figures are only of documents requested to stacks; documents from the shelving of the reading rooms are not included.
3)Not included use of Google Books
Reproduction service (external and internal users) by support
| Support | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Paper copies | 219.218 | 195.985 | 154.099 |
| Copies from microfilms | 76 | 444 | 95 |
| Self-service: paper copies, copies from microfilms, prints from microforms, prints from CD-ROM and Internet | 50.450 | 41.780 | 43.880 |
| Photographic media | - | - | - |
| Digital images | 68.152 | 57.799 | 57.732 |
| Copies from sound and audiovisual records | 457 | 246 | 283 |
| Total reproductions | 338.353 | 296.254 | 252.089 |