Category |
Language |
Details |
Number of Volumes/ Items |
Monographs |
Chinese |
Genernal Books |
4,581,756 volumes |
General rare books (including the new thread-bound) |
1,646,886 volumes |
Taiwan, Hong Kong and overseas books |
150,454 volumes |
Sub-total |
6,379,096 volumes |
Foreign
languages |
Western Language (English, French, German and others) |
1,815,639 volumes |
Russian (including Slavic language) |
604,041 volumes |
Japanese and other Oriental language books |
991,164 volumes |
Sub-total |
3,410,844 volumes |
| |
Total volumes of books |
9,789,940 volumes |
Periodicals |
Chinese |
Chinese periodicals (50,283 titles) |
6,070,670 volumes |
Foreign
language |
Foreign language periodicals (46,108 titles) |
6,593,080 volumes |
| |
Sub-total |
12,663,750 volumes |
Newspapers |
Chinese |
Chinese newspapers (7,553 titles) |
105,248 bound volumes |
Foreign
language |
Foreign language periodicals (1,699 titles) |
89,881 bound volumes |
| |
Sub-total |
195,129 bound volumes |
Special Collections |
|
Rare Books |
276,917 volumes/ items |
New Rare Books |
14,307 volumes/ items |
Foreign Language Rare Books |
25,875 volumes/ items |
Chinese Maps & Atlases |
88,033 volumes/ pieces/ items |
Maps & Atlases in Foreign Languages |
47,265 volumes/ pieces/ items |
Photos |
98,909 pieces/ volumes |
Pictures |
64,479 pieces |
Epigraphs & Rubbings |
319,416 pieces |
Monographs on Epigraphs & Rubbings |
4,896 volumes/ items |
Pictorial Works of Epigraphs |
473 volumes/ items |
Manuscripts |
85,790 items |
Letters |
2,930 volumes/ items |
Documents in Languages of Ethnic Minorities |
151,873 volumes/ items |
| Deluxe Editions |
7,377 volumes/ items |
Other Special Collections |
279 items |
Library Science Materials |
40,775 volumes |
Dunhuang-Turpan Meterials |
18,848 volumes/ items |
Other Chinese Materials |
422,343 volumes |
Publications of Foreign Governments |
56,985 volumes/ items |
UN Publications |
547,798 volumes/ items |
| |
Sub-total |
2,275,568 volumes/ items/ pieces |
Microforms |
|
Microfilms |
88,338 rolls |
Microfiches |
1,258,209 pieces |
| |
Sub-total |
1,346,547 rolls/ pieces |
Audio-Visual
Materials |
|
Sounding Recordings |
16,045 plates/ boxes |
CD |
32,042 pieces |
Microgroove Records |
967 pieces |
MP3 |
476 pieces |
Video Recordings |
14,608 plates/ boxes |
LD |
1,880 plates/ boxes |
VCD |
70,529 plates/ boxes |
VHD |
260 boxes |
DVD |
21,232 plates/ boxes |
| |
Sub-total |
158,039 pieces/ plates/ boxes |
Electronic Resources |
|
Electronic Resources |
30,381 pieces/ boxes |
| |
Sub-total |
30,381 pieces/ boxes |
Total Collections (as of 2007) |
26,309,843volumes/ items |
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