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Overview of Library Collections |
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Categories |
Languages |
Subdivisions |
Volumes/Items |
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Monographs |
Chinese |
General Books |
5,413,505 volumes |
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General Ancient Books (including new thread-bound books) |
1,648,206 volumes |
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Books Published in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Overseas |
200,068 volumes |
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Subtotal |
7,261,799 volumes |
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Foreign Languages |
Western Languages (English, French, German, and others) |
1,895,277 volumes |
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Russian (including Slavic languages) |
622,147 volumes |
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Japanese and other Oriental Languages |
1,041,785 volumes |
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Subtotal |
3,559,209 volumes |
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Subtotal for Monographs |
10,820,988 volumes |
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Periodicals |
Chinese |
Chinese Periodicals (51,463 titles) |
6,701,841 volumes |
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Foreign Languages |
Periodicals in Foreign Languages (47,207 titles) |
6,631,305 volumes |
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Subtotal for Periodicals |
13,333,146 volumes |
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Newspapers |
Chinese |
Chinese Newspapers (7,624 titles) |
119,097 bound volumes |
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Foreign Languages |
Newspapers in Foreign Languages (1,708 titles) |
93,206 bound volumes |
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Subtotal for Newspapers |
212,303 bound volumes |
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Special Collections |
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Ancient Rare Books |
282,300 volumes or items |
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New Rare Books |
14,918 volumes or items |
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Rare Books in Foreign Languages |
35,638 volumes or items |
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Chinese Maps & Atlases |
96,861 volumes or items |
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Maps & Atlases in Foreign Languages |
49,306 volumes or items |
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Photographs |
99,646 volumes or items |
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Pictures |
64,581 items |
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Epigraphs & Rubbings |
304,265 items |
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Monographs on Epigraphs & Rubbings |
10,080 volumes or items |
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Pictorial Works of Epigraphs |
644 volumes or items |
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Manuscripts |
86,178 items |
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Letters |
2,930 volumes or items |
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Documents in Languages of Ethnic Minorities |
159,781 volumes or items |
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Deluxe Editions |
7,463 volumes or items |
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Other Special Collections |
299 items |
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Materials in Library Sciences |
41,575 volumes |
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Dunhuang & Turpan Documents |
21,255 volumes or items |
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Genealogies and Chronicles |
53,949 volumes or items |
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Other Chinese Materials |
1,006,990 volumes |
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Publications of Foreign Governments |
56,985 volumes or items |
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UN Publications |
560,897 volumes or items |
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Subtotal for Special Collections |
2,956,541 volumes or items |
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Microforms |
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Microfilms |
100,750 reels |
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Microfiches |
1,308,207 fiches |
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Subtotal for Microforms |
1,408,957 (reels or fiches) |
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AV Materials |
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Sound Recordings |
19,708 cassettes |
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CD |
40,224 disks |
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Microgroove Records |
967 disks |
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MP3 |
2,860 disks |
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Video Recordings |
14,608 cassettes |
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LD |
1,880 disks |
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VCD |
85,829 disks |
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VHD |
260 cassettes or disks |
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DVD |
38,037 disks |
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Subtotal for AV Materials |
204,373 items |
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Electronic Publications |
Subtotal for Electronic Publications |
42,895 items |
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Total (as of 2010) |
28,979,203 volumes or items | |
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