Overview of Physical Collections (As of December 2024) |
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Categories |
Languages |
Subdivisions |
Volumes/Items |
Monographs |
Chinese |
General Books (including Minguo paper-bound books) |
13117004 volumes |
General Ancient Books (including Minguo thread-bound books) |
1684837 volumes |
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Books Published in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Overseas |
451165 volumes |
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Subtotal |
15253006 volumes |
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Foreign Languages |
Western Languages Books (English, French, German, and others) |
2566678 volumes |
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Russian Books (including Slavic languages) |
712171 volumes |
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Books in Japanese and other Oriental Languages |
1320365 volumes |
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Subtotal |
4599214 volumes |
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Subtotal for Monographs |
19852220 volumes |
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Periodicals |
Chinese |
Chinese Periodicals |
9236686 volumes |
Foreign Languages |
Periodicals in Foreign Languages |
7295324 volumes |
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Subtotal for Periodicals |
16532010 volumes |
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Newspapers |
Chinese |
Chinese Newspapers |
235388 bound volumes |
Foreign Languages |
Newspapers in Foreign Languages |
110741 bound volumes |
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Subtotal for Newspapers |
346129 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) |
402202 volumes or items |
Maps & Atlases in Chinese and Foreign Languages |
199907 volumes or items |
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Static Pictures (Photographs, New Year Pictures, Engineering Drawings, and others) |
195179 items |
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Documents on Epigraphs & Rubbings |
340492 items |
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Manuscripts & Letters |
124839 items |
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Documents in Languages of Ethnic Minorities |
281615 volumes or items |
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Dunhuang & Turpan Documents |
33131 items |
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Genealogies & Chronicles |
150645 volumes or items |
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Other Special Collections (including Deluxe Editions) |
12774 volumes or items |
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Dissertations and other Chinese Materials |
3665642 volumes or items |
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Oracle Bones |
35651 volumes or items |
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International Organizations and Government Publications |
640296 volumes or items |
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Subtotal for Special Collections |
6082373 volumes or items |
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Microforms |
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Microfilms & Microfiches |
1774614 reels or fiches |
Audio-visual Materials |
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Sound Recordings, Video Recordings, CD, Microgroove Records, MP3, LD, VCD, VHD, DVD |
517021 disks or cassettes |
Electronic Publications |
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CD-ROM and others |
145557 items |
Total (as of December 2024) |
45249924 volumes or items |
Overview of Main Digital Resources (As of December 2024) |
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Categories |
Subdivisions |
Amount |
Books |
E-Books (titles) |
2413158 |
Periodicals |
E-Periodicals (titles) |
45252 |
Newspapers |
E-Newspapers (titles) |
5068 |
Special Collections |
Digital Chronicles (titles) |
6946 |
Stone Rubbings (titles) |
28246 |
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Oracle Bones (titles) |
6575 |
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Oracle Bones Rubbings (titles) |
13776 |
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Old Photos (titles) |
7264 |
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Rare Books (titles) |
26677 |
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Dunhuang Documents (volumes) |
12231 |
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Manuscripts & Letters (titles) |
1430 |
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Genealogies (titles) |
5741 |
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Doctoral Dissertations & Masters' Theses (papers) |
12889050 |
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Conference Papers (papers) |
7227921 |
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Others (titles) |
110912 |
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Subtotal for Special Collections |
20336769 |
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Audio-visual Resources |
Video Resources (pieces) |
2616626 |
Audio Resources (hours) |
198468 |
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Amount of Digital Resources (TB) |
2819.36 |
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Number of Out-sourced Databases |
236 |
Note:
1 Audio resources include songs, music, language resources, and so on, which are measured in audio clips, and the unit is piece.
2 Video resources include lectures, reports, courses, documentaries, movie and television plays, oral history resources, and so on, which are measured in video length, and the unit is hour.
3 "Others" in "Special Collections" includes New Year Pictures, Tangut Materials, Maps & Atlases, Rare Books returning from abroad, and so on.