Bibliotecile Românești în prima decadă a mileniului: o scurtă privire statistică
Romanian Libraries during the First Decade of the Millenium: A Brief Statistical Overview
Hermina G.B. Anghelescu, School of Library and Information Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
presented at the 6th International Congress on Romanian Studies 2-4 July 2012, Sibiu, România
Hybridoma Technology ( Production , Purification , and Application )
Romanian Libraries during the First Decade of the Millenium: A Brief Statistical Overview
1. Hermina G.B. Anghelescu, PhD
School of Library & Information Science
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan, USA
ag7662@wayne.edu
2. The Library System in Romania
National Libraries
The National Library of Romania
The Library of the Romanian Academy
The National Pedagogical Library
The National Military Library
Academic Libraries
School Libraries
Special Libraries
Public Libraries
[Alarming] Statistical Data
based on the Romanian Statistical Yearbook
Conclusion
3. Volumes Registered Users Volumes Checked Out
Type of Library & Year Libraries
(thousands) (thousands) (thousands)
National Libraries 2005 4 20,601 43 867
National Libraries 2010 4 21,053 46 665
National Libraries % of Change 0.0% 2.2% 7.0% -23.3%
Academic Libraries 2005 106 24,582 614 12,418
Academic Libraries 2010 100 24,913 559 9,098
Academic Libraries % of Change -5.7% 1.3% -9.0% -26.7%
Special Libaries 2005 846 16,313 163 1,403
Special Libraries 2010 589 10,334 88 1,743
Special Libraries % of Change -30.4% -36.7% -46.0% 24.2%
School Libraries 2005 8,585 63,174 2,276 23,628
School Libraries 2010 8,300 67,448 2,108 22,524
School Libraries % of Change -3.3% 6.8% -7.4% -4.7%
Public Libraries 2005 2,914 49,710 1,881 32,409
Public Libraries 2010 2,836 49,681 1,632 24,294
Public Libraries % of Change -2.7% -0.1% -13.2% -25.0%
Total of All Libraries 2005 12,455 174,380 4,977 70,725
Total of All Libraries 2010 11,829 173,429 4,433 58,324
Total of All Libraries % of Change -5.0% -0.5% -10.9% -17.5%
4. % of Change in Higher Education Between 2005 and 2010 (Fig. 1)
2.0% 800,000
0.9%
700,000
0.0%
600,000
-2.0%
500,000
-4.0% 400,000
-5.4% 300,000
-6.0%
-6.1% -5.7%
200,000
-8.0%
100,000
-9.0%
-10.0% -
Universities Students Faculty Libraries Library users
2005 107 716,464 31,430 106 614,000
2010 108 673,001 29,746 100 559,000
% of Change 0.9% -6.1% -5.4% -5.7% -9.0%
5. % of Change of Library Statistics Between 2005 and 2010 (Fig. 2)
30.0%
24.2%
20.0%
10.0% 7.0%
6.8%
2.2%
0.0% 1.3%
0.0% National Libraries
-0.1%
-2.7% -0.5%
-4.7% Academic Libraries
-5.7% -3.3% -5.0%
-10.0% Special Libraries
-9.0% -7.4% -10.9%
-13.2% School Libraries
-20.0% Public Libraries
-17.5%
-23.3% Total of All Libraries
-25.0%
-26.7%
-30.0%
-30.4%
-36.7%
-40.0%
-46.0%
-50.0%
Libraries Volumes Registered Users Volumes Checked Out
6. [+] Some Progress: Modernization process on multiple
fronts:
New locales purposefully built to serve as libraries
Opening of collections
Librarians participating in continuing education
programs
Biblionet, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, 28 million USD; 2,000/2,836 public
libraries equipped + 1,000/4,500 public librarians
trained
7. [-] Room for Improvement:
More responsibility and involvement from the funding agencies/overseeing bodies
Librarians, Information specialists & Library Leaders need to become more responsive to
join efforts in order to:
Reach common ground towards creating a national shared online catalog
Coordinate at the national scale disparate digitization efforts that occur locally
Develop databases with local content
The Key: C3=Communication; Collaboration; Coordination
Library infrastructure
Librarians’ training and their exposure to practices in the West
Librarians’ change of attitude towards their constituencies
Professional commitment and leadership corroborated with substantial financial support
from
Library associations to join forces & speak with one voice towards common goals
Library and Information Science education at western standards
Coherent national program to support & promote library development
National library development strategy (short and long term)
Rethinking the library’s mission in Romania’s society (shift from repository “biblioteca
templul cartii” to an active information center focused on providing customer-oriented
services and on promoting the principles of Information Literacy)
8. Hermina G.B. Anghelescu
School of Library & Information Science
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
Email: ag7662@wayne.edu