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iv. education and mental culture.
träl library of literature concerning administrative and kindred matters;
the experts conclusions were presented on Nov. 2, 1913, but lias not yet been
put before the Riksdag. —- f) The Library of the Central Bureau of
Statis-slics, for statistics and political economy, contains 42 000 volumes. —• g)
The Library of Pedagogies, founded 1884, for the literature of education,
contains 35 000, volumes. — li) The Nobel Library of the Swedish
Academy, founded in 1901 in connection with the Nobel Institute of the
Swedish Academy, principally for modern foreign literature and the
history of literature possessed in 1912 about 30 000 volumes.
Royal National Library, Stockholm.
Among the provincial libraries, that of Uppsala University is the most
important. It has been entitled, ever since 1707, to receive a copy of
every publication printed in the Kingdom. In 1912 the library had about
400 000 volumes, of which about 15 000 were volumes and packets of
manuscripts. In 1912 the number of volumes used by visitors to the reading
room amounted to 84 615, of which 6 709 volumes were in manuscript.
The number of books lent out amounted to 31 528 volumes. Next to the
Library of Uppsala University in size, comes the Library of Lund
University, which was removed in 1907 to newly erected buildings. Ever
since the beginning of the eighteenth century, the library has been entitled
to receive a copy of every publication printed in the kingdom. At present
the library contains about 200 000 volumes, besides pamphlets, and 4 000
manuscripts. In 1912 the number of volumes used amounted to 53 936;
and the number of volumes lent out during the same year was 18 479.
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