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Publishing production. Legal deposit in Catalonia. By type of document. Provinces

Publishing production. Legal deposit in Catalonia (1). By type of document. Provinces Catalunya
Monografies Llibres (2) Fullets (3) Fulls solts (4) Guions de cinema Microformes Partitures musicals Publicacions periòdiques (núm. 1) Diaris Revistes Butlletins oficials Memòries Anuaris Publicacions periòdiques (núm. seg.) Documents gràfics Cartells Làmines Mapes i plànols Postals Targetes i nadales Altres (5) Doc. sonors, audiovisuals i electrònics Cassets Disc vinil Disc CD CD-ROM Disquets Vídeos Documents electrònics DVD Multimèdia Total
2004 30,446 23,386 4,906 1,786 70 0 298 1,048 3 626 1 204 214 37,072 5,567 890 1,221 471 2,513 310 162 6,585 53 619 2,555 469 42 660 881 1,295 11 80,718
2003 39,443 29,998 6,724 2,125 73 26 497 1,735 12 839 0 431 453 37,460 7,126 878 1,453 640 3,268 645 242 6,685 134 1,073 3,064 599 47 716 243 793 16 92,449
2002 37,284 28,675 6,254 1,759 81 120 395 1,622 9 804 0 459 350 33,656 8,292 1,056 1,662 613 4,103 331 527 6,477 370 1,133 2,887 510 14 710 351 498 4 87,331
Source: Biblioteca de Catalunya.
Notes:
(1) The statistics reflect all documents presented to the Legal Deposit offices over the year, regardless of the year of the legal deposit and therefore the year of publication.
(2) Includes offprints of magazines (not magazine or newspaper supplements), revisions of pre-existing monographs and the first issue of collector's series.
(3) 5 to 48 page documents.
(4) Printed documents with 1 to 4 pages. Laminas, prayer sheets and auca (cartoon strips), for example, are not considered loose sheets.
(5) Sticker albums, stickers, trading cards, printed games, playing cards, etc.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Legal Deposit
Office that receives editorial and audiovisual productions. Its main function is to collect and preserve all production on any support and enable access to the same. The items that are provided to the Legal Deposit of Catalonia can be consulted by users of three centres: the Library of Catalonia, the provincial public libraries of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona, and the National Library of Spain.

Methodological aspects

Data on publishing production is taken from different sources (INE, the Generalitat de Catalunya's Ministry of Culture data from the Spanish ISBN Agency, and the Library of Catalonia, with data on legal deposits). The divergence of the data is the result of each source relating to different phases of the publishing process. So, while the ISBN registration is made before publication and is in the name of the publisher, the legal deposit is made at the time of printing and is in the name of the printer.

The statistics reflect all documents presented to the Legal Deposit offices of Library of Catalonia over the year, regardless of the year of the legal deposit and therefore the year of publication.

  • Books: Includes offprints of magazines (not magazine or newspaper supplements), revisions of pre-existing monographs and the first issue of collector's series.
  • Coursebooks: contains explanations of a subject, and is used by school and university students.
  • Facsimile/collector's editions: editions that are published in limited quantities for a small audience. Copies are numbered and of a high, formal quality.
  • Pamphlets <16 pages: 5 to 16 page documents.
  • Pamphlets >16 pages: 17 to 48 page documents.
  • Loose pages: Printed documents with 1 to 4 pages. Laminas, prayer sheets and auca (cartoon strips), for example, are not considered loose sheets.
  • Electronic resources (periodical publ.): e-books and books that are published or disseminated via the internet. Includes doctoral theses published on TDC@t.
  • Others graphic documents: Sticker albums, stickers, trading cards, printed games, playing cards, etc.
  • Other audiovisual documents: audio and audiovisual files in other formats, for example memory cards.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".