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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 2005
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalunya
Monografies 33,374 713 939 676 35,702
Llibres (2) 26,837 469 315 343 27,964
Fullets (3) 4,399 203 427 221 5,250
Fulls solts (4) 1,795 41 197 112 2,145
Guions de cinema 77 0 0 0 77
Microformes 1 0 0 0 1
Partitures musicals 265 0 0 0 265
Publicacions periòdiques (núm. 1) 1,031 111 39 63 1,244
Diaris 4 1 0 4 9
Revistes 531 101 39 56 727
Butlletins oficials 0 0 0 0 0
Memòries 223 5 0 2 230
Anuaris 273 4 0 1 278
Publicacions periòdiques (núm. seg.) 23,880 3,777 4,564 477 32,698
Documents gràfics 4,367 385 91 257 5,100
Cartells 490 60 46 109 705
Làmines 1,176 11 23 6 1,216
Mapes i plànols 548 14 1 3 566
Postals 1,595 213 10 111 1,929
Targetes i nadales 399 1 0 0 400
Altres (5) 159 86 11 28 284
Doc. sonors, audiovisuals i electrònics 5,895 344 62 30 6,331
Cassets 25 1 1 1 28
Discos de vinil 680 9 0 0 689
CDs 2,503 94 26 6 2,629
CD-ROMs 446 8 8 22 484
Disquets 6 0 0 0 6
Vídeos 164 17 2 0 183
Documents electrònics 399 202 23 0 624
DVDs 1,660 10 2 0 1,672
Multimèdia 12 3 0 1 16
Total 68,547 5,330 5,695 1,503 81,075
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 "..".