Holdings

• 4768,082 books
• 155,537 manuscripts
• 281,210 music documents
• 11,219,772 graphic documents
• 23,416,221 physical units in all
• 156,323 km in shelf metres

Conservation

• 172 book bindings were restored
• 1,584 sheets, maps, pictures and photos were treated
• 12,768 file boxes and 11,753 covers were produced for storage purposes

All figures are from 2002. The Royal Library