Libraries Statistics National results Libraries (administrative units) by type of library and level of automatisation. Units: number of libraries ,Total Libraries,Management of acquisitions,Cataloguing,Loan,Management of periodical publications,Public query catalogue (OPAC),Obtaining statistics,Self loan,Interlibrary loan,Other automated functions, Total,6,717,2,090,5,149,4,409,2,170,3,796,3,750,677,2,493,593, National,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,.,1,1, Autonomous communities central Libraries,8,5,8,7,8,8,7,1,5,5, Public,4,070,1,259,3,212,2,977,1,117,2,484,2,642,376,1,820,341, For specific groups of users (non-specialised),216,55,132,116,38,45,69,16,19,7, Libraries in higher education institutions,297,170,276,260,175,238,208,74,184,76, Specialised Libraries: Total,2,125,600,1,520,1,048,831,1,020,823,210,464,163, Specialised Libraries: In religious institutions,167,34,120,45,40,64,38,9,10,4, Specialised Libraries: In the administration,423,140,310,238,182,232,192,43,125,34, Specialised Libraries: In research centres,129,41,103,57,73,74,54,10,34,13, Specialised Libraries: In professional associations and colleges,274,81,172,124,97,78,67,29,28,15, Specialised Libraries: In commercial companies or firms,44,21,34,27,27,19,18,9,7,3, Specialised Libraries: In archives and museums,341,77,267,103,133,203,148,16,69,27, Specialised Libraries: In health centres,139,50,90,90,83,87,80,47,95,20, Specialised Libraries: Other specialised Libraries,608,156,424,364,196,263,226,47,96,47, Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy Source: National Statistics Institute