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,6,636,1,875,5,204,4,438,2,260,3,967,3,857,666,2,549,463, National,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,.,1,1, Autonomous communities central Libraries,7,3,7,5,6,7,5,1,4,4, Public,4,035,1,095,3,280,3,057,1,207,2,629,2,753,370,1,864,218, For specific groups of users (non-specialised),198,45,122,100,35,42,71,18,21,4, Libraries in higher education institutions,300,162,278,264,181,245,211,65,187,77, Specialised Libraries: Total,2,095,569,1,516,1,011,830,1,043,816,212,472,159, Specialised Libraries: In religious institutions,185,48,143,62,56,77,52,11,16,6, Specialised Libraries: In the administration,394,132,307,237,183,234,186,43,125,36, Specialised Libraries: In research centres,123,34,95,50,62,69,51,12,33,9, Specialised Libraries: In professional associations and colleges,267,71,163,117,89,86,62,25,29,19, Specialised Libraries: In commercial companies or firms,42,20,33,23,26,12,16,11,9,3, Specialised Libraries: In archives and museums,356,80,285,100,145,219,149,21,70,24, Specialised Libraries: In health centres,138,44,95,88,85,94,80,43,93,12, Specialised Libraries: Other specialised Libraries,590,140,395,334,184,252,220,46,97,50, Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy Source: National Statistics Institute