Katsányi Sándor - Tóth Gyula: A főváros könyvtárának története 1945-1998 (Budapest, 2008)
Somogyi József: Statisztikai adatok
Könyvtárak száma Állomány /db Gyarapodás /db Beírattkozottak /fő Dok.forgalom /db Központi Hálózat Ossz. 1968 2 114 116 2.486.173 153.283 187.332 6.566.930 1969 2 114 116 2.535.187 159.281 180.826 6.933.266 1970 2 114 116 2.576.370 159.200 178.119 6.710.390 1971 2 113 115 2.600.846 168.958 182.225 6.231.107 1972 2 113 115 2.661.782 171.815 185.869 6.490.288 1973 2 115 117 2.729.265 170.426 183.067 6.569.768 1974 2 94 96 2.838.246 181.695 183.345 6.307.664 1975 2 90 92 2.968.037 193.145 174.825 5.757.473 1976 2 92 94 3.095.611 210.678 173.185 5.841.818 1977 2 89 91 3.229.566 249.286 176.031 5.786.575 1978 2 93 95 3.401.574 222.454 173.151 5.810.393 1979 2 94 96 3.504.053 220.325 179.200 4.626.216 1980 2 98 100 3.661.603 250.378 180.814 4.579.379 1981 2 99 101 3.850.502 273.167 177.780 4.528.492 1982 2 103 105 4.011.664 278.141 183.248 4.428.162 1983 1 106 107 4.163.225 268.321 188.664 4.561.616 1984 1 95 96 4.288.822 282.947 199.037 4.839.021 1985 1 97 98 4.029.998 202.825 209.421 4.972.737 1986 1 96 97 4.136.743 173.762 199.882 4.884.001 1987 1 97 98 4.094.064 165.194 201.019 4.861.739 1988 1 95 96 4.198.077 165.033 200.936 4.554.038 1989 1 95 96 4.278.086 155.472 175.908 4.360.886 1990 1 91 92 3.996.345 145.477 167.887 4.611.474 1991 1 86 87 3.853.348 139.298 178.647 5.823.098 1992 1 84 85 3.805.566 142.334 177.252 6.530.282 1993 1 84 85 3.781.148 148.811 181.292 5.935.624 1994 1 74 75 3.745.598 149.821 192.177 6.610.763 1995 1 78 79 3.743.883 128.709 173.811 6.335.528 1996 1 77 78 3.739.489 137.065 165.778 6.361.177 1997 1 77 78 3.756.613 130.081 163.130 6.236.400 1998 1 74 75 3.806.744 145.971 164.191 5.853.642 1999 1 74 75 3.840.408 145.536 162.005 6.072.265 2000 1 74 75 3.827.882 123.755 159.356 6.036.314
