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. 1944 1313 235.734 4.977 22.215 978.331 1945 13 3 16 228.657 8.970 16.554 399.955 1946 15 3 18 225.278 18.028 23.322 1.059.025 1947 15 4 19 239.448 22.899 23.143 1.051.011 1948 17 3 20 249.778 28.962 24.942 1.254.997 1949 20 3 23 282.613 71.671 27.954 1.211.212 1950 24 3 27 355.091 127.000 40.338 1.420.089 1951 32 5 37 455.955 115.296 73.090 1.772.576 1952 35 8 43 552.012 119.478 82.316 2.422.161 1953 41 13 54 611.154 98.289 101.780 3.004.673 1954 42 20 62 740.794 100.913 106.923 3.108.977 1955 41 21 62 786.526 77.068 113.019 3.325.150 1956 39 21 60 855.475 80.000 118.732 3.224.726 1957 42 22 64 860.614 81.255 112.904 2.984.501 1958 42 17 59 903.243 88.163 117.786 3.694.509 1959 42 38 80 985.470 108.019 128.696 4.428.562 1960 42 48 90 1.055.336 120.250 102.808 4.598.108 1961 46 50 96 1.144.576 150.721 129.092 4.937.769 1962 48 54 102 1.313.194 214.926 144.866 5.716.511 1963 52 56 108 1.349.798 175.359 156.404 5.823.716 1964 54 54 108 1.449.086 227.957 161.718 6.212.846 1965 59 54 113 1.535.601 176.515 170.319 6.303.737 1966 59 52 111 1.640.557 154.388 172.384 6.249.316 1967 59 54 113 1.736.115 146.289 175.989 6.284.098 1968 58 56 114 1.808.944 146.595 174.241 6.636.932 1969 58 56 114 1.855.824 152.428 167.739 6.436.836 1970 59 55 114 1.887.352 150.951 164.492 6.960.808 1971 60 53 113 1.908.439 160.424 168.713 6.201.554 1972 60 53 113 1.960.097 164.169 171.473 6.270.417 1973 63 52 115 2.019.045 162.333 168.993 6.012.064 1974 63 31 94 2.115.529 170.946 168.792 6.139.530 1975 59 31 90 2.231.121 179.697 159.934 5.429.331 1976 59 33 92 2.346.798 199.762 159.053 5.543.195
