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 1972 2 701.685 7.646 14.396 299.351 1973 2 710.220 8.093 14.074 295.600 1974 2 722.717 10.749 14.553 288.028 1975 2 736.916 13.448 14.891 328.142 1976 2 748.813 10.916 14.132 298.623 1977 2 763.775 13.848 13.380 271.675 1978 2 788.142 24.240 14.360 296.335 1979 2 809.186 22.245 13.744 268.720 1980 2 827.726 19.459 13.881 269.170 1981 2 850.162 20.844 13.971 270.948 1982 2 863.431 21.487 18.845 311.044 1983 1 884.879 24.998 18.350 375.466 1984 1 904.256 24.217 18.404 323.419 1985 1 925.019 21.204 18.446 393.507 1986 1 942.745 19.314 18.415 408.936 1987 1 964.084 24.036 17.975 417.852 1988 1 980.412 19.569 17.453 123.503 1989 1 999.353 19.738 17.240 115.448 1990 1 1.022.132 23.150 14.582 132.749 1991 1 1.039.368 20.229 16.940 148.426 1992 1 1.057.904 18.753 18.042 181.617 1993 1 1.071.103 13.199 17.696 113.190 1994 1 1.088.057 16.845 19.780 111.961 1995 1 1.106.971 20.843 21.778 167.518 1996 1 1.134.752 29.505 20.794 180.746 1997 1 1.137.770 25.640 20.449 197.566 1998 1 1.166.485 29.926 21.185 192.895 1999 1 1.203.408 37.327 17.950 157.3782000 1 1.461.372 56.423 15.077 143.525