| KRATKA VSEBINA | Članek obravnava slovensko knjižničarstvo v primerjavi s povprečjem stare petnajsterice in s povprečjem nove desetericečlanic Evropske unije. Primerjava je usmerjena zlasti v ekonomiko knjižnic.Podatki so vzeti iz študije Libecon za leto 2001 in iz drugih virov. Pokazano je, da je z 1,2 na 1.000 prebivalcev število zaposlenih v knjižnicah v Sloveniji skoraj dvakrat večje kot v starih članicah Evropske unije, kakor tudi to, da je število obiskov in izposoj v Sloveniji večje kot v starih članicah EU. Ugotovljeno je, da so stroški za zaposlene tudi vSloveniji največji segment v celotnih stroških knjižnic, da pa struktura zaposlenih po vrstah knjižnic odstopa od evropskega povprečja. Opisano je, zakaj so bile slovenske splošne knjižnice uvrščene na šesto do osmo mesto po izbranih kazalcih. Prikazano je, da za sicer zelo dober knjižnični standard splošnih knjižnic v Sloveniji plačujemo glede na manjši bruto domači proizvod na prebivalca relativno dvakrat več kot prebivalci stare petnajsterice. // Focusing on economic aspects, the article compares the current state of librarianship in Slovenia to the average situation in the 15 old EU members and to the average situation in the 10 new EU members. Our data derive from the Libecon study for the year of 2001, as well as from other sources. Though acknowledging the larger number of visits and loans in Slovenian libraries, it is shown that at 1.2 per 1.000 inhabitants, the number of staff in Slovenian libraries is nearly twice as high as in the old EU members. The article further shows that in Slovenia, as elsewhere, staff costs represent the largest part in the total library expenditure, but that the structure of staff by library type deviates from the EU average. Based on the selected indicators, Slovenian public libraries rank from sixth to eighth place. The article concludes that for acomparable standard of public libraries, which is very high, the per capitacosts in Slovenia are, relative to the GDP, twice as high as in the old EU countries. |