5,082

Number of items used by patrons during November 2005

2,806

Number of CNS patrons in November 2005

12

Number of full-time employees in the CNS

1556

Date of the oldest item in the CNS. It’s a map by famed Italian cartographer Ramusio portraying Newfoundland as a series of islands. Ramusio created fictional inlets and rivers through the centre of Newfoundland and added illustrations of elegant men in knee breeches and women in flowing gowns hunting and lounging in the landscape. Many copies of the Ramusio map were printed and it was actually used as a chart for navigating the area.

60,000

Number of volumes held in the book stacks in the CNS

15,000

Number of volumes the CNS has in storage