2017 NAICS Definition
T = Canadian, Mexican, and United States industries are comparable.
519120 Libraries and Archives
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing library or archive services. These establishments are engaged in maintaining collections of documents (e.g., books, journals, newspapers, and music) and facilitating the use of such documents (recorded information regardless of its physical form and characteristics) as required to meet the informational, research, educational, or recreational needs of their user. These establishments may also acquire, research, store, preserve, and generally make accessible to the public historical documents, photographs, maps, audio material, audiovisual material, and other archival material of historical interest. All or portions of these collections may be accessible electronically.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
- Providing stock footage (via motion picture and video tape libraries) to the media, multimedia, and advertising industries--are classified in U.S. Industry 512199, Other Motion Picture and Video Industries;
- Providing stock music to the media, multimedia, and advertising industries--are classified in Industry 512290, Other Sound Recording Industries;
- Providing stock photos to the media, multimedia, and advertising industries--are classified in Industry 519190, All Other Information Services; and
- Distributing film and video productions to motion picture theaters, television networks and stations, and exhibitors--are classified in Industry 512120, Motion Picture and Video Distribution.
2007
NAICS | | 2012
NAICS | | 2017
NAICS | | Corresponding Index
Entries |
| 519120 | | 519120 | | 519120 | | Archives |
| 519120 | | 519120 | | 519120 | | Bookmobiles |
| 519120 | | 519120 | | 519120 | | Centers for documentation (i.e., archives) |
| 519120 | | 519120 | | 519120 | | Circulating libraries |
| 519120 | | 519120 | | 519120 | | Film archives |
| 519120 | | 519120 | | 519120 | | Lending libraries |
| 519120 | | 519120 | | 519120 | | Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) |
| 519120 | | 519120 | | 519120 | | Motion picture film libraries, archives |
| 519120 | | 519120 | | 519120 | | Music archives |
| 519120 | | 519120 | | 519120 | | Reference libraries |