NAICS 519210—Libraries and Archives

Where 519210 sits

1. 51 Information
2. 519 Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services
3. 5192 Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services
4. 51921 Libraries and Archives
5. 519210 Libraries and Archives

Description

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 These establishments may also acquire, research, store, preserve, and generally make accessible to the public historical documents, photographs, maps, audio material, audiovisual material, and other archival material of historical interest.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 for 519210

• Providing stock film and video 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 519290, Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services; and
• Acquiring distribution rights and distributing motion pictures and videos to motion picture theaters, television networks and stations, other media broadcast and streaming outlets, and exhibitors--are classified in Industry 512120, Motion Picture and Video Distribution.

Index entries for 519210

10 entries from the official NAICS alphabetic index that classify under this code.

• Archives
• Bookmobiles
• Centers for documentation (i.e., archives)
• Circulating libraries
• Film archives
• Lending libraries
• Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution)
• Motion picture film libraries, archives
• Music archives
• Reference libraries

519210 in other systems