10  Signum

A signum data, also known as a call number, is a unique combination of numbers and letters employed to indicate the specific location of a book within a library. This data was verified and provided to us by the National Library of Finland. There are 288515 records with missing author name information in the original raw data.

10.1 Complete Dataset Overview

Original documents with titles: 981714 / 1318063 (74.5%)

Original documents with missing (NA) titles 336349 / 1318063 documents (25.5%)

Signum accepted for the whole Fennica

Signum discarded for the whole Fennica

10.1.1 Top-20 signum

Signum Entries (n) Fraction (%)
Ea2 86592 6.6
Ea3 29564 2.2
Da2 17912 1.4
Suom. kaunokirj. 1 9289 0.7
Cb 8853 0.7
Da3 8383 0.6
Suom. kaunokirj. 2 8016 0.6
Ka01 6902 0.5
Aa2 6391 0.5
S 6158 0.5

10.2 Subset Analysis: 1809-1917

Original documents with titles: 44520 / 1318063 (61.3%)

Original documents with missing (NA) titles 28106 / 1318063 documents (25.5%)

Signum accepted for 1809-1917

Signum discarded for 1809-1917

10.2.1 Top-20 signum for 1809-1917

Signum Entries (n) Fraction (%)
Doria 1871 0.1
Hartauskirj. 1793 0.1
Diss. HY 1550 0.1
Ruots. kaunokirj. 1 1525 0.1
Suom. kaunokirj. 1 1316 0.1
Suom. kaunokirj. 3 1175 0.1
Suom. kaunokirj. 2 1023 0.1
Suom. hist. 3 802 0.1
Suom. kaunokirj. 4 638 0
Maantiede 1 635 0