Technical Information

a floor area (24-35)
24 Total gross floor area 9 265 m²
divided into
25 Open access services 4 000 m²
special rooms for (26-29)
26 Audiovisual 120 m²
27 Computers 200 m²
28 Special collections 400 m² (historian Durica collection)
29 Seminar room(s) 300 m²
special activities (30-32)
30 Exhibition space 320 m²
31 Lecture hall 200 m²
32 Public refreshments 240 m²
33 Administration and staff areas 1 130 m²
34 Closed access stacks 110 m²
35 Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc. 1 800 m²
36 Further information 7 administration levels, 4 public levels, 1 basement (archives, technical rooms)
37 Number of reader seats (total) 570
divided into
38 Audiovisual 30
39 Computers 140
40 Seminar room(s) 150
41 Regular 250
b total potential capacity of shelving
42 Books and periodicals (total) 22 540 linear metres (790 000 volumes)
including
43 Open access stacks 5 400 linear metres (190 000 volumes)
44 Closed access stacks 17 140 linear metres (600 000 volumes)
45 Compact shelving 0
46 Audiovisual materials 0
47 Other 0
48 Number of staff required to operate the new library 21
c mechanical features
49 Ventilation/Air Conditioning air conditioning with automatic control and regulation
50 Heating underfloor heating combined with air conditioning, heat pump source and gas heating
51 Lighting main lighting - fluorescent tubes, additional lighting – downlights over the study places
52 Acoustics we expect low levels of noise in open study places; closed and group study rooms are designed for quiet study
53 Lifts, elevators, escalators 3 lifts for 10 people, 1 glazed panoramic lift in entrance place, 2 utility lifts
54 Book transportation system lift + manual hand truck
55 Theft detection magnetic chip in the book + detection gates
56 Building management system automatic control and energy management building, electronic fire alarm, automatic fire-fighting equipment in special archives, etc.
57 Type of IT infrastructure structured data cabling, about 900 possible connections (including about 400 in study places) + wi-fi
58 Other