Technical Information

a floor area (24-35)
24 Total gross floor area 1056 sq. metres
divided into
25 Open access services 835 sq. metres
special rooms for (26-29)
26 Audiovisual 37 sq. metres [3rooms: CD/DVD/BluRay, 5.0 surround, Video projector, Keyboard, Phono, MiniDisc, LaserDisc, VHS, cassette]
27 Computers
28 Special collections 150 sq. metres [music manuscript, rare materials and reference rooms]
29 Seminar room(s)
special activities (30-32)
30 Exhibition space
31 Lecture hall
32 Public refreshments
33 Administration and staff areas 215 sq. metres [including digital conversion and scanning facilities for valuable material]
34 Closed access stacks 40 sq. metres
35 Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc. 1 lift, 2 toilets, staircase
36 Further information 2 levels of which 2 are public. 2 research rooms (total 13 m2). 6 catalog search workstations, 1 microcard reader.
37 Number of reader seats (total) 62
divided into
38 Audiovisual 16 [10 are also computer places) + 10 in AV rooms. Additional services: VHS-DVD-conversion, DAT, tape cartridge & 78 rpm phono]
39 Computers 14 [10 are also AV places, see above), with printing and 2 scanners]
40 Seminar room(s)
41 Regular 32
b total potential capacity of shelving
42 Books and periodicals (total) 2049 linear metres
including
43 Open access stacks 1623 linear metres
44 Closed access stacks 46 linear metres
45 Compact shelving 700 linear metres [both open and closed stacks]
46 Audiovisual materials 50000 volumes [ca 50 000 items (CDs, DVDs, BluRays, LPs)]
47 Other
48 Number of staff required to operate the new library 12
c mechanical features
49 Ventilation/Air Conditioning Heat recovery ventilation
50 Heating District heating
51 Lighting Intelligent lighting
52 Acoustics Acoustic design: Nagata Acoustics / Akukon Oy (AV rooms soundproofed with floating floor)
53 Lifts, elevators, escalators 1 lift by KONE Oyj
54 Book transportation system N/A
55 Theft detection 3M theft detection system
56 Building management system Computerized system for air conditioning, temperature control, lighting, fire and other emergency management
57 Type of IT infrastructure Sibelius Academy high-speed LAN (GB range) and WLAN, also Music Centre open access WLAN
58 Other Self-service borrowing and returning systems