Technical Information

a floor area (24-35)
24 Total gross floor area 8905 sq. metres [The area available for the library increased a little (+300 sq.m) after renovation.]
divided into
25 Open access services 2100 sq. metres [4 thematical reading rooms opened, 1 to open
cafeteria
2 rooms for groups
1 training room
1 room for professors]
special rooms for (26-29)
26 Audiovisual
27 Computers
28 Special collections 404 sq. metres [2 rooms are available:
- the main reading room for special collections
- the Victor-Cousin room (on demand)]
29 Seminar room(s) 121 sq. metres [The training room is easily transformable into a 190 sq.m room by removing the doors linking training and researchers' room.]
special activities (30-32)
30 Exhibition space
31 Lecture hall 190 sq. metres [Both training room (121 sq.m) and room for researchers (69 sq.m) can be converted in rooms for conferences and seminars.]
32 Public refreshments 65 sq. metres
33 Administration and staff areas 1405 sq. metres [One of the former stacks (tower B) has been converted into offices for the personal.]
34 Closed access stacks 2829 sq. metres [1 tower (traditional shelving)
3 levels underneath the ground (compact shelving)]
35 Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc. 2571 sq. metres [Those spaces offer access to disabled people and allow easy evacuation]
36 Further information 19 levels (8+8+3), 2 levels opened to the public
37 Number of reader seats (total) 502 [reading: 378
groups: 26
researchers: 16
training: 25
microforms: 4

open spaces: 53]
divided into
38 Audiovisual
39 Computers
40 Seminar room(s) 25 [The training room can host up to 49 people.]
41 Regular 378 [literature and general issues: 266
history: 80
philosophy: 12
special collections: 20]
b total potential capacity of shelving
42 Books and periodicals (total) 23592 linear metres [13 021 linear metres of compact shelvings]
including
43 Open access stacks 45000 volumes
44 Closed access stacks 22892 linear metres [+ 700 linear metres in salle Victor-Cousin]
45 Compact shelving 13021 linear metres [+ 9771 linear metres of traditional shelvings]
46 Audiovisual materials
47 Other
48 Number of staff required to operate the new library 130 [same as before:

20 curators
9 librarians
25 assistant
42 library employees
27 others
20 temporary staff members]
c mechanical features
49 Ventilation/Air Conditioning mechanical ventilation, no air conditionning
50 Heating gaz
51 Lighting LED in most of the open spaces
Fluorescent in stacks
52 Acoustics No special treatment
The windows were changed in two reading rooms
53 Lifts, elevators, escalators 7
54 Book transportation system None
55 Theft detection RFID :
- about 15% of the documents stored in Sorbonne are equipped
- each document in loan is equipped
56 Building management system Not yet, to be planned in 2015
57 Type of IT infrastructure 6 and 6A type
58 Other