- A) General Information
- B) The New Building
- C) Technical Information
- D) Schedule Of The Building Process
- E) Costs (Including Taxes)
- F) Publications & Awards
- G) Plans & Photos



Technical Information
a | floor area (24-35) | |
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24 | Total gross floor area | 11478 sq. metres |
divided into | ||
25 | Open access services | 10127 sq. metres |
special rooms for (26-29) | ||
26 | Audiovisual | 120 sq. metres [9 group rooms, 3 group pods and 8 individual rooms, 1 individual room with listening facilities and music keyboard] |
27 | Computers | 540 sq. metres [3 PC rooms (other PCs on study desks not included)] |
28 | Special collections | |
29 | Seminar room(s) | 120 sq. metres [as noted above 9 seminar rooms] |
special activities (30-32) | ||
30 | Exhibition space | |
31 | Lecture hall | |
32 | Public refreshments | 36 sq. metres |
33 | Administration and staff areas | 378 sq. metres |
34 | Closed access stacks | |
35 | Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc. | 497 sq. metres |
36 | Further information | Four levels, all accessible to public |
37 | Number of reader seats (total) | 1300 |
divided into | ||
38 | Audiovisual | 96 |
39 | Computers | 230 |
40 | Seminar room(s) | 40 |
41 | Regular | 934 |
b | total potential capacity of shelving | |
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42 | Books and periodicals (total) | 23000 linear metres |
including | ||
43 | Open access stacks | 23000 linear metres |
44 | Closed access stacks | |
45 | Compact shelving | 12800 linear metres [included in total figure] |
46 | Audiovisual materials | 152 linear metres [included in total figure] |
47 | Other | |
48 | Number of staff required to operate the new library | 72 [72 FTE during the working day (9-5) Monday to Friday. Extended hours staff at other times] |
c | mechanical features | |
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49 | Ventilation/Air Conditioning | chilled beam and radiators fed by University Building Environmental Management System |
50 | Heating | chilled beam and radiators fed by University Building Environmental Management System |
51 | Lighting | motion-detection |
52 | Acoustics | Gustav paneling feature walls to absorb sound |
53 | Lifts, elevators, escalators | 2 lifts |
54 | Book transportation system | human |
55 | Theft detection | Boon Edam and Telepen entrance gates, 3M for short loan area |
56 | Building management system | BEMS centralled controlled by University Estates and Building |
57 | Type of IT infrastructure | Whole building wireless enabled. Network wiring is Cat 6. |
58 | Other |