Technical Information

a floor area (24-35)
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
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
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