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General Information

a name and address
1 Type of library university [Memorandum of understanding between universities : Paris I, Paris III, Paris IV, Paris V, Paris VII]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne / Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne
3 Address 13, rue de la Sorbonne
4 Phone / Fax / Email 00.33.1.40.46.30.27
00.33.1.40.46.30.44
administ@bis-sorbonne.fr
5 Name of the director of the library Philippe MARCEROU
6 Contact person for enquiries Philippe MARCEROU
philippe.marcerou@bis-sorbonne.fr
01.40.46.30.25
b population served
7 Current readership, number of registered readers 14031 [14031 people registered in 2012.]
8 Number of full time students 12022 [3rd year of licence in humanities (cf. memorandum of understanding),
master in humanities whatever university, PhD whatever university]
9 Number of part time students
10 Number of staff in institution 2101 [2101 professors registered in 2012. Assistants, professors and researchers from any higher education and research structure in France and abroad.]
c the old/original building(s)
11 Total floor area 8505 sq. metres [property of Paris City Council
construction : 1885-1902, Henri-Paul Nénot, architect.
opening : December, 29th 1897.]
12 Number of reader seats 576 [reading rooms:
- main reading room: 404 seats
- serials and periodicals
- bibliography
- special collections]
13 Total capacity of shelving 35000 linear metres
14 …in open access storage 8000 volumes [bad balance between:
- open spaces and stacks
- collections in open and restricted access]
15 …in closed access stacks 34500 linear metres [3 stacks:
- 2 towers of 8 levels each
- stacks in 5 main levels underneath the ground level]
16 Number of library staff 130 [20 curators and chief librarians
9 librarians
25 assistant
42 library employees
27 others
20 temporary staff members]
17 Opening hours to the public 59h / week - 274 days / year

The New Building

a architect(s)
18 Firm Thierry Algrin / Alain Del Zotto
19 Project Architect Thierry Algrin / Alain Del Zotto
20 Type of project (2003: security commission
2005: 1st program (abandonned)
2009: end of program, call for tenders
2010-2013: works)
b aims of the new building
21 Short description of the main objectives and purposes of the project security: ventilation, electricity, plumbing, etc.
access to disabled people
refurbishment
cafeteria, training rooms, rooms for groups
c special features
22 Site location inside the Sorbonne building
23 Architecture rectangular plan
Eiffel steel and concrete structure built by Henri-Paul Nénot (1885-1897)
extension of stacks and first refurbishment: 1930-1932
2nd extension of stacks: 1970-1972

Technical Information

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

Schedule Of The Building Process

59 Planning, preliminary brief August 2003 - June 2009: 2 projets (2004-2005 and 2006-2009)
60 Architectural competition None, architects selected out of references
61 Period of project Thierry Algrin / Alain del Zotto
62 Opening of the construction work July, 5th 2010 (August, 16th 2010)
63 Conclusion of the construction foreseen: 26 to 28 months / in fact: 40 months (August 2010 - December 2013)
64 Furnishing and moving the collections BRUYNZEEL (shelves) ; SCHLAPPMOBEL (chairs, desks, shelves) ; YAMAKADO (tables) ; ARTEMIDE (light) ; RIVES et DICOSTANZO (movings)
65 Opening of the new building for public November, 15th 2013 (partial opening: November, 5th 2013)

Costs (Including Taxes)

66 Site Property of Paris City Council
67 Building 29726000 euro [Paris City Council (owner): 28.800.000 €
French Ministery for Higher Education and Research (MESR): 926.000 €]
68 Furniture and equipment 2700000 euro [MESR: 2.170.000 €
University Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I): more than 500.000 €]
69 Fees
70 Total 37500000 euro [Paris: 2.880.000 €

MESR: 2.170000

Paris I: more than 6.000.000 (to be settled), including rentals, movings, etc.]
71 Operating costs
72 Funding (Type of commission and source of funding) Public: 100%

Publications & Awards

None
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