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General Information

a name and address
1 Type of library university [university]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution Library of Poznan University of Technology / Poznan University of Technology
3 Address ul. Piotrowo 261-138 Poznań, Poland
4 Phone / Fax / Email (phone: +48 61 665 3668

fax: +48 61 665-3615

e-mail: biblioteka@put.poznan.pl)
5 Name of the director of the library Mgr. Małgorzata Furgał
6 Contact person for enquiries (Karolina Popławska, karolina.poplawska@put.poznan.pl)
b population served
7 Current readership, number of registered readers 12 749
8 Number of full time students 9 570
9 Number of part time students 1 215
10 Number of staff in institution 1 964
c the old/original building(s)
11 Total floor area 1 565
12 Number of reader seats 95
13 Total capacity of shelving 369 771 books, periodicals, standards
14 …in open access storage standards - 42 340, books - 13 781, periodicals - 5 475
15 …in closed access stacks books - 232 009, periodicals - 76 166
16 Number of library staff 50
17 Opening hours to the public hours per week - 50, days per year 225

The New Building

a architect(s)
18 Firm Studio Fikus - Biuro architektoniczne
19 Project Architect Marian Fikus
20 Type of project
b aims of the new building
21 Short description of the main objectives and purposes of the project More holdings in open access, more regular readers seats, more computer seats, work group rooms, places for individual work, wi-fi, extension of the opening hours to the public, seminar rooms, free access to books, periodicals, standards.
c special features
22 Site location of the library on Piotrowo campus
23 Architecture rectangular plan, high and wide windows, disabled access

Technical Information

24 Total gross floor area 3 680
divided into
25 Open access services 1 157 m²
special rooms for (26-29)
26 Audiovisual 63 m²
27 Computers
28 Special collections 132 m²
29 Seminar room(s) 119 m²
special activities (30-32)
30 Exhibition space 50 m²
31 Lecture hall -
32 Public refreshments -
33 Administration and staff areas 626 m²
34 Closed access stacks 747 m²
35 Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc. 248 m²
36 Further information 2 levels, groud floor and first floor
37 Number of reader seats (total) 205
divided into
38 Audiovisual 20
39 Computers 77
40 Seminar room(s) 28
41 Regular 80
b total potential capacity of shelving
42 Books and periodicals (total) 331 965
including
43 Open access stacks 76 778
44 Closed access stacks 255 187
45 Compact shelving 0
46 Audiovisual materials 27
47 Other special collections 241 893
48 Number of staff required to operate the new library 50
c mechanical features
49 Ventilation/Air Conditioning air conditioning
50 Heating yes
51 Lighting yes
52 Acoustics yes
53 Lifts, elevators, escalators lifts, elevators
54 Book transportation system no
55 Theft detection RFID system, access control, identity cards for employees
56 Building management system yes
57 Type of IT infrastructure Wi-Fi, FastEthernet 100 Mb/s
58 Other

Schedule Of The Building Process

59 Planning, preliminary brief 27.01.1999
60 Architectural competition 7.12.1999
61 Period of project 7.06.2001
62 Opening of the construction work 1.10.2001
63 Conclusion of the construction 1.10.2001 - 14.10.2010
64 Furnishing and moving the collections 11.2010 - 02.2011
65 Opening of the new building for public 14.10.2010

Costs (Including Taxes)

66 Site no data
67 Building no data
68 Furniture and equipment no data
69 Fees no data
70 Total Library and Lecture-Conference Centre total: 75 616 000/ included European Funds from Regional Programmes - 56 712 000
71 Operating costs
72 Funding (Type of commission and source of funding)

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