Technical Information
a floor area (24-35)
- 24
Total gross floor area
- 18 828 m² GIFA
- divided into
- 25
Open access services
- 2 131 m², comprising three special collections reading rooms with adjacent open access areas, Enquiries Area, seminar rooms and Centre for the Study of the Book.
- special rooms for (26-29)
- 26
Audiovisual
- Range of AV facilities distributed across spaces below.
- 27
Computers
- 105 m² 17-seater Digital Media Centre with hi-end facilities. Other computing distributed.
- 28
Special collections
- 642 m² of special collections curatorial office accommodation.
- 29
Seminar room(s)
- A total 143 m² comprised of 4 seminar and group study rooms.
- special activities (30-32)
- 30
Exhibition space
- A treasures gallery (120 m²) and a changing exhibitions gallery (164 m²).
- 31
Lecture hall
- 120 m² 112-seater Lecture Theatre with fixed raked seating.
- 32
Public refreshments
- 878 m² open plan Blackwell Hall atrium with 120-seater café and potential for special events catering for 250 seated, temporary exhibitions.
- 33
Administration and staff areas
- 808 m² Conservation, 67 m² staff common room, 72 m² staff/reader café, 53 m² Admissions Office, 216 m² Imaging Studio, (642 m² curatorial offices excluded here, see 29 above).
- 34
Closed access stacks
- 7 415 m² across three basement levels,
- 35
Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc.
- 2 769 m²
- 36
Further information
- 3 basement levels, 3 principal above ground levels, central ‘floating’ core with 5 levels. Public access to Ground Floor.
- 37
Number of reader seats (total)
- 293
- divided into
- 38
Audiovisual
- N/A
- 39
Computers
- 31
- 40
Seminar room(s)
- 44
- 41
Regular
- 218
b total potential capacity of shelving
- 42
Books and periodicals (total)
- 41 693 lm (1 417 460 nominal volumes)
- including
- 43
Open access stacks
- 2 788 lm
- 44
Closed access stacks
- 37 728 lm
- 45
Compact shelving
- 16 117 lm (included in 44 above)
- 46
Audiovisual materials
- Included in 43 and 44
- 47
Other
- 64 map planchests, 274 lm strong-room
- 48
Number of staff required to operate the new library
- 142
c mechanical features
- 49
Ventilation/Air Conditioning
- Full air conditioning to BS5454 to stack areas, utilizing low velocity air movements between plenum walls, comfort cooling to office areas and reading rooms.
- 50
Heating
- Via air-conditioning
- 51
Lighting
- Proximity controlled fluorescents to stack areas. Controlled light levels in exhibition galleries. Natural lighting to atrium via retained Gilbert Scott windows.
- 52
Acoustics
- Acoustic paneling to atrium walls
- 53
Lifts, elevators, escalators
- 1 goods lift, 3 passenger lifts provided in two new service cores.
- 54
Book transportation system
- By lift
- 55
Theft detection
- Electro-magnetic detection at exit points, CCTV, IDS
- 56
Building management system
- Full BMS
- 57
Type of IT infrastructure
- Cat 5e
- 58
Other
- Access Control System utilizing University Common Card
