Technical Information

a floor area (24-35)

24 Total gross floor area
880 m² including closed stacks, closed stack alone 105 m²
divided into
25 Open access services
not specified
special rooms for (26-29)
26 Audiovisual
A viewing and editing room on level 1.
27 Computers
On all levels: open access, rooms for groups, special room for individuals.
28 Special collections
In a specially secured and climate-controlled area are old prints, topographical maps and old manuscripts.
29 Seminar room(s)
Teaching room on level 1.
special activities (30-32)
30 Exhibition space
2 display cases of glass: on level 0 and 1.
31 Lecture hall
1 Instruction-room on level 1.
32 Public refreshments
1 study cafe on level 1.
33 Administration and staff areas
On all levels: special and open staff areas with pantry and meetingrooms. Flexible workplaces: employees use a laptop. Note: Not every staff member works in the library building. The secretariat, the communications department etc. are housed elsewhere on campus.
34 Closed access stacks
Situated on level 0 with 2 entrances. Only accessible by staff.
35 Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc.
not specified
36 Further information
3 levels
37 Number of reader seats (total)
948 divided into: Silent area: 244 computers (48 with laptop holder), 210 places for group work: 2 - 8 people, 494 individual study places with computers
divided into
38 Audiovisual
A viewing and editing Room on level 1.
39 Computers
see nr. 37
40 Seminar room(s)
1 instruction-room on level 1.
41 Regular
see nr. 37

b total potential capacity of shelving

42 Books and periodicals (total)
566 815 volumes
including
43 Open access stacks
115 890 volumes (A journal is counted as 1 title, but may consist of multiple physical copies.)
44 Closed access stacks
450 925 volumes, elsewhere on campus: about: 373 350 volumes
45 Compact shelving
Not specified
46 Audiovisual materials
Not specified
47 Other
see nr. 28
48 Number of staff required to operate the new library
Not specified for the library. For the total see nr. 16

c mechanical features

49 Ventilation/Air Conditioning
Air Conditioning
50 Heating
District heating (Gas)
51 Lighting
offices, meeting rooms, student area, study cafe: in Es (lux): 450
walking areas, restrooms, closed stacks: in Es (lux): 200
Energy saving. In the offices, meeting rooms, instruction rooms: the lights react to movement. If no one is in this room, the light goes off automatically.
52 Acoustics
Based on the legal requirements, acoustic energy is applied.
Measures have been taken by:

(1) Description of separation:
walls between office rooms / study workplaces, walls between the office / workplace study and meeting space, walls between meeting rooms, walls with a door between the office room / study and work progress, walls with a door between meeting room and hallway.

(2) Type of rooms:
offices and office gardens, student workstations, instruction-en presentation rooms, general circulation areas, bathrooms, study café/pantry for employees, print/repro- and computer rooms, technical areas.
53 Lifts, elevators, escalators
1 outside the building for persons and materials (to reach the entrance on level 1)
2 inside the building for persons/materials, 1 for materials (persons too), a small one only for books etc (between level 0 and 1).
54 Book transportation system
55 Theft detection
Autocheck Systems Nederland
56 Building management system
57 Type of IT infrastructure
10 Gb/s Internet connection via SURFnet.
In the workplace, 100 MB/s (occasionally 1 GB/s).
Cabling Type in the workplace FTP.
Single mode fiber between buildings.
Multimode fiber in buildings.
58 Other