Technical Information
a floor area (24-35)
- 24
Total gross floor area
- 8394 sq. metres
- divided into
- 25
Open access services
- 2287 sq. metres [2287 m² open access services; 249 m² 24 hours access reading room]
- special rooms for (26-29)
- 26
Audiovisual
- 148 sq. metres [on the 4th floor, consisting in furniture using space division; space usage for 6-10 students]
- 27
Computers
- 769 sq. metres [on the 4th floor, 180 PCs]
- 28
Special collections
- 191 sq. metres [for standards and patterns, considering the technical profile of the university: 60 m² controlled access to old books]
- 29
Seminar room(s)
- 98 m2, in 5 small groups study rooms
231 m2, in 26 study carrels for teaching staff
- special activities (30-32)
- 30
Exhibition space
- 333 sq. metres
- 31
Lecture hall
- 102m² 2 distance learning rooms, 123 m² multifunctional room
- 32
Public refreshments
- 117 sq. metres
- 33
Administration and staff areas
- 538 sq. metres [situated in the basement and on ground floor]
- 34
Closed access stacks
- 1476 sq. metres [divided in two levels, basement and ground floor]
- 35
Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc.
- 1418 sq. metres [corridors, stairs, lifts, toilets; 250m² technical spaces; 34m² book store; 133m² parking space]
- 36
Further information
- 6 levels: 2 administrative and 4 dedicated to the public, housing the modern collections, and the IT space.
- 37
Number of reader seats (total)
- 814
- divided into
- 38
Audiovisual
- 76
- 39
Computers
- 180
- 40
Seminar room(s)
- 77
- 41
Regular
- 481
b total potential capacity of shelving
- 42
Books and periodicals (total)
- 13736 linear metres
- including
- 43
Open access stacks
- 2996 linear metres
- 44
Closed access stacks
- 10850 linear metres
- 45
Compact shelving
- 10850 linear metres [equal to 44 (all closed access stacks are equipped with compact shelves)]
- 46
Audiovisual materials
- 115 linear metres
- 47
Other
- 48
Number of staff required to operate the new library
- 64
c mechanical features
- 49
Ventilation/Air Conditioning
- See 50
- 50
Heating
- Supplied by the building’s own heating plant
- 51
Lighting
- Controlled by a Merten KNX/DALI system, integrated in the building power distribution monitoring system; special lighting on each desk.
- 52
Acoustics
- Sound system: Bosch
- 53
Lifts, elevators, escalators
- 2 lifts
- 54
Book transportation system
- 2 elevators, trolleys
- 55
Theft detection
- Anti-Intrusion system: Honeywell -Novar
- 56
Building management system
- Fire Alarm; Fire Extinguish; Voice Alarm; Access Contro; Data - Voice; CCTV; Power Monitoring System
- 57
Type of IT infrastructure
- IP network 800 Gbps traffic capacity (1Gbps access with 10GE uplinks); ubiquitous wireless: 802.11/a/b/g - efective bandwidth of 20Mbps
- 58
Other
- 3M RFID automated loan and return system, 3M RFID protection system
