Technical Information

24 Total gross floor area: 3529 sq. metres
divided into
25 Open access services: 3025 sq. metres
special rooms for (26-29)
26 Audiovisual
27 Computers: There are workstations on every floor
28 Special collections
29 Seminar room(s): 41 sq. metres
special activities (30-32)
30 Exhibition space: None in the new Library
31 Lecture hall: None in the new Library
32 Public refreshments: None in the new Library
33 Administration and staff areas: 228 sq. metres
34 Closed access stacks: 197 sq. metres
35 Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc.: 1500 sq. metres
36 Further information: All 5 levels are open to the public except the staff area on level 5. A locked store is situated on level 2.
37 Number of reader seats (total): 357
divided into
38 Audiovisual
39 Computers: 192
40 Seminar room(s): 20
41 Regular: 165

49 Ventilation/Air Conditioning: The building allows for natural ventilation but has also been designed with mechanical ventilation to keep the building temperature constant.
50 Heating: The building has thermal insulation to reduce the heat loss, heat pumps preheat the building heating system.
51 Lighting: The building uses natural light during the day with the benefit of shading from the building.
52 Acoustics
53 Lifts, elevators, escalators: There are two lifts in the Library.
54 Book transportation system
55 Theft detection: There are security gates at the entrance of the Library on level 5.
56 Building management system
57 Type of IT infrastructure
58 Other