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BSI PD ISO/TR 11219:2012

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Information and documentation. Qualitative conditions and basic statistics for library buildings. Space, function and design

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BSI 2012 141
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This Technical Report specifies data for the planning of library buildings. It also provides guidance on the selection of technical building equipment for the different functional areas of libraries.

This Technical Report is applicable to all types of libraries in all countries, but especially to academic and public libraries.

It does not include details on national, regional or local regulations that can affect the planning of library buildings.

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10 1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
22 3 Planning library buildings
3.1 First steps in planning
3.1.1 Reasons for new planning
23 3.1.2 Definition of purposes
3.1.3 Definition of requirements
24 3.1.4 Defining the location of areas in the building
3.1.5 Choosing the site
25 3.2 Factors affecting library space requirements
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Types of libraries
26 3.2.3 Functional areas
3.2.4 Open or closed stacks
27 3.2.5 User activities
3.2.6 Learning and teaching areas
28 3.3 Special service areas
3.3.1 Children’s library
3.3.1.1 General
3.3.1.2 Required space and position in the building
29 3.3.1.3 Design and equipment
3.3.2 Young adults’ library
3.3.2.1 General
30 3.3.2.2 Required space and position in the building
3.3.2.3 Design and equipment
3.3.3 Music library
3.3.3.1 General
31 3.3.3.2 Space for collections
3.3.3.3 Other space
32 3.3.3.4 Space for exhibition and events
3.3.4 Art lending library
3.3.4.1 General
3.3.4.2 Space requirements
33 3.3.4.3 Space for exhibitions and events
3.3.5 Special services for users with reading difficulties
3.3.5.1 General
3.3.5.2 Required space and equipment
3.3.6 Citizens’ services
3.3.6.1 General
34 3.3.6.2 Required space and equipment
3.3.7 Undergraduate library
3.3.7.1 General
3.3.7.2 Space for collections
35 3.3.7.3 Other space
3.3.8 Rare books and manuscripts department
3.3.8.1 General
3.3.8.2 Special reading-room
36 3.3.8.3 Secure storage units/strong rooms
3.4 Joint facilities
3.4.1 General
37 3.4.2 Required space and equipment
4 Usable areas
4.1 General
38 4.2 Space for user places
4.2.1 Calculating the number of user places
4.2.1.1 General
4.2.1.2 User places in public libraries
4.2.1.3 User places in libraries in institutions of higher education
39 4.2.2 Types of user places
40 4.2.2.1 Places for concentrated work
4.2.2.1.1 Standard place
4.2.2.1.2 IT-workplace
4.2.2.1.3 Space calculation
4.2.2.1.4 Places for rare materials
41 4.2.2.1.5 Closed or screened user places (carrels)
4.2.2.2 Single places for reading and listening
4.2.2.3 Places for information and quick consultation
4.2.2.4 Group study places
4.2.2.5 Places in training rooms
4.2.2.6 Seats in recreation and communication areas
42 4.2.2.7 Places in children’s areas
4.2.2.8 Seats in auditoria
4.2.2.9 Overview of space requirements for user places
43 4.3 Space for events and exhibitions
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Required space and equipment
4.3.3 Requirements for specific rooms/areas
4.3.3.1 Auditorium/conference hall
4.3.3.2 Multipurpose hall
4.3.3.3 Exhibition area
44 4.4 Space for lending
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Staffed loan desks
45 4.4.3 Self-service terminals
4.4.4 Shelves for requested and reserved items
46 4.4.5 Space for internal activities
4.5 Space for reference and information
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Information point (reference desk)
47 4.6 Space for other usage areas
4.6.1 General
4.6.2 Entrance hall, reception desk
48 4.6.3 Lounge areas
4.6.4 Interactive spaces
4.6.5 Sickroom
4.6.6 Toilets/lavatories
4.6.7 Lockers and wardrobes
49 4.6.8 Reprography
4.6.9 Smoking areas
4.7 Space for collections
4.7.1 General
50 4.7.2 Limitations
4.7.3 Shelf depth
51 4.7.4 Length of shelving ranges or furniture ranges
52 4.7.5 Shelf height and number of shelf boards on top of each other
55 4.7.6 Shelf capacity
4.7.6.1 Books
4.7.6.2 Periodicals and newspapers
56 4.7.6.3 Non-book media in shelves
58 4.7.7 Stack aisle width and axis centre distance
4.7.7.1 Stack aisle width
4.7.7.2 Axis centre distance
59 4.7.8 Access to shelving sections
62 4.7.9 Compact shelving
63 4.7.10 Automated storage
4.7.10.1 General
4.7.10.2 Construction and capacity of ASRS
4.7.10.3 Operation of the ASRS
64 4.7.10.4 Other requirements for ASRS
4.7.11 Calculation of space
75 4.8 Space for library staff
4.8.1 General
4.8.2 Location of workplaces
4.8.3 Calculation of space
4.8.3.1 General
76 4.8.3.2 Office space
4.8.3.3 Support rooms for offices
4.8.3.4 Studios
4.8.3.5 Project room
4.8.3.6 Staff meeting and training areas
77 4.8.3.7 Staff lounge
4.8.3.8 Toilets, cloakrooms and showers
4.8.3.9 Overview
78 4.9 Other spaces for library management and technical services
4.9.1 General
4.9.2 Parking space/rooms for book trolleys
79 4.9.3 Storerooms
4.9.4 Spaces/rooms for sorting media
4.9.5 Mail room
80 4.9.6 Janitor’s workshop
4.9.7 Cleaning staff and equipment
4.9.8 Space for waste handling
4.9.9 Utility management
4.9.10 Bindery
81 4.9.11 Space for labelling
82 4.9.12 Space for preservation and restoration
83 4.9.13 Reprography and digitizing
84 4.9.14 IT-centres, server rooms
85 5 Technical building issues
5.1 Storage conditions
5.1.1 General
5.1.2 Environmental factors
86 5.1.2.1 Temperature and relative humidity
5.1.2.2 Electromagnetic radiation (see also 5.5)
87 5.1.2.3 Air pollutants
88 5.1.2.4 Vibration and transport
5.1.3 Photographic and film-based collections
89 5.1.4 Audio-visual collections
5.1.4.1 Audio disc recordings
5.1.4.2 Magnetic media
90 5.1.4.3 Optical discs
5.1.5 Digital long-term preservation
5.1.6 Indoor climate for reading rooms and open access areas
5.2 Load assumption
5.2.1 General
91 5.2.2 Live load
5.2.3 Types of space and recommended live load
5.2.3.1 Spaces with documents on shelves or in any other sort of storage furniture
93 5.2.3.2 Compact shelving areas
5.2.3.3 Highly frequented areas
5.2.3.4 Areas with fixed seating
5.2.3.5 Areas with only tables and chairs
5.2.3.6 Mobile library parking area
5.2.3.7 Other areas
94 5.2.4 Overview
5.3 Conveyor systems
5.3.1 General
95 5.3.2 Lifts for passengers and goods
5.3.3 Escalators
5.3.4 Systems for conveying media
96 5.3.4.1 Conveyor belts
5.3.4.2 Systems for conveying containers
5.3.4.2.1 Systems for conveying boxes
5.3.4.2.2 Track-based conveyor systems with automated movement of containers
5.3.4.3 Floor conveyors
97 5.4 Security and safety systems
5.4.1 Advisory services
5.4.2 Security and safety measures
5.4.2.1 General
5.4.2.2 Building security
5.4.2.3 Monitoring indoor spaces
98 5.4.2.4 Central control unit and forwarding of alarm signals
5.4.2.5 Locking systems
5.4.2.6 Security of physical collections
99 5.4.3 Fire safety
5.4.3.1 General
5.4.3.2 Structural (passive) fire protection
5.4.3.3 Active fire protection
5.4.3.3.1 Detection systems
5.4.3.3.2 Extinguishing systems
100 5.5 Light and lighting
5.5.1 General
101 5.5.2 Recommended lighting levels according to the activities in an area
102 5.5.3 Natural light
5.5.4 Artificial light
5.5.4.1 General
103 5.5.4.2 Requirements and recommendations
5.5.4.3 Placement of the luminaires
104 5.5.4.4 Lighting conditions in the main functional areas of a library
5.5.4.4.1 Reading rooms
5.5.4.4.1.1 User places
5.5.4.4.1.2 IT-workplaces
5.5.4.4.2 Stacks
5.5.4.4.2.1 Open stacks
105 5.5.4.4.2.2 Compact shelving areas
5.5.4.4.2.3 Stacks and exhibition areas for rare books, unprotected graphic material in colour and other special documents
5.5.4.4.3 Other spaces
5.5.4.4.3.1 Reception/loan desks and information points
5.5.4.4.3.2 Multipurpose halls (events, lectures and other activities), exhibition areas and certain other spaces (young adults’ library, music library, informal areas, etc.)
106 5.5.4.5 Artificial light generation systems using electrical energy
107 5.6 Acoustic conditions
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Types of noise
5.6.2.1 Airborne noise
108 5.6.2.2 Impact noise
5.6.3 Architectural acoustics
5.6.4 Recommended acoustic comfort levels
109 5.6.5 Insulation and acoustic correction systems
5.6.5.1 Location
5.6.5.2 Distribution of functional areas
110 5.6.5.3 Facades and roofs
5.6.5.4 Flooring (see also 5.7)
5.6.5.5 Ceilings
5.6.5.6 Vertical dividing walls
5.6.5.7 Utilities management space
111 5.7 Floor construction and covering
5.7.1 General
5.7.2 Flooring requirements
112 5.7.3 Types of flooring
119 5.8 Wiring
5.8.1 General
120 5.8.2 General recommendations
5.8.3 Ductworks
121 5.8.3.1 Vertical ductworks
5.8.3.2 Horizontal ductworks
5.8.3.2.1 Ductworks over the floor structure (between floor structure and flooring)
122 5.8.3.2.2 Ductworks beneath the floor structure
5.8.3.2.3 Exposed ductworks
123 5.9 Sign system
5.9.1 General
5.9.2 Locations of sign system
5.9.3 Planning
124 5.9.4 Formats and design
5.9.5 Acoustic and optical signal systems
125 5.9.6 Materials and techniques
6 Outdoor space
6.1 General
6.2 Access
6.2.1 Entrance area
126 6.2.2 Driveway and parking spaces
6.3 Open spaces
127 7 Barrier free construction
7.1 General
7.2 Measures for barrier free design
7.2.1 Circulation areas
7.2.2 Doors
128 7.2.3 Stairs and lifts
7.2.4 Desks for information and service
7.3 Sign system
7.4 Overview
129 8 Sustainable building
8.1 General
8.2 Energy efficiency
8.2.1 Electric power
8.2.2 Thermal performance
130 8.2.3 Renewable energies
8.3 Conservation of natural resources
BSI PD ISO/TR 11219:2012
$215.11