APPENDIX 2: CURRENT FACILITIES AND RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATIONS
MERGING LIBRARIES: Net Assignable Total Bound Growth
Square Feet Seating Volumes 1989-94
Biology 12,536 120 105,824 5.0%
Chemistry 7,311 43 59,093 3.1%
Medical Sciences 2,480 56 27,311 2.5%
Swain Hall 7,323 49 100,230 10.1%
TOTAL 29,650 268 292,458 6.1%
RECOMMENDED* >102,995 >1,200
OTHER SCIENCE LIBRARIES:
Geology 11,406 108 104,101 15.1%
HPER 2,633 40 17,316 18.5%
Optometry 4,480 113 17,278 8.0%
SCIENCE LIBRARIES TOTALS 48,169 529 431,153 8.7%
* Recommendations are based on data from: Metcalf, Keyes D, and others, Planning Academic
and Research Library Buildings, 2nd edition, 1986.
COLLECTIONS
13,875 volumes per 1,000 square feet (Table B.18)
With allowance for 20 years of growth at 5 percent each year, about 55,927 square
feet are needed for approximately 775,980 volumes.
READERS
Table B.7 Formulas for Percentage of Students for Whom Seating Accomodations are
Suggested:
Graduate-level science research branch: 35-50 percent: 290-414 seats
Superior residential university: 35-40 percent: 708-809 seats for majors
Total: 998-1,221 seats just for students
Adequate space for an individual carrel: 22.5 square feet (Table B.9)
About 22,455-27,473 square feet are needed for 998-1,221 individual carrels.
STAFFING
25 percent of space required for collections and readers (p.563)
About 19,595 square feet for staff.
TOTAL SPACE: >102,995 square feet.
TOTAL SEATING: >1,200 for students and ? for faculty.