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.