Besides the new scientific work opportunities, the distinctive architecture of the new Philological library is an impressive trait. The new building has been designed by the architect Lord Norman Foster and resembles the shape of a brain. In advance it has been known "The Berlin Brain".

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Zusammenschluss von 12 Teilbibliotheken

6,500 room object

83 Research terminals

32 room object types

55 assets

size in m²: 6.290

740,000 volumes

over 700 signature fields

over 2 Mio. books

number of floors: 5

number of systems: 13

v:scout installed since May 2006

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Predominantly public collections on three floors (sitemap) following a precisely distinguishing system.

about 410,000 volumes

about 70,000 e-books

about 1,400 covers of subscribed printed professional journals, but no articles

access on over 15,000 electronic subscribed professional journals (e-journals)

non-books (DVDs, video cassettes, CDs, audio books, disks, cassettes)

employees: 41 (about 30 full employees)

size: about 3,820 m²

asset in running meters: about 12 km

v:scout installed since Juli 2008

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The public library of the University of Basel (UB) is an information center of the University and the whole region. The UB is part of the national and international information network.

Since April 2009, the dynamic guidance-system of the arTec allows to display the locations of volumes, premises and services at the UB Basel.

6,000,000 Swiss francs cost for books and media

3,300,000 books and media in the asset

3,000,000 copies produced

1,400,000 article downloads from online journals

1,000,000 visits on the UB website

340,000 borrows

310,000 researches in online databases

72,000 new buys

35,000 new entries in the catalog

90 kilometer books and media in the magazine

86 room object types, 260 assets

3 million media units. 1.2 million available for users

8 floors and over 20,000 m² space

Since April 2009, the dynamic guidance system of the arTec allows to display the locations of books, premises and services at the UB Basel.

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Today, the library contains over 400.000 volumes and offers its users 260 reading places (some of them with laptop connection). The EWI is a reference library with reduced borrowing abilitys.

In 2013, the EWI will be part of the new library for smaller fields of study and natural science.

With a count of over 1.5 million volumes, the Jakob-and-Wilhelm-Grimm-Center manages the largest connected public collection in Germany. The new center was built according to the designs of the famous Swiss architect Max Dudler.

costs: 75.500.000 €

completion: 2009

main effective area: 20,296 m²

building volume: 144,000 m³

public workstations: about 1.250

thereof PC workstations: about 500

thereof in the coached PC pool: about 180

multimedia workstations: 44

working rooms (6 to 10 persons): 10

single working rooms: 55

about 2,500.000 volumes

about 2,400 running journals

public collection with 1.5 millions volumes

services for copying, printing und scanning

WLAN in the complete building

video cutting stations

graphic editing

hardware service

elektronic publishing

video conferences

multimedia teaching and learning center

video conference rooms

research reading room with 44 stations

database for slides and media

journal redading lounge

parent-child working area

exhibition area

auditorium mit about 180 seats

coffee bar

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