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Please Help Me Sir/ Mam

Sir/Mam

                   I am working as a librarian in Vevekanandha College of Arts and Sciences for Women, Tamilnadu. Our library having more than 8500 students and 1500 staff members in library membership. Every hour we have to allocate more than 300 students for library hour. and extra we have to allocate for M.Phil and PhD students.

So my management decide may be build new building. 

At present Resource Details

  1. Books   - 50,000

  2. Journals - 280

  3. News Papers - 10 language.(30 Nos)

  4. Language Books -  7000 Books

  5. Book Bank - 2500 Books

  6. Digital Library System - 50 Nos.

  7. Per Day Users Average - 900

  8. Per day issue books - 500

 

My management ask me how many areas you want particular section. they need area wise layout but single ground floor only.Ground floor may be having 30,000 sqt.

Pls assist me

How many sqt need for book stack and reading hall etc.

Our college having NAAC, AICTE, autonomous status also; so pls consider these norms also. 

Thanking You

P.Boopathi - 9942719117.

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Permalink Reply by Dr.Harmanpreet Singh Sandhu on March 2, 2012 at 21:32

A big library building shall consists of following sections :

Technical Processing Section : Area 1000 sq ft.

Circulation Section : Area 750 sq ft.

Staff work room: 400 sq ft.

Periodical Section: 2000 sq ft.

Librarian room: 400 sq ft.

Conference room/ Projector room: Area 1400 sq ft.

Thesis Section; Area: 1350 sq ft

Newspaper Section/ Photocopy section :Area 1000 sq ft

Toilets ; Boys + girls+ staff = 500 sq ft.

2 other rooms for staff : 500 sq ft.

Reading section: 7000 sq ft.

Store : 2000 sq ft.

Reference section: 1000 sq ft.

Audio/Visual Materials room: 1000 sq ft

Binding room: 1000 sq ft

Books section: 14000 sq ft

Digital library / computer section: 2000 sq ft

Total Area approx: 40000 sq ft.

Permalink Reply by BOOPATHI . P on March 2, 2012 at 22:56
Thank You Sir, Any Building Standards is available in India.

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