Toby Kirtley, The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford Overview of New Bodleian storage facility at Oxford University

1. The Weston Library:
High-tech Storage Enables Innovative Space
Toby Kirtley
Estates Projects Officer
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section Seminar
23 February 2017

2. Oxford Civic Society 23 May 2005
Founded 1602
Collections 12 m books and manuscripts,1.3 m maps
Shelving 512 km
Readers 80,000
Annual Budget €48 m
Staff 550
Sites 30
The Bodleian Libraries

3. The Weston Library
The Book Storage Facility

4. The Weston Library (formerly the New Bodleian Library)

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The New Bodleian Library
• Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott
• Constructed 1937-39
• Grade II Listed
• €100 million refurbishment
• 3 year programme
• Completed September 2014

7. Sub-basement steels

8. Exposed steel frame

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Key Objectives:
- Safeguarding the collections
- Modernising research facilities
- Promoting the collections for wider understanding

10. The Book Storage Facility at Swindon

11. BSF under construction

12. 1 2 3 4

13. Tray sizes

14. Ingest process

15. Storage aisle

16. Picking

17. The BSF
• €29 million project cost
• Constructed 2010-11
• Capacity: 8.5 million volumes
• 1.5 million maps
• Shelves: 745,000
• Area: 11,880 m2
• Aisles: 32
• Aisle length: 71 m
• Shelving height: 11.4 m
• Maximum tray weight: 19 kg
• Fire protection: 4 hr
• Environment: 55% HR + / - 2%, 18o C
+ / - 1o C

18. The Radcliffe Science Library

19. The Book Repository at Nuneham Courtenay

20. DeepStore

21. Refurbishment of the Gladstone Link

22. After
Before
Refurbishment of the Gladstone Link

24. Master Programme
• 2009 Refurbishment of the Radcliffe Science Library €1.1 m
• 2010-11 Construction of the Bodleian Book Storage Facility €29 m
• 2010-11 Refurbishment of the Gladstone Link €3.7 m
• 2009-12 Inventory Control Project €4.5 m
• 2009-2016 15 phases of Book Moves €5.9 m
• 2011-2014 Refurbishment of the New Bodleian Library €100 m

25. The Weston Library (formerly the New Bodleian Library)

26. Broad Street

27. Main Entrance

28. Blackwell Hall

29. Cafe

30. Page 30
The ST Lee Gallery

31. Page 31
Treasury

32. The Ascott Park Gateway

33. The Samsung Room

34. The Samsung Room

35. The Mackerras Reading Room

36. The Mackerras Reading Room

37. The Rare Book and Manuscript Reading Room

38. The David Reading Room

40. The Mackerras Reading Room skylights

41. Open Access Area

42. Open Access Area

43. Storage in Staff Office Areas

44. The Visiting Scholars’ Centre

45. New Bodleian – Cultural Identity / plan form

46. New Bodleian – Cultural Identity / plan form

47. New Bodleian – Cultural Identity / plan form

51. Breaking out floor slabs

52. Dismantling the steel frame

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The stack tower is partially demolished

54. Demolition nears completion

55. Beginning reconstruction

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60. The shelving removed

61. Breaking out the basement screed

62. Securing the columns

63. Shuttering

64. Fire Protection

65. Delta Drain

66. Mobile cases

67. Static and mobile cases

68. Planchests

69. Static cases

71. Centre Fire Compartment

72. Centre Fire Compartment

73. Multi-tier: cases

74. Multi-tier: cases

75. Multi-tier: cases

76. Multi-tier: details

77. Multi-tier: planchests

78. Movement controlled lighting

79. Firefighting lift

80. VESDA fire detection

81. VESDA fire detection

82. High Pressure Water Mist

83. High Pressure Water Mist

84. HPWM Burn Test

85. HPWM Burn Test

86. HPWM Burn Test

87. HPWM Burn Test

88. HPWM Burn Test

89. Air diffusers

90. Environmental monitoring

91. Services co-ordination

92. Bump caps

93. Archives Processing Area

94. Thank You!