The building: levels, rooms and accessibility
The Library covers a usable floor area of over 14,201.14 m2, distributed over six free-access levels and a deposit level. The reading rooms and the rooms for group work enable a laptop computer to be connected to the Internet by using the wireless WI-FI technology or the wall sockets distributed all over the building. There are also plugs available for users to connect their computers.
• Level 0: holds the Media Centre, a room especially designed for using electronic and audiovisual information. It is equipped with 150 computers which have Internet access, office automation programs and appropriate peripherals to gain access to and process information: scanner, CD-ROM and DVD players and recorders, network printers, and so on. In addition to all this, DVDs and videos can be watched on 20 TV screens installed in the audiovisual room inside the Media Centre, room for group work no. 003 is equipped with a system that allows users to consult UNE standards. Furthermore, researchers can consult and reproduce documents on microfiches and microfilms in a designated area.
• Level 1: leads to the Library. Situated at the entrance is the loan desk and some computers mainly used for consulting the web page with the services we offer and the automated bibliographic catalogue. The reading room contains the daily newspapers , the section we call “Free time books”, including travel guides, novels and entertainment works and the film section in DVD. Level 1 also holds the research collection corresponding to the classification codes from A (general works) to G (geography, anthropology, recreation, physical education) The first level also houses the Document Acquisition Section in charge of inter-library loans, and the Photocopying Service, dealt with by specialised staff and supplemented by self-service machines on all the levels. The Aranzadi Room, which provides access to legal documents, is also located on this level.
Levels 2 to 5 house the books that make up the research collection, which are also freely accessible to all Library users. They are sorted by subject and are organised by subject matters in accordance with the Library of the Congress Classification (LCC).
• Level 2 houses the newspaper and periodicals library. It contains the latest issues of the paper journals subscribed by the University within a free-access system. The retrospective collection of journals is found in the deposit on Level -1, and it is necessary to ask at the loan desk to be able to consult it. Level 2 also holds the research collection corresponding to the classification codes from H (sociology, economics, socila sciences) to K/KSS (law). Furthermore, this level contains the European Documentation Centre, which provides an information service on the European Community, not only to University members, but also to all citizens.
• Level 3 holds the research collection with books classified from KKT/KZ (spanish law) to P (philology, literature, journalism, cinema).
• Level 4 is used as a study room and access to it may be gained from the central staircase which connects the top three Library levels.
• Level 5 holds the research collection from letters Q (sciences) to Z (bibliography and library science), a section for special collections restricted to researchers and the General Archive and Library administration and direction services.
There is a section of diccionaries of languages in all the levels.
The Library has several areas dedicated to specialised resources which are managed in collaboration with other University services or departments. They include the following areas, among others: the test library, on Level 0, to consult psychological tests; the Documentation Centre for the Recovery of Local Historical Memory, on Level 5; the Resource Area for Development Cooperation and Solidarity on Level 2; the International Transport Law Centre (CEDIT) on Level 3; the Documentation Centre of the Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AECIT) on Level 5, and the Language Self-Learning Centre (CAL), on Level 0.
The Library is equipped with a series of services and tools to facilitate the access to and the use of the facilities of those users with special needs.
Information provided by: Library-Documentation Centre
The Library covers a usable floor area of over 14,201.14 m2, distributed over six free-access levels and a deposit level. The reading rooms and the rooms for group work enable a laptop computer to be connected to the Internet by using the wireless WI-FI technology or the wall sockets distributed all over the building. There are also plugs available for users to connect their computers.
• Level 0: holds the Media Centre, a room especially designed for using electronic and audiovisual information. It is equipped with 150 computers which have Internet access, office automation programs and appropriate peripherals to gain access to and process information: scanner, CD-ROM and DVD players and recorders, network printers, and so on. In addition to all this, DVDs and videos can be watched on 20 TV screens installed in the audiovisual room inside the Media Centre, room for group work no. 003 is equipped with a system that allows users to consult UNE standards. Furthermore, researchers can consult and reproduce documents on microfiches and microfilms in a designated area.
• Level 1: leads to the Library. Situated at the entrance is the loan desk and some computers mainly used for consulting the web page with the services we offer and the automated bibliographic catalogue. The reading room contains the daily newspapers , the section we call “Free time books”, including travel guides, novels and entertainment works and the film section in DVD. Level 1 also holds the research collection corresponding to the classification codes from A (general works) to G (geography, anthropology, recreation, physical education) The first level also houses the Document Acquisition Section in charge of inter-library loans, and the Photocopying Service, dealt with by specialised staff and supplemented by self-service machines on all the levels. The Aranzadi Room, which provides access to legal documents, is also located on this level.
Levels 2 to 5 house the books that make up the research collection, which are also freely accessible to all Library users. They are sorted by subject and are organised by subject matters in accordance with the Library of the Congress Classification (LCC).
• Level 2 houses the newspaper and periodicals library. It contains the latest issues of the paper journals subscribed by the University within a free-access system. The retrospective collection of journals is found in the deposit on Level -1, and it is necessary to ask at the loan desk to be able to consult it. Level 2 also holds the research collection corresponding to the classification codes from H (sociology, economics, socila sciences) to K/KSS (law). Furthermore, this level contains the European Documentation Centre, which provides an information service on the European Community, not only to University members, but also to all citizens.
• Level 3 holds the research collection with books classified from KKT/KZ (spanish law) to P (philology, literature, journalism, cinema).
• Level 4 is used as a study room and access to it may be gained from the central staircase which connects the top three Library levels.
• Level 5 holds the research collection from letters Q (sciences) to Z (bibliography and library science), a section for special collections restricted to researchers and the General Archive and Library administration and direction services.
There is a section of diccionaries of languages in all the levels.
The Library has several areas dedicated to specialised resources which are managed in collaboration with other University services or departments. They include the following areas, among others: the test library, on Level 0, to consult psychological tests; the Documentation Centre for the Recovery of Local Historical Memory, on Level 5; the Resource Area for Development Cooperation and Solidarity on Level 2; the International Transport Law Centre (CEDIT) on Level 3; the Documentation Centre of the Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AECIT) on Level 5, and the Language Self-Learning Centre (CAL), on Level 0.
The Library is equipped with a series of services and tools to facilitate the access to and the use of the facilities of those users with special needs.
- External access ramp (with a gentle slope)
- Lifts wide enough to accommodate wheelchairs and with handrails to hold on to.
- Computer for automated catalogue (OPAC) consultation in a room adapted to wheelchair users (Level 1)
- Computers adapted for users with special visual needs (Media Centre, study room...)
- Mechanical lifting platform to gain access to the reading rooms located on intermediate levels.
- Wheelchair-adapted toilets with handrails.
- Light and sound alarms, visible and audible emergency exits, exterior and interior signs indicating emergency doors.
- Wide corridors and access doors free of obstacles which allow users to move easily.
- Stairs equipped with handrails and landings. - Nonslip floors.
- Staff ready to offer any kind of help and advice to disabled users.
Information provided by: Library-Documentation Centre
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