ISO/TR 11219:2012
Information and documentation - Qualitative conditions and basic statistics for library buildings — Space, function and design
ISO/TR 11219:2012 specifies data for the planning of library buildings. It also provides guidance on the selection of technical building equipment for the different functional areas of libraries.
ISO/TR 11219:2012 is applicable to all types of libraries in all countries, but especially to academic and public libraries.
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1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 Planning library buildings
3.1 First steps in planning
3.1.1 Reasons for new planning
3.1.2 Definition of purposes
3.1.3 Definition of requirements
3.1.4 Defining the location of areas in the building
3.1.5 Choosing the site
3.2 Factors affecting library space requirements
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Types of libraries
3.2.3 Functional areas
3.2.4 Open or closed stacks
3.2.5 User activities
3.2.6 Learning and teaching areas
3.3 Special service areas
3.3.1 Children’s library
3.3.1.1 General
3.3.1.2 Required space and position in the building
3.3.1.3 Design and equipment
3.3.2 Young adults’ library
3.3.2.1 General
3.3.2.2 Required space and position in the building
3.3.2.3 Design and equipment
3.3.3 Music library
3.3.3.1 General
3.3.3.2 Space for collections
3.3.3.3 Other space
3.3.3.4 Space for exhibition and events
3.3.4 Art lending library
3.3.4.1 General
3.3.4.2 Space requirements
3.3.4.3 Space for exhibitions and events
3.3.5 Special services for users with reading difficulties
3.3.5.1 General
3.3.5.2 Required space and equipment
3.3.6 Citizens’ services
3.3.6.1 General
3.3.6.2 Required space and equipment
3.3.7 Undergraduate library
3.3.7.1 General
3.3.7.2 Space for collections
3.3.7.3 Other space
3.3.8 Rare books and manuscripts department
3.3.8.1 General
3.3.8.2 Special reading-room
3.3.8.3 Secure storage units/strong rooms
3.4 Joint facilities
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Required space and equipment
4 Usable areas
4.1 General
4.2 Space for user places
4.2.1 Calculating the number of user places
4.2.1.1 General
4.2.1.2 User places in public libraries
4.2.1.3 User places in libraries in institutions of higher education
4.2.2 Types of user places
4.2.2.1 Places for concentrated work
4.2.2.1.1 Standard place
4.2.2.1.2 IT-workplace
4.2.2.1.3 Space calculation
4.2.2.1.4 Places for rare materials
4.2.2.1.5 Closed or screened user places (carrels)
4.2.2.2 Single places for reading and listening
4.2.2.3 Places for information and quick consultation
4.2.2.4 Group study places
4.2.2.5 Places in training rooms
4.2.2.6 Seats in recreation and communication areas
4.2.2.7 Places in children's areas
4.2.2.8 Seats in auditoria
4.2.2.9 Overview of space requirements for user places
4.3 Space for events and exhibitions
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Required space and equipment
4.3.3 Requirements for specific rooms/areas
4.3.3.1 Auditorium/conference hall
4.3.3.2 Multipurpose hall
4.3.3.3 Exhibition area
4.4 Space for lending
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Staffed loan desks
4.4.3 Self-service terminals
4.4.4 Shelves for requested and reserved items
4.4.5 Space for internal activities
4.5 Space for reference and information
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Information point (reference desk)
4.6 Space for other usage areas
4.6.1 General
4.6.2 Entrance hall, reception desk
4.6.3 Lounge areas
4.6.4 Interactive spaces
4.6.5 Sickroom
4.6.6 Toilets/lavatories
4.6.7 Lockers and wardrobes
4.6.8 Reprography
4.6.9 Smoking areas
4.7 Space for collections
4.7.1 General
4.7.2 Limitations
4.7.3 Shelf depth
4.7.4 Length of shelving ranges or furniture ranges
4.7.5 Shelf height and number of shelf boards on top of each other
4.7.6 Shelf capacity
4.7.6.1 Books
4.7.6.2 Periodicals and newspapers
4.7.6.3 Non-book media in shelves
4.7.7 Stack aisle width and axis centre distance
4.7.7.1 Stack aisle width
4.7.7.2 Axis centre distance
4.7.8 Access to shelving sections
4.7.9 Compact shelving
4.7.10 Automated storage
4.7.10.1 General
4.7.10.2 Construction and capacity of ASRS
4.7.10.3 Operation of the ASRS
4.7.10.4 Other requirements for ASRS
4.7.11 Calculation of space
4.8 Space for library staff
4.8.1 General
4.8.2 Location of workplaces
4.8.3 Calculation of space
4.8.3.1 General
4.8.3.2 Office space
4.8.3.3 Support rooms for offices
4.8.3.4 Studios
4.8.3.5 Project room
4.8.3.6 Staff meeting and training areas
4.8.3.7 Staff lounge
4.8.3.8 Toilets, cloakrooms and showers
4.8.3.9 Overview
4.9 Other spaces for library management and technical services
4.9.1 General
4.9.2 Parking space/rooms for book trolleys
4.9.3 Storerooms
4.9.4 Spaces/rooms for sorting media
4.9.5 Mail room
4.9.6 Janitor’s workshop
4.9.7 Cleaning staff and equipment
4.9.8 Space for waste handling
4.9.9 Utility management
4.9.10 Bindery
4.9.11 Space for labelling
4.9.12 Space for preservation and restoration
4.9.13 Reprography and digitizing
4.9.14 IT-centres, server rooms
5 Technical building issues
5.1 Storage conditions
5.1.1 General
5.1.2 Environmental factors
5.1.2.1 Temperature and relative humidity
5.1.2.2 Electromagnetic radiation (see also 5.5)
5.1.2.3 Air pollutants
5.1.2.4 Vibration and transport
5.1.3 Photographic and film-based collections
5.1.4 Audio-visual collections
5.1.4.1 Audio disc recordings
5.1.4.2 Magnetic media
5.1.4.3 Optical discs
5.1.5 Digital long-term preservation
5.1.6 Indoor climate for reading rooms and open access areas
5.2 Load assumption
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Live load
5.2.3 Types of space and recommended live load
5.2.3.1 Spaces with documents on shelves or in any other sort of storage furniture
5.2.3.2 Compact shelving areas
5.2.3.3 Highly frequented areas
5.2.3.4 Areas with fixed seating
5.2.3.5 Areas with only tables and chairs
5.2.3.6 Mobile library parking area
5.2.3.7 Other areas
5.2.4 Overview
5.3 Conveyor systems
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Lifts for passengers and goods
5.3.3 Escalators
5.3.4 Systems for conveying media
5.3.4.1 Conveyor belts
5.3.4.2 Systems for conveying containers
5.3.4.2.1 Systems for conveying boxes
5.3.4.2.2 Track-based conveyor systems with automated movement of containers
5.3.4.3 Floor conveyors
5.4 Security and safety systems
5.4.1 Advisory services
5.4.2 Security and safety measures
5.4.2.1 General
5.4.2.2 Building security
5.4.2.3 Monitoring indoor spaces
5.4.2.4 Central control unit and forwarding of alarm signals
5.4.2.5 Locking systems
5.4.2.6 Security of physical collections
5.4.3 Fire safety
5.4.3.1 General
5.4.3.2 Structural (passive) fire protection
5.4.3.3 Active fire protection
5.4.3.3.1 Detection systems
5.4.3.3.2 Extinguishing systems
5.5 Light and lighting
5.5.1 General
5.5.2 Recommended lighting levels according to the activities in an area
5.5.3 Natural light
5.5.4 Artificial light
5.5.4.1 General
5.5.4.2 Requirements and recommendations
5.5.4.3 Placement of the luminaires
5.5.4.4 Lighting conditions in the main functional areas of a library
5.5.4.4.1 Reading rooms
5.5.4.4.1.1 User places
5.5.4.4.1.2 IT-workplaces
5.5.4.4.2 Stacks
5.5.4.4.2.1 Open stacks
5.5.4.4.2.2 Compact shelving areas
5.5.4.4.2.3 Stacks and exhibition areas for rare books, unprotected graphic material in colour and other special documents
5.5.4.4.3 Other spaces
5.5.4.4.3.1 Reception/loan desks and information points
5.5.4.4.3.2 Multipurpose halls (events, lectures and other activities), exhibition areas and certain other spaces (young adults' library, music library, informal areas, etc.)
5.5.4.5 Artificial light generation systems using electrical energy
5.6 Acoustic conditions
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Types of noise
5.6.2.1 Airborne noise
5.6.2.2 Impact noise
5.6.3 Architectural acoustics
5.6.4 Recommended acoustic comfort levels
5.6.5 Insulation and acoustic correction systems
5.6.5.1 Location
5.6.5.2 Distribution of functional areas
5.6.5.3 Facades and roofs
5.6.5.4 Flooring (see also 5.7)
5.6.5.5 Ceilings
5.6.5.6 Vertical dividing walls
5.6.5.7 Utilities management space
5.7 Floor construction and covering
5.7.1 General
5.7.2 Flooring requirements
5.7.3 Types of flooring
5.8 Wiring
5.8.1 General
5.8.2 General recommendations
5.8.3 Ductworks
5.8.3.1 Vertical ductworks
5.8.3.2 Horizontal ductworks
5.8.3.2.1 Ductworks over the floor structure (between floor structure and flooring)
5.8.3.2.2 Ductworks beneath the floor structure
5.8.3.2.3 Exposed ductworks
5.9 Sign system
5.9.1 General
5.9.2 Locations of sign system
5.9.3 Planning
5.9.4 Formats and design
5.9.5 Acoustic and optical signal systems
5.9.6 Materials and techniques
6 Outdoor space
6.1 General
6.2 Access
6.2.1 Entrance area
6.2.2 Driveway and parking spaces
6.3 Open spaces
7 Barrier free construction
7.1 General
7.2 Measures for barrier free design
7.2.1 Circulation areas
7.2.2 Doors
7.2.3 Stairs and lifts
7.2.4 Desks for information and service
7.3 Sign system
7.4 Overview
8 Sustainable building
8.1 General
8.2 Energy efficiency
8.2.1 Electric power
8.2.2 Thermal performance
8.2.3 Renewable energies
8.3 Conservation of natural resources
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Information and documentation – Holdings statements – Summary level
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 Planning library buildings
3.1 First steps in planning
3.1.1 Reasons for new planning
3.1.2 Definition of purposes
3.1.3 Definition of requirements
3.1.4 Defining the location of areas in the building
3.1.5 Choosing the site
3.2 Factors affecting library space requirements
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Types of libraries
3.2.3 Functional areas
3.2.4 Open or closed stacks
3.2.5 User activities
3.2.6 Learning and teaching areas
3.3 Special service areas
3.3.1 Children’s library
3.3.1.1 General
3.3.1.2 Required space and position in the building
3.3.1.3 Design and equipment
3.3.2 Young adults’ library
3.3.2.1 General
3.3.2.2 Required space and position in the building
3.3.2.3 Design and equipment
3.3.3 Music library
3.3.3.1 General
3.3.3.2 Space for collections
3.3.3.3 Other space
3.3.3.4 Space for exhibition and events
3.3.4 Art lending library
3.3.4.1 General
3.3.4.2 Space requirements
3.3.4.3 Space for exhibitions and events
3.3.5 Special services for users with reading difficulties
3.3.5.1 General
3.3.5.2 Required space and equipment
3.3.6 Citizens’ services
3.3.6.1 General
3.3.6.2 Required space and equipment
3.3.7 Undergraduate library
3.3.7.1 General
3.3.7.2 Space for collections
3.3.7.3 Other space
3.3.8 Rare books and manuscripts department
3.3.8.1 General
3.3.8.2 Special reading-room
3.3.8.3 Secure storage units/strong rooms
3.4 Joint facilities
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Required space and equipment
4 Usable areas
4.1 General
4.2 Space for user places
4.2.1 Calculating the number of user places
4.2.1.1 General
4.2.1.2 User places in public libraries
4.2.1.3 User places in libraries in institutions of higher education
4.2.2 Types of user places
4.2.2.1 Places for concentrated work
4.2.2.1.1 Standard place
4.2.2.1.2 IT-workplace
4.2.2.1.3 Space calculation
4.2.2.1.4 Places for rare materials
4.2.2.1.5 Closed or screened user places (carrels)
4.2.2.2 Single places for reading and listening
4.2.2.3 Places for information and quick consultation
4.2.2.4 Group study places
4.2.2.5 Places in training rooms
4.2.2.6 Seats in recreation and communication areas
4.2.2.7 Places in children's areas
4.2.2.8 Seats in auditoria
4.2.2.9 Overview of space requirements for user places
4.3 Space for events and exhibitions
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Required space and equipment
4.3.3 Requirements for specific rooms/areas
4.3.3.1 Auditorium/conference hall
4.3.3.2 Multipurpose hall
4.3.3.3 Exhibition area
4.4 Space for lending
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Staffed loan desks
4.4.3 Self-service terminals
4.4.4 Shelves for requested and reserved items
4.4.5 Space for internal activities
4.5 Space for reference and information
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Information point (reference desk)
4.6 Space for other usage areas
4.6.1 General
4.6.2 Entrance hall, reception desk
4.6.3 Lounge areas
4.6.4 Interactive spaces
4.6.5 Sickroom
4.6.6 Toilets/lavatories
4.6.7 Lockers and wardrobes
4.6.8 Reprography
4.6.9 Smoking areas
4.7 Space for collections
4.7.1 General
4.7.2 Limitations
4.7.3 Shelf depth
4.7.4 Length of shelving ranges or furniture ranges
4.7.5 Shelf height and number of shelf boards on top of each other
4.7.6 Shelf capacity
4.7.6.1 Books
4.7.6.2 Periodicals and newspapers
4.7.6.3 Non-book media in shelves
4.7.7 Stack aisle width and axis centre distance
4.7.7.1 Stack aisle width
4.7.7.2 Axis centre distance
4.7.8 Access to shelving sections
4.7.9 Compact shelving
4.7.10 Automated storage
4.7.10.1 General
4.7.10.2 Construction and capacity of ASRS
4.7.10.3 Operation of the ASRS
4.7.10.4 Other requirements for ASRS
4.7.11 Calculation of space
4.8 Space for library staff
4.8.1 General
4.8.2 Location of workplaces
4.8.3 Calculation of space
4.8.3.1 General
4.8.3.2 Office space
4.8.3.3 Support rooms for offices
4.8.3.4 Studios
4.8.3.5 Project room
4.8.3.6 Staff meeting and training areas
4.8.3.7 Staff lounge
4.8.3.8 Toilets, cloakrooms and showers
4.8.3.9 Overview
4.9 Other spaces for library management and technical services
4.9.1 General
4.9.2 Parking space/rooms for book trolleys
4.9.3 Storerooms
4.9.4 Spaces/rooms for sorting media
4.9.5 Mail room
4.9.6 Janitor’s workshop
4.9.7 Cleaning staff and equipment
4.9.8 Space for waste handling
4.9.9 Utility management
4.9.10 Bindery
4.9.11 Space for labelling
4.9.12 Space for preservation and restoration
4.9.13 Reprography and digitizing
4.9.14 IT-centres, server rooms
5 Technical building issues
5.1 Storage conditions
5.1.1 General
5.1.2 Environmental factors
5.1.2.1 Temperature and relative humidity
5.1.2.2 Electromagnetic radiation (see also 5.5)
5.1.2.3 Air pollutants
5.1.2.4 Vibration and transport
5.1.3 Photographic and film-based collections
5.1.4 Audio-visual collections
5.1.4.1 Audio disc recordings
5.1.4.2 Magnetic media
5.1.4.3 Optical discs
5.1.5 Digital long-term preservation
5.1.6 Indoor climate for reading rooms and open access areas
5.2 Load assumption
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Live load
5.2.3 Types of space and recommended live load
5.2.3.1 Spaces with documents on shelves or in any other sort of storage furniture
5.2.3.2 Compact shelving areas
5.2.3.3 Highly frequented areas
5.2.3.4 Areas with fixed seating
5.2.3.5 Areas with only tables and chairs
5.2.3.6 Mobile library parking area
5.2.3.7 Other areas
5.2.4 Overview
5.3 Conveyor systems
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Lifts for passengers and goods
5.3.3 Escalators
5.3.4 Systems for conveying media
5.3.4.1 Conveyor belts
5.3.4.2 Systems for conveying containers
5.3.4.2.1 Systems for conveying boxes
5.3.4.2.2 Track-based conveyor systems with automated movement of containers
5.3.4.3 Floor conveyors
5.4 Security and safety systems
5.4.1 Advisory services
5.4.2 Security and safety measures
5.4.2.1 General
5.4.2.2 Building security
5.4.2.3 Monitoring indoor spaces
5.4.2.4 Central control unit and forwarding of alarm signals
5.4.2.5 Locking systems
5.4.2.6 Security of physical collections
5.4.3 Fire safety
5.4.3.1 General
5.4.3.2 Structural (passive) fire protection
5.4.3.3 Active fire protection
5.4.3.3.1 Detection systems
5.4.3.3.2 Extinguishing systems
5.5 Light and lighting
5.5.1 General
5.5.2 Recommended lighting levels according to the activities in an area
5.5.3 Natural light
5.5.4 Artificial light
5.5.4.1 General
5.5.4.2 Requirements and recommendations
5.5.4.3 Placement of the luminaires
5.5.4.4 Lighting conditions in the main functional areas of a library
5.5.4.4.1 Reading rooms
5.5.4.4.1.1 User places
5.5.4.4.1.2 IT-workplaces
5.5.4.4.2 Stacks
5.5.4.4.2.1 Open stacks
5.5.4.4.2.2 Compact shelving areas
5.5.4.4.2.3 Stacks and exhibition areas for rare books, unprotected graphic material in colour and other special documents
5.5.4.4.3 Other spaces
5.5.4.4.3.1 Reception/loan desks and information points
5.5.4.4.3.2 Multipurpose halls (events, lectures and other activities), exhibition areas and certain other spaces (young adults' library, music library, informal areas, etc.)
5.5.4.5 Artificial light generation systems using electrical energy
5.6 Acoustic conditions
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Types of noise
5.6.2.1 Airborne noise
5.6.2.2 Impact noise
5.6.3 Architectural acoustics
5.6.4 Recommended acoustic comfort levels
5.6.5 Insulation and acoustic correction systems
5.6.5.1 Location
5.6.5.2 Distribution of functional areas
5.6.5.3 Facades and roofs
5.6.5.4 Flooring (see also 5.7)
5.6.5.5 Ceilings
5.6.5.6 Vertical dividing walls
5.6.5.7 Utilities management space
5.7 Floor construction and covering
5.7.1 General
5.7.2 Flooring requirements
5.7.3 Types of flooring
5.8 Wiring
5.8.1 General
5.8.2 General recommendations
5.8.3 Ductworks
5.8.3.1 Vertical ductworks
5.8.3.2 Horizontal ductworks
5.8.3.2.1 Ductworks over the floor structure (between floor structure and flooring)
5.8.3.2.2 Ductworks beneath the floor structure
5.8.3.2.3 Exposed ductworks
5.9 Sign system
5.9.1 General
5.9.2 Locations of sign system
5.9.3 Planning
5.9.4 Formats and design
5.9.5 Acoustic and optical signal systems
5.9.6 Materials and techniques
6 Outdoor space
6.1 General
6.2 Access
6.2.1 Entrance area
6.2.2 Driveway and parking spaces
6.3 Open spaces
7 Barrier free construction
7.1 General
7.2 Measures for barrier free design
7.2.1 Circulation areas
7.2.2 Doors
7.2.3 Stairs and lifts
7.2.4 Desks for information and service
7.3 Sign system
7.4 Overview
8 Sustainable building
8.1 General
8.2 Energy efficiency
8.2.1 Electric power
8.2.2 Thermal performance
8.2.3 Renewable energies
8.3 Conservation of natural resources