2019年9月25日 · The vast majority of the library’s books are housed in an automatic book retrieval system called DEMATIC. Users can request books through Temple’s library system, and the bot will retrieve it from a metal bin inside a large warehouse. Library workers then organize the book onto a shelf on the first floor, where users can pick them up, Lucia ...

2019年9月20日 · At fifty-seven feet tall, it spans three levels of the building and currently stores 1.5 million volumes with a capacity of nearly 2 million, allowing holdings previously housed in off-site deep...

2019年8月23日 · Temple’s Charles Library is here and it’s easy to see that it was worth the wait. We asked you, the students, what you wanted to know about our new library. From building hours to printing dos and don’ts to the size of that green roof (one of the largest in PA, we might add), here are the answers to your burning questions.1.

2019年9月19日 · Though many of its books are stored in a new automated system, the Charles Library maintains a collection of 200,000 in bright green shelves on its light-filled fourth floor. Photo: Michael Grimm

The library operates with a high-density automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS), affectionately termed the “BookBot.” This repository currently stores 1.5 million volumes with a capacity of nearly 2 million, allowing holdings previously housed in off-site deep storage to be relocated on-site.

2021年7月17日 · 项目旨在为该校区超过39000名的学生，提供一个集社交和学术需求为一体的中心图书馆。 项目大楼位于 费城 的北面，距Broad Street仅一街区之隔，在融入周边社区的同时，还与费城当地的城市动脉紧密相连。 基于项目所在地充满活力的都市文脉，Snøhetta 建筑事务所与Stantec共同合作，设计了这个藏书丰富且具有众多社交合作空间的研究型图书馆，旨在优雅地介入当地传统的建筑形态学语境。 新建的查尔斯图书馆使用面积达1万8千平方米之多，约是1960 …

They take out the book, they scan it, process it, and then it's placed on our hold shelf for patrons to pick up. Somebody receives an email notification that something's on the hold shelf for them. Our hold shelf is self-served based on last name and they pick it up and they can check it out and then, they're good to go.

A: To answer this important question, rest assured that we went straight to the top and asked Dean of Libraries Joe Lucia. He says that there are roughly 18,000,000 cubic feet of volume in the building, so assuming an 8 oz. sirloin has a cubic volume of 4 inches, then Charles Library could hold 54,000,000.

2019年9月19日 · But to fit all the library’s books on site with compact shelving would have required anywhere between 60,000 to 80,000 additional square feet of space.

2020年11月9日 · Bidirectional linear LEDs bathe the wood ceiling of the glazed top floor, attached to tall stacks with brackets or discreetly suspended above lower shelves and tables. Barely detectable from outside, their glow emanates from the building when evening falls—a welcome face for university night owls.