UTL
at Downsview: Library Storage Facility
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Location: | Downsview campus - Dufferin Street south of Steeles Avenue, adjacent to to U of T Press and the Institute of Aerospace Studies | |
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Cost: : | $6 million | |
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What it is: | 2,700
sq. m. / 30,000 sq. ft high density book storage facility in a modular design,
with each storage module having the capacity to hold 1,000,000 volumes. Two such
modules, plus a loading dock and administrative and processing facility will be
built for operation in the first quarter of 2005. The long term plan is to add
1,000,000 volume-capacity in each of three phases scheduled for 2009, 2013 and
2017. | |
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Primary use: |
Storage
for up to 5 million volumes for the U of T library system, the
largest in Canada. U of T has the third largest research library system in North
America, after Harvard and Yale. | |
| Occupancy
date: | Summer 2005 | |
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