Overall
Seating: 500 people
Total book capacity: 25,000 books
Staff: Librarian/Director; Children's Librarian; Library Assistant; 2 Cleaners; Gardener.
Rooms/Areas:
1) Staff area w/ break room, large staff workroom, toilet, 3 offices, conference room, storage area.
- Storage should hold 2500
- Staff workroom should be large enough to accommodate a staff of 8 people with the main computer and large work
- Storage area for gardening
- Conference room should accommodate 20
- Each office should have room for a computer. Head office has a printer. Others share a printer in the workroom. Work room has the main library computer.
2) Main reading room
- Seats 100
- Accommodates 10,000 books
- Has a check-out/reception counter large enough for 2 staff and 2 computer work stations and one printer -- needs to be directly accessible to office area and visible from the main entrance and children's
- Has a book return
- Has an easily accessible counter that will accommodate 6 computer work stations and 2 printers for the library card catalog
3) Special Collections
a) Genocide Studiesb) Rwandan history and literature
- Seats 60 people
- Accommodates 2,000 books
c) African history and literature
- Seats 30 people
- Accommodates 1,000 books
d) Conservation/Gorillas
- Seats 60 people
- Accommodates 2,000 books
e) Reference area
- Seats 30 people
- Accommodates 1,000 books
f) Reading room for magazines/newspapers
- Seats 50 people
- Accommodates 1,500 books
- Includes 6 computers w/ Internet access & CD ROM collection for academic research and 1 printer
g) Children's Section
- Seats 50 people -- more comfortable seating
- Accommodates 1,000 reference books
- Special magazine/newspaper racks for 100 magazines/newspapers
- Seats 100 children ages 5 to 12
- Accommodates 2,000 books
- Small magazine rack for 100 children magazines
- Includes a desk for the Children's Librarian
Other Aspects:
1) Include wheelchair accessible public restroom
2) Public part of the structure must be accessible to the disabled.
3) Public and staff entrances
4) After hours drop off facility that is secure
5) To include landscaping -- plant a tree campaign?
6) Parking
7) Lots of windows, very light
8) Use Rwanda influence design, Rwandan material
9) Should be easily expanded/vertical growth for future projects
10) Climate controlled
11) Floor should be sturdy and easy to clean
12) Shelving should be well placed to allow easy browsing
13) Propose the best means of lighting (ceiling, floor/table lamps) for each section
Equipment:
1) 18 computers -- 3 for staff offices, 2 for check-out, 1 for staff work room, 6 for card catalogue, 6 for reference area -- connected by a LAN system -- main server will be in the work room
2) 6 printers -- 1 color for main office, 1 for staff work room, 1 for check-out, 2 for card catalogue, 1 for reference room
3) 2 photocopiers - 1 for staff work room and 1 for public use (with ability to charge a fee)
4) Detection devise to prevent people from taking controlled books out of the library
5) Scanner for work room