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Facts & Figures
Total Area of the Library of Alexandria complex 40,200 m2 .
The complex houses:
Main Library Building
| Number of levels |
11 |
| Total area of Levels |
85,405 m2 |
Elements of the Main Library Building
The Library's main reading area
can accommodate up to 2000 users and contains 200 study rooms |
13,625 m2
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Occupies seven levels (B4 to F2 ) |
| Multimedia Library |
1900 m2
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B3 |
| Taha Hussein Library (for the blind and visually impaired) |
50 m2
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B3 |
| Rare Books Library |
840 m2
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B2 |
| Children Library |
340 m2
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F1 |
| Young People Library |
320 m2
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F1 |
| Internet Archive |
150 m2
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Book storage area
(book warehouses are located in the back area behind most of the reading hall levels) |
17,000 m2
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Planetarium Science Center
Planetarium
(100 seats)
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External diameter:18 m
Internal diameter: 14 m |
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| ALEXploratorium |
1450 m2
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B1 |
Science Museum
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400 m2
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B3 (Located below the Planetarium) |
Museums
| Manuscripts Museum |
340 m2
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B1 |
| Antiquities Museum |
1130 m2
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B1 |
Permanent Exhibitions
The World of Shady Abdel Salam
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385 m2 |
B1 |
Impressions of Alexandria
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315 m2 |
B1 |
Auditorium
The Auditorium
110 m2 |
99 seats
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E |
Gad Rausing Auditorium
100 m2 |
80 seats
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F3 |
The Nobel Hall
85 m2 |
18 seats
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F3 |
First Floating Room
35 m2 |
50 seats
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F3 |
Second Floating Room
210 m2 |
50 seats
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F4 |
Meeting Room “A”
92 m2
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90 seats
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B1 |
Meeting Room “B”
87 m2 |
90 seats
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B1 |
Meeting Room “C”
80 m2 |
90 seats
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B1 |
Meeting Room “D”
140 m2
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120 seats
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B1 |
Conference Center Building
| Number of levels |
Seven |
| Total area |
12,428 m2 |
Elements of the Conference Center Building
Great Conference Hall
1,500 m2 |
1630 seats |
Levels 3-6 |
Middle Conference Hall
355 m2 |
250 seats |
Level one |
East Conference Hall
270 m2 |
270 seats |
Level one |
West Conference Hall
270 m2 |
270 seats |
Level one |
| Northern Exhibition Hall 500 m2 |
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Level one |
| Southern Exhibition Hall 500 m2 |
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Level one |
VIP Meeting Room
100 m2 |
23 seats |
Level two |
VIP Launge
100 m2 |
23 seats |
Level two |
| Cyber Café |
Level three |
| 3 Restaurants and a Terrace Café |
Levels one, four and five |
Library Possessions
As of 1 March 2006 |
Main Library |
171,545 |
Open Stacks |
Young People |
13,586 |
Children Library |
16,713 |
Taha Hussein |
209 |
Arts & Multimedia Library |
17,570 |
UN collection |
10,089 |
Shady Abdelsalam Collection |
1,808 |
Nobel Collection |
2,228 |
Cultnat |
288 |
Maps |
3,262 |
Rare books |
6,034 |
Special Collection |
10,652 |
Manuscripts |
4,499 |
Microfilm |
610 |
Total Number of Volumes in Open Stacks |
259,093 |
Main Library |
16,251 |
Closed Stacks |
Young People |
1,238 |
Children Library |
1,411 |
Taha Hussein |
0 |
Arts & Multimedia Library |
2,381 |
UN collection |
408 |
Shady Abdelsalam collection |
0 |
Nobel Collection |
0 |
Cultnat |
0 |
Theses |
31,558 |
Maps |
0 |
Rare books |
2,256 |
Special Collection |
10,792 |
Number of Volumes in Closed Stacks |
66,295 |
Main Library |
0 |
Multimedia material |
Young People |
321 |
Children Library |
662 |
Taha Hussein |
819 |
Arts & Multimedia Library |
13,759 |
UN collection |
123 |
Shady Abdelsalam collection |
0 |
Nobel Collection |
0 |
Cultnat |
0 |
Maps |
0 |
Multimedia Material |
15,684 |
Number of Volumes Under Processing |
131,300 |
Total Physical BA Collection |
472,372 |
Statistics:
The Planetarium has presented 364 shows
since the official inauguration of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA).
A total number of 68,496 visitors visited the Planetarium
Science Center (Planetarium, History of Science Museum, ALEXploratorium)
since the inauguration of the Library of Alexandria.
A total number of 1,850,733 visitors visited
the library since the official inauguration of the BA. |
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