High Density Library Expansion – University of Calgary | Project Profile

Award Magazine | October 2018

High density libraries, a concept that originated in institutes of higher learning in Eastern U.S., are just that: huge, environmentally-controlled storage facilities for rare or less frequently used books, contained neatly in cases so tall they require forklifts for upper level access. The University of Calgary opened its High Density Library (HDL) on the Spy Hill Campus in 2010, to protect less used materials so that the University would have space...

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