2nd International Conference on Repository Libraries. Kuopio-2, Finland Space cost in a university library - or - How to cope with increasing demands and decreasing budgets Christina Friström, Director Lund University Library

Lund University  Founded in 1666  9 faculties - the largest university in Sweden  in Lund, Malmö, Helsingborg  students  staff members  member of the Öresund University (14 members)  more info on

Lund University Library Liberiet The King's House Lund University Library at Helgonabacken UB2 Main library for medicine, science & technology UB4 Newspaper library UB3 Undergraduate library

Lund University Organizational Chart

Lund University Library in a nutshell  Budget €  Staff 80 FTE  Main building m²+ 8 repositories  shelf-meters or 5 million titles  500 seats in reading-rooms, group rooms, computer rooms or computer work stations  visits/day  registered loans  books, periodicals and rolls of microfilm in open stacks...

...  National depository library of Swedish printed material  United Nations depository library  Lund University repository for rare books and manuscripts  Lund University repository for foreign research printed material

Repository Hög  Rent/year€  Shelfmetres7 542 (and more to rent)  Cost/file/year€ 0.38

Repository former Newspaper library UB 4  Rent/year€  Shelfmetres4 810  Cost/file/year€ 1.30

Repository Centre for Mathematical Sciences  Rent/year€  Shelfmetres1 507  Cost/file/year€ 1.10

The main library building  Rent/year€  Shelfmetres  Cost/book/year€ 0.21

The repositories UB 2, Sparta 1-2 and Väduren  Rent/year€  Shelfmetres  Cost/book/year€ 0.26

Repository Gastelyckan in the Archival Centre for Scania  Rent/year €  Shelfmetres (today)  Cost/book/year € 0.35