1. 2nd International Conference on Repository Libraries. Kuopio-2, Finland 13.-15.5.2004 Space cost in a university library - or - How to cope with increasing demands and decreasing budgets Christina Friström, Director Lund University Library

2. Lund University  Founded in 1666  9 faculties - the largest university in Sweden  in Lund, Malmö, Helsingborg  38 000 students  6 000 staff members  member of the Öresund University (14 members)  more info on www.lu.se/lu/LUallmE.html

3. Lund University Library Liberiet 1671-1688 The King's House 1688-1907 Lund University Library at Helgonabacken 1907- UB2 Main library for medicine, science & technology 1977-2002 UB4 Newspaper library 1974-2002 UB3 Undergraduate library 1960-1988

4. Lund University Organizational Chart www.lu.se/lu/LUallmE.html

5. Lund University Library in a nutshell  Budget € 5 500 000  Staff 80 FTE  Main building 16 000 m²+ 8 repositories  100 000 shelf-meters or 5 million titles  500 seats in reading-rooms, group rooms, computer rooms or computer work stations  3 000 visits/day  300 000 registered loans  45 000 books, 1 500 periodicals and 55 000 rolls of microfilm in open stacks...

6. ...  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 www.lub.lu.se/UB

7. Repository Hög  Rent/year€ 36 000.-  Shelfmetres7 542 (and more to rent)  Cost/file/year€ 0.38

8. Repository former Newspaper library UB 4  Rent/year€ 78 000.-  Shelfmetres4 810  Cost/file/year€ 1.30

9. Repository Centre for Mathematical Sciences  Rent/year€ 21 000.-  Shelfmetres1 507  Cost/file/year€ 1.10

10. The main library building  Rent/year€ 414 000.-  Shelfmetres49 327  Cost/book/year€ 0.21

11. The repositories UB 2, Sparta 1-2 and Väduren  Rent/year€ 195 000.-  Shelfmetres21 064  Cost/book/year€ 0.26

12. Repository Gastelyckan in the Archival Centre for Scania  Rent/year € 175 000.-  Shelfmetres 12 579 (today)  Cost/book/year € 0.35