Fast facts about SCU’s new Learning Commons, Technology Center, and Library
- 4 levels
- 194,000 square feet
- 100,000+ square feet of carpet tiles
- 25 collaborative workrooms with walltalkers® whiteboard wallpaper
- 1 café
- 3 open-air terraces to enjoy California’s climate
- 3-story atrium with living room area
- 3 video viewing and taping rooms
- 70% recycled content in the 135,000 cubic-foot concrete slab
- 90% of non-storage areas have natural lighting and outside visibility
- 34 creeping figs on the “green wall”
- 11 waterless urinals
- 39 flush toilets using reclaimed water
- 200+ state-of-the-art computers
- 47 LCD panels throughout the building
- 40” diagonal screen on smallest LCD
- 57” diagonal screen on largest LCD
- 15 ceiling-mounted projectors
- 1,277 inscribed concrete pavers sponsored by SCU alumni and friends
- 250,000+ volumes on open shelves
- 550,000+ volumes in the Automated Retrieval System (ARS)
- 1.1 million volume capacity in the ARS
- 11,328 bins in the ARS
- 1,100+ reader seats
- 580,000+ government documents
- 860,000+ microform units
