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Information Services Building
(ISB)
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Awards
This is a list of awards won by the ISB since its completion in
2001.
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The architects
The architects are Hardy Holzman
Pfeiffer Associates, of Los Angeles, in association with OCTA
and Opus International Consultancy.
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The building
The Central Library is the major occupier of the new Information
Services Building (ISB), completed in 2001. Subjects covered: arts,
humanities, commerce, education, physical education, socal sciences,
theology, general reference.
The Library provides:
- 2,200 study places for readers in the ISB
- 17 group study rooms, 5 group viewing rooms
- 131 PCs, 18 e-stops and 2 x-terminals give access to electronic
resources of the Library (databases, e-Journals etc), the Web
and University Computer Resource Rooms
- Ports to connect laptops to the network
- Nearly 700,000 items including: over 400,000 books, 2,788 print
journals currently received, Special
Collections comprising over 17,650 volumes, microforms and
audiovisual media
- 3 seminar rooms for teaching Information Literacy skills
Other occupants are:
- Student Learning Centre
- Proctor
- Campus Cop
- ITS Teaching Facilities Services including audio and video conferencing
- Student Information Services
- Careers Advisory Services
- Divisional Office (Information Services)
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Notable features
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The internal atrium emphasised by the curved Oamaru stone wall
provides a useful orientation point when moving around the
building. |
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The sails suspended over the
atrium serve both to reflect light down to the lower floors
and to deflect glare from the screens in the Audiovisual area. |
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Quietness, achieved by the
use of materials with suitable acoustical properties. |
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At Ground Floor level the building
is penetrated by the East Lane that facilitates access to
the Campus from Albany St, as well as the link which runs
from the Museum Reserve to the Castle Theatres. |
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Stacked carrels above the atrium
are one of the 27 different types of study spaces available. |
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Items of interest
Works of art displayed in the ISB and Central
Library
Script for Whakawätea
15 October 2001
(PDF 6.3K)
LIANZA talk 9 August 2000
(PDF 9K)
Last revised:
19 March, 2008
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