Logistics, Physical Organization of a Library, Problems related to New Buildings : The CBA Case – ”Campusbibliotheek Arenberg”

Abstract

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven) is the Dutch speaking part of the old university that was founded in 1425. In 1968 it was officially divided in two parts, and the French speaking part then moved out to new premises in Louvain-la-Neuve. The K.U.Leuven, which remained in the old town of Leuven, is now with 28.000 students the largest university of Belgium. In the late 1990s, as a response to a number of emerging challenges and needs, K.U.Leuven decided to merge its different (smaller) library units related to science and engineering into one single, state-of-the-art new campus library (“CBA – Campusbibliotheek Arenberg”) on its campus in Heverlee, a suburb of the historical town of Leuven. The new building, one of the most advanced of its kind, opened in October 2002.