The Learning Center accommodates: • Collection space for 2,100,000 volumes in open stack shelving and a 2,000,000 item capacity • Automated Library System (ALS) • Rare Books and Special Collections Reading Room and climate-controlled vault for rare books and archives • New locations for: – School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS) – Center for Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG) – Office of Learning Technology (OLT) – UBC Gateway Programs – Arts One, Science One, Coordinated Arts and Coordinated Science Construction of the facility incorporated sustainability attributes such as: • The building’s demolition materials were collected, sorted and either recycled or reused in the building. • The ALS is inherently “green” as is requires a significantly smal

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