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project manager
Doug Derber 303-724-1032
project architect
Bennett Wagner and Grody Architects
general contractor
Bassett & Associates
gross square footage
18,456
project cost
$4.1 million
project completed
January 2001
project overview
PASCAL is a library storage facility, providing climate controlled housing for materials in the library collections of UCD, CU-Boulder, and the University of Denver. The current capacity for storage is 1.6 million volumes. PASCAL, the Preservation and Access Service Center for Colorado Academic Libraries, is a state-of-the-art high density library storage facility located on the Anschutz Medical Center campus. Operating since March of 2001, Denison Library shares PASCAL with four other academic libraries: Norlin Library of CU Boulder, Auraria Library, and the Law and Penrose libraries of the University of Denver.
Based on a design pioneered at Harvard University, PASCAL can hold 1.6 million volumes in under 10,000 square feet of space with the possibility of adding four more modules of equal size in coming decades. The building is climate controlled with year round temperatures averaging 55 degrees and 35% relative humidity. The sculpture in front of PASCAL is an original creation by Colorado Springs artist, Bill Burgess. Inspired by the "educational role played by our libraries", Burgess titled his work, "Aspire".
Currently, volumes eligible for storage are older research materials that have value but are in low demand. All volumes are sorted and stored by size in cardboard trays on 30-foot high shelves identified by bar-codes. Individual library catalogs indicate if a particular book has been moved to PASCAL allowing patrons to make requests via their own library. PASCAL personnel make every effort to deliver items to requesting libraries within 48 hours.
Furthermore, since the Prospector catalog reflects PASCAL's inventory, patrons of any Prospector library can also request materials from PASCAL and have them delivered to their individual libraries. PASCAL uses an operating agreement that would allow other academic libraries to join as participants in the future.
